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Pennsylvania Professors Find Range of Uses for AI

Pennsylvania Professors Find Range of Uses for AI

Government Technology, March 15, 2024

Some universities have wholeheartedly embraced the technology, such as the University of Pennsylvania, which now offers an AI degree. Others like Penn State and Duquesne University leave it to the professors' discretion.

AI hallucination mitigation: two brains are better than one

AI hallucination mitigation: two brains are better than one

Tech Register, March 14, 2024

As generative AI (genAI) continues to move into broad use by the public and various enterprises, its adoption is sometimes plagued by errors, copyright infringement issues and outright hallucinations, undermining trust in its accuracy.

What Is Google Gemini?

What Is Google Gemini?

BuiltIn, March 13, 2024

Here’s everything you need to know about Google’s latest generative AI model.

10 Underrated Women in AI to Watchout For

10 Underrated Women in AI to Watchout For

Analytics India Magazine, March 12, 2024

In a tech world where diversity is critical yet often overlooked, unsung women are enriching the AI field with innovations that promise a future where technology is as diverse as the society it serves.

Sheldon H. Jacobson: The NCAA selection committee protocol needs to change

Chicago Tribune, March 8, 2024

The NCAA men’s basketball selection committee is working diligently to assemble and seed the teams that will participate in March Madness and be announced on Selection Sunday, March 17.  However, the protocol that the committee is using is broken. The results for the 2023 men’s tournament provide some anecdotal evidence, with a disproportionate number of head-scratching upsets that may be indicative that seedings may not have accurately reflected team performance.

A Man Deliberately Got 217 COVID Shots. Here’s What Happened + More

The Defender, March 6, 2024

The Defender’s COVID NewsWatch provides a roundup of the latest headlines related to the SARS CoV-2 virus, including its origins and COVID vaccines. The views expressed in the excerpts from other news sources do not necessarily reflect the views of The Defender.

Trader Joe's Shoppers Warned About Dumplings Tainted With "Hard Plastic"

Trader Joe's Shoppers Warned About Dumplings Tainted With "Hard Plastic"

BestLife Online, March 5, 2024

Now may be the time to get a head start on spring cleaning, particularly as it pertains to purging your kitchen freezer. On March 2, CJ Foods Manufacturing Beaumont Corporation issued a nationwide recall of its steamed chicken soup dumpling products—which are exclusively sold at Trader Joe's—after several customers claimed to have found "foreign materials" in their frozen dumplings, per a notice posted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).