AI-Boosted Brave Browser Now Summarizes Search Engine Answers
Microsoft's AI-boosted Bing and Google's Bard have begun testing the latest type of AI technology, the large language models that packed such a big wow factor into OpenAI's ChatGPT.But a much smaller player, Brave, on Thursday added some of those language-processing abilities directly into its web browser with a feature that summarizes search results.
We did it!Despite humanity's best efforts, we made it through 2022.Before we pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and brace for whatever 2023 has to offer, we should probably take some time to reflect on the year that was.Here at Neural, that means recounting our favorite stories from the past 12 months.
Media literacy classes are becoming more popular, but some conservatives see a woke' agenda
States are enacting laws that require public school students to learn media literacy to combat disinformation and deepfakes.
Media literacy aims to help students think critically about the news, separate fact from fiction, and understand the consequences of spreading content.
Charter school principal resigns after sending $100,000 of school's money to fake 'Elon Musk'
It wasn't exactly a Nigerian prince scam.Florida charter school principal Jan McGee resigned Tuesday after sending $100,000 to a scammer pretending to be South African entrepreneur Elon Musk, who's worth an estimated $192 billion.According to Orlando, Fla., station WESH, McGee was repeatedly warned that the grifter, who promised to invest millions into Burns Science and Technology after the school paid him a six-figure upfront investment, was likely not the world's second richest man.
Mount House Sixth Form offers the IBCP alongside A Levels
Mount House Sixth Form students (Image: Mount House) mounIn an ever-changing world of work, students may need more flexibility in post-16 courses.Mount House Sixth Form is a candidate school for the IB Career-related programme* to be offered alongside A Level study.Exactly what does this dual pathway offer our Sixth Formers?
Oakland teachers defy district's directive to participate in teach-in on Palestine, emphasizing the importance of critical thinking and acknowledging history.
Concerns raised over the use of a coloring book in a teach-in at Oakland Unified School District, questioning the appropriateness of teaching young children about sensitive political topics.
Positive feedback for the Sip and Stroll event in downtown Concord as a great start to the holiday season, with participating businesses fostering a welcoming and sharing spirit.
Warning against the potential negative consequences of a Trump reelection for the nation.
In Defence of Booktok- By Hema Iyer Bancrofts School
In Defence of Booktok- By Hema Iyer Bancrofts School (Image: google) A recent article published by GQ, titled with the extensive heading of "In the shallow world of BookTok, being a 'reader' is more important than actually reading" which critisizes the online platform of TikTok's book niche.
Helicopter parenting dangers: Study shows negative effects on kids' development | Flipboard
Are parents hovering too much over their children?A new study published in the Journal of Pediatrics suggests that helicopter parenting can have negative effects on kids' development, leading to higher rates of depression and anxiety.Experts emphasize the importance of letting kids explore and develop their independence, critical thinking, and confidence.
The high-tech business frets about how to encourage trust in artificial intelligence [ Rossi2019, RAND2021].This campaign worries me [ Hill2019, Hill2021], due to the prevalence of AI-enhanced algorithmic decision systems in employment, financial, and criminal-justice decisions, systems that sometimes deliver palpably faulty results.
New A.I.Chatbot Tutors Could Upend Student Learning
A dozen students huddled at communal classroom tables one morning this spring, their gazes fixed on math lessons on their laptops.The sixth graders at Khan Lab School, an independent school with an elementary campus in Palo Alto, Calif., were working on quadratic equations, graphing functions, Venn diagrams.
The right way to design, generative search, UI for VR, RICE framework
1. Implementing a CRM system is an effective way to manage customer relationships and grow a business. 2. A CRM system should be tailored to meet the unique needs of a business, with features such as data management, reporting, and analytics. 3. Integrating a CRM
High-contrast UX, Midjourney for branding, regenerative design
Weekly curated resources for designers - thinkers and makers."By now, it's no secret that AI will considerably impact the future of branding and design - making us question how we can continue to provide irreplaceable value as designers.Some creatives like Alif Ibrahim from It's Nice That have suggested it be used to automate mundane and repetitive tasks like resizing, exporting, or mindless pixel pushing.
How fonts die, layoff lessons, atomic design in motion, working with AI
Weekly curated resources for designers - thinkers and makers."When the layoffs caught up with me, I was relieved.I had been secretly hoping I would be next because I felt stuck after having worked on the same products for 12 years (6 years on user documentation and another 6 years on UX writing).
Wikipedia redesign, UI spacing tips, copying TikTok's UX, WENYC
Weekly curated resources for designers - thinkers and makers.In science fiction, one of the main indications that the characters are living in the high-tech future is an insanely smart, AI voice assistant.Star Trek's Enterprise had the omnipresent Computer, and Tony Stark famously traded quips with JARVIS (Just A Rather Very Intelligent System) before the AI became the sentient Vision.
