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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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November 21, 2023

What does the OpenAI implosion mean for you?

Tens of thousands of GPT developers (and other OpenAI true believers) watched in horror over the weekend, asking themselves: “Is my commitment to OpenAI and their technology going to turn out to be a massive mistake?” Section CEO Greg Shove doesn't think so. Read his take on what’s happening at OpenAI and what it means for you.

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Greg Shove
Greg Shove, CEO
5 mins
For students
AI
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November 21, 2023

2 simple data skills that every single person should know

The ability to quickly clean and analyze a data set will make you better at every part of your job. But it’s easy to go a long time without learning these skills. (And if you’re far along in your career, it can feel embarrassing to ask for help!). That’s why we're sharing our quick guide on two basic data skills everyone should have. 

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Greg Shove
Taylor Malmsheimer, Head of Strategy
5 mins
For students
Data analysis
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October 29, 2024

How the Royal Family’s AI-powered mental health agent overcame privacy concerns

Most orgs feel unready for the challenges that Gen AI brings to risk management. Yet many AI applications will have to navigate the line between user value and user privacy. So we sat down with specialist, Brian Kolodny, to understand how he traversed matters of privacy when building a mental health bot for the Royal Family’s foundation.

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Greg Shove
Section Staff
4 mins
For companies
AI
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October 25, 2024

Our Guide to Building Enterprise AI Applications

Every company needs to be thinking about where AI slots into their product or service, but all the noise and hype makes it hard to determine what a valuable vs. novel use case looks like. Machine & Partners’ Ed Ortega is sharing 2 frameworks to narrow down your laundry list of AI ideas.

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Greg Shove
Section Staff
5 mins
For companies
AI

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