Poynter

Using AI responsibly

This lesson will teach students about ethical AI use. They will think about ways to identify responsible AI use and apply those understandings to their lives. Explain the ethical usage of AI and the ...
Seeking Alpha

How Americans are using AI - Gallup

American workers have embraced artificial intelligence at a remarkable pace over the past few years, according to a new Gallup poll that highlights how AI tools have become embedded in daily work ...
Smithsonian Magazine

A Cow Named Veronika Can Scratch Her Back With a Broom. Watch the Video That Scientists Are Calling the First Documented Evidence of Cattle Using Tools

Around ten years ago, an organic farmer and baker in a small Austrian town noticed that his pet cow would use sticks to scratch herself. The cow, named Veronika, also appeared to refine her technique ...
CNN

Video shows cow using a brush to scratch its back in first described case of tool use in cattle

How does a cow scratch an itch on its back? An Austrian cow named Veronika has a solution that could change how we view livestock. For the past decade, Veronika has been observed by her owner ...
NPR

Teachers are using software to see if students used AI. What happens when it's wrong?

Ailsa Ostovitz has been accused of using AI on three assignments in two different classes this school year. "It's mentally exhausting because it's like I know this is my work," says Ostovitz, 17. "I ...
ExtremeTech

Microsoft Scales Back AI Goals Because Almost Nobody Is Using Copilot

Microsoft has cut its sales targets for its agentic AI software after struggling to find buyers interested in using it. In some cases, targets have been slashed by up to 50%, suggesting Microsoft ...
Medical Xpress

Using your phone every night before bed? Researchers say that's okay

Scrolling on your phone before bed may not be as bad for your sleep as we once thought. New research from Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) and the Université Laval suggests nightly screen use ...
GitHub

Proposal: Add Spring Boot + Thymeleaf + MySQL Web App with Dockerfile & docker-compose.yml

I would like to contribute a new example to this repository — a Spring Boot + Thymeleaf + MySQL web application fully containerized using Docker. The project will demonstrate how to run a Java-based ...
The Atlantic

Job Interviews Are Broken

“Interviews are NOT real anymore.” So reads the opening caption of a TikTok posted in September, punctuated by the skull-and-crossbones emoji. In the video, a young woman interviews for a job on a ...
NPR

1 in 5 high schoolers has had a romantic AI relationship or knows someone who has

New survey data finds that nearly 1 in 5 high schoolers say they or someone they know has had a romantic relationship with artificial intelligence. And 42% of students surveyed say they or someone ...
CNN

Exhausted? The reason may be how you’re using technology

Kara Alaimo is a professor of communication at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Her book “Over the Influence: Why Social Media Is Toxic for Women and Girls — And How We Can Take It Back” was published ...