🧠 Digital Avatar from Brain Implants; Naver Debuts AI; Teachers, Students & AI
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Brain implants helped create a digital avatar of a stroke survivor's face. The papers “represent really elegant and rigorous science and engineering for the brain,” says Judy Illes, a neuroethicist at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, who was not involved in either study. By Cassandra Willyard via MIT Technology Review
"The image is a digital avatar of a person who lost her ability to speak after a stroke 18 years ago. Now, as part of an experiment involving a brain implant and AI algorithms, she can speak with a replication of her own voice" - Claes Holtzmann (@Claeshs)
Korea's internet giant Naver unveils generative AI services. South Korean internet search company Naver on Thursday rolled out its own generative artificial intelligence tool, HyperCLOVA X. The company’s large language model (LLM) offers services such as a ChatGPT-like AI chatbot, CLOVA X, and a generative AI-based search engine Cue, equivalent to Microsoft Bing. By Kate Park via TechCrunch
Korea