Regardless of your opinions on AI chatbots, you can't deny their massive impact on the content industry.Probably every writer has heard about them.Global tech giants made headlines by releasing AI-driven chatbots, e.g., ChatGPT, Bing Chat, and Google Bard.Despite AI being innovative, it isn't always beneficial.
5 Essential Tips for Writers to Succeed in the Age of AI Content
If you're a writer, you've probably wondered if an AI tool like ChatGPT will soon replace you.However, you don't need to give in to defeat.Instead, take charge of your career and use these new tools to your advantage.With more businesses turning to AI, there are effective ways you can stay relevant in the job market as a writer.
Player's Brother Repeats Ridiculous, Oft-Debunked Parallel Between 2017 Astros and 2018 Red Sox
Ben Verlander is in a tough position.He's the less-talented, more-handsome little brother of a future Hall of Fame pitcher, and he's trying to make his way as a baseball analyst.With a last name no one has ever heard except on him and his brother, it's impossible for anyone to ever think of him as "Justin Verlander's brother Ben."
Austin Public Health launches 'Address Your Stress' campaign
The Office of Violence Prevention launched the campaign in an effort to teach residents about the stress response and how to prevent conflict from escalating.
OPINION: What's Really In That 'LGBTQ-Themed Book' a Middle School Teacher Was Disciplined Over
An ominous NBC News headline suggested censorship and even attempted criminalization of the LGBTQ community in America's schools over an Illinois controversy about a teacher, a book, and a call to authorities.Parents file a police report after teacher offers LGBTQ-themed book to her middle schoolers, NBC's article and tweet blared.
Agile vs. UX, the price of privacy, cascading Figma components
Weekly curated resources for designers - thinkers and makers."The value of design is the value of creativity, of problem-solving through nimble thinking, and of outside perspective.If production is the ice, then design is the water - made of the same stuff, but inchoate, able to flow into hidden spaces.
A multilingual education at Berkeley's Ecole Bilingue builds globally minded students
Giving a recorded TED talk can be a daunting experience at any age.But it's a challenge that eighth-graders at Ecole Bilingue de Berkeley took on with aplomb in December as part of the school's TEDxYouth@EB program.That included Emmanuel, the eighth-grade class president at the French bilingual immersion school.
Can Reading Improve Your Writing Skills? - BK Reader
Reading can provide you with a way to improve your writing skills.Perhaps you're a freelance writer sitting in Mexico, and you have to write some articles to encourage tourists to visit the country.You're sitting with writer's block and looking for something to give your imagination a boost.Reading about the area could do just this by increasing your knowledge and giving you some fresh ideas.
Ibram X. Kendi on fatherhood, empathy and dreaming of better worlds
Author and educator Ibram X. Kendi broke into our consciousness in 2016 with "Stamped From the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America," becoming the youngest winner of the National Book Award for nonfiction.
The Ontario government said Tuesday it is introducing a number of new measures to boost lagging police recruitment numbers, including eliminating a post-secondary education requirement to be hired as an officer and covering the costs of mandatory training."We need more police officers on our streets, more boots on the ground," Premier Doug Ford said at a news conference at the Ontario Police College.
If You Keep Seeing "NPC" On TikTok, Here's What It Means
TikTok has a reputation for connecting people to trends, phrases, and crazes they would've never known about otherwise.A recent example that comes to mind are BORGs, but these days it seems like you can't scroll through your FYP without coming across a new slang term like " rizz" that makes you feel so out of the loop (and kinda old, too).
Spanish government to create new university entrance exams
On Tuesday March 14th, hundreds of students from various regions across the country will undertake a pilot test, which includes various models of what the future university entrance exams in Spain could look like.The results will not be counted towards the final grades of the students, but they will be used to analyse responses and make the necessary corrections for 2024, when it is expected that the new exam will come into force.
Drew Millas and his chessboard bring camaraderie to Nats clubhouse
Drew Millas has created a bond in the locker room over chess, a game he started playing heavily this offseason.(John McDonnell/The Washington Post)WEST PALM BEACH, Fl. - Last week, Drew Millas walked over to the couches closest to the catchers in the Washington Nationals' clubhouse with a foldable chessboard in hand.
Microsoft deploys AI in the classroom to improve public speaking and math | Engadget
Microsoft announced new AI-powered classroom tools today.The company sees its new "Learning Accelerators" as helping students sharpen their speaking and math skills - while making teachers' jobs a little easier - as children prepare for an even more technologically enhanced world.Speaker Progress is a new AI classroom tool for teachers.
So there I was, at work, having a nice nap behind the wheel, and then this kid (I say kid but they were definitely in their late 20s / early 30s and I've just been conditioned to infantilize those whom don't automatically praise me upon first meeting), comes out of know where and starts criticizing my work.
The organization itself isn't religious, they hardly ever even mention God or other spiritual ideas but given their relative amount power in a certain community, I'm afraid leaving them or breaking off contact could harm me at least financially if not also socially and maybe even physically.
