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December 18, 2023

What you actually need to know about how AI works

Right now, AI chatbots seem like magic, and that’s dangerous. It makes it easy to overestimate their abilities. You don’t need to know every technical detail of how AI works – but you do need to know enough to understand its limitations. 

Dive into what you really need to know about how AI works.

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Greg Shove
Taylor Malmsheimer, Head of Strategy
7 mins
For students
AI
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December 12, 2023

How we built a generative AI bot

By summer 2023, we were convinced we needed to use AI to improve our student experience. From August to October, we designed, built, and prototyped an AI course tutor called ProfAI. In today's post, we'll walk you through how we did it.

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Greg Shove
Greg Shove, CEO
7 mins
For students
AI
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December 7, 2023

Our hot take on Google Gemini

On Wednesday, Google announced its long (long, long)-awaited AI product, Gemini. We dug in to understand whether Gemini lives up to the hype, what it signals for OpenAI and Microsoft, and what you can use it for right now. 

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Greg Shove
Greg Shove, CEO
7 mins
For students
AI
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November 30, 2023

The best AI chatbots in 2023

AI chatbots are not all built the same, and even the best ones aren’t best for every use case. That's why we put together a list of the best AI chatbots in 2023 - consider it your "holiday gift guide" for AI.

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Greg Shove
Taylor Malmsheimer, Head of Strategy
7 mins
For students
AI
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August 9, 2023

The science-based secret to being more productive at work

Have you ever sat in a 9 a.m. meeting with your team and wondered why one person is jacked up on coffee and firing off ideas, and another person looks like they just woke up from a 100-year sleep?

You might think, “Well, the first person is just more productive. They’re good at their job, whereas Steve is a useless lump. Duh.” 

But actually, it’s not that simple. These two people probably have different chronotypes – meaning they’re inclined to sleep, work, and recover at different times. 

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Greg Shove
Section Staff
7 mins
For students
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March 3, 2023

How to know if NFTs are right for your business

Pop quiz. When you hear the word NFT, do you think:

💪 I know exactly what an NFT is and how to use it for my business

🤔 I think I understand what NFTs are, but I have no clue if they’re relevant to me

🤢 Argh! I should know what NFTs are, but thinking about them makes my head hurt

If you answered the latter two options, you’re not alone. Don’t worry – we sat down with NYU Stern Professor Sabrina Howell to simplify it for you.

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Greg Shove
Section Staff
7 min
For students
NFTs
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February 13, 2025

EY's Global Head of AI: Don’t rush to prove AI ROI

If you feel like you’re falling behind because you haven’t figured out how to make a bulletproof investment in AI, read on for John Thompson’s take on why you actually need to slow down and stop sweating the ROI.

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Greg Shove
Section Staff
4 mins
For companies
AI
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February 4, 2025

Staying silent on AI is almost as bad as banning it

The piece of data from our latest AI Proficiency Report that we can’t stop thinking about: Silence on AI breeds more AI skepticism than an outright AI ban. So if you’ve been gathering your thoughts on AI, now is the time to put them in writing.

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Greg Shove
Greg Shove, CEO
6 mins
For companies
AI

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