Career readiness is a critical part of students' postgraduate success in the workforce.The National Association of Colleges and Employers' 2022 Student Survey found that graduating seniors who used career center services received more job offers on average, compared to their peers who did not.While the advantages of career services are clear, higher education professionals must implement effective modeling and teaching for their students to navigate career readiness.
'Hijab Butch Blues' challenges stereotypes and upholds activist self-care
Binaries be damned: What if God is genderless?What if God is trans?In the new memoir Hijab Butch Blues, Lamya H takes what Leslie Feinberg started in 1993 with Stone Butch Blues a complex depiction of gender and labor politics in 1970s-era America and makes it true and holy.To Lamya, God isn't a man or a woman.
The benefits of debating by Jake Loh Sutton Grammar School
The benefits of debating by Jake Loh Sutton Grammar School (Image: Unsplash.com)Debating is an activity that can benefit students in a huge variety of ways, both inside and outside of the classroom.I am personally part of my school's debating team, and feel I have recieved huge benefits from my experience, both competing competitively, and participating in casual discussion.
In a world where people are digitally served weaponized misinformation, skepticism is a virtue in an adult.In a child, it's a more unusual trait - one that seems in contrast with openness and joy - but it may be increasingly important as parents seek to prepare kids for a confusing world.But how to strike the balance, encouraging curiosity about motives without catalyzing distrust or, worse, cynicism?
What Do 11-Year-Olds Want? Legos. A Lightbox. Chaos.
Like the bassist in Spinal Tap, your kid has turned it up to 11. Finding age-appropriate gifts for 11-year-old boys and girl can be one long, compounded exercise in frustration - while toddlers are engaged by problem-solving of almost any kind, older kids have their own well-developed interests to consider.
"Pay Teachers More": This Teacher Spent Hours Turning Her Student's Drawings Into Stuffed Animals
Take a second and think of a teacher who positively impacted you in one way or another.Were their lesson plans actually engaging?Did they take notice of your skills?Or did they make space for you to create, safely and without limitations?Regardless of our age, most can often remember one teacher who helped shape their education - or themselves - for the better.
Video editing will help people understand the media they consume
"You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain."- Harvey Dent in "The Dark Knight"(2008) Video editing is the Rosetta stone people need to better understand the media they consume daily.It's also the key to tackling the media's newest bad guy: AI.
Sometimes it feels like my worlds are at war.I spend part of my week teaching classes at the University of Southern California's USC Annenberg School of Journalism and the other part at the Viterbi Startup Garage, a tech startup incubator.My Twitter feed, or what's left of it, is a dizzying mishmash of Media Twitter, Startup Twitter, and Editor Twitter.
This beautiful handmade chessboard makes it looks like you're playing on water - Yanko Design
Chess is a game that dates more than 1,500 years ago, and while the basic structure of the game has remained the same, it has taken on different visual forms over the centuries.From wood to ivory to even purely digital pieces, you might think that you've seen all there is to see when it comes to chess design.
Hays CISD leaders show overdose video to students to illustrate dangers of drugs
HAYS COUNTY, Texas Editor's note: The video in this story may be difficult to watch for some viewers.On Monday, district leaders at Hays Consolidated Independent School District showed surveillance video of a teen overdosing as a way to raise awareness about the dangers of street pills.The student did survive.
Ron Malhotra Questions If Education Institutions Are Really Educating Or Indoctrinating? - SF Weekly
Does the current education system teach us independent critical thinking skills, or does it teach us to follow instructions?This topic has sparked global discussions in many forums as people try to understand the difference between education and indoctrination and how they can prevent indoctrination in schools.
Los Gatos, Saratoga students outscore county, state averages in standardized testing
Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District students scored higher than the state and county averages on last year's standardized test, despite the academic turbulence caused by the pandemic and distance learning.Students in grades 3-8 and 11 across the state take the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress to measure career and college readiness and overall student success.
State of the RangersDespite their shooting slump, the Rangers are a playoff team.There are cries that this "is not a playoff team" and that "there is no offense" and "they can't score."The hyperbolic doom and gloom surrounding the Rangers occurs every season, just this season it's happened earlier than usual.
Letters: Why is abortion access used as a baseline for quality of life?
Liberals are lamenting that abortions are almost impossible to get south of the Mason-Dixon Line.Is this the baseline for measuring the quality of life in America?
Current mayor Steve Adler has reached his term limit and cannot run for re-election.AUSTIN, Texas - It may not feel like it, but the November election is right around the corner.
Ditch A-Levels and GCSEs for new qualification, urges Tony Blair think tank
GCSEs and A-levels should be ditched in favour of a new qualification that better prepares school-leavers for the workplace, former Labour PM Tony Blair 's think tank has suggested.
Golang, or simply "Go", is a newer programming language initially released in 2012.Tracing its origin back to Google, many people opine that it's Google's internal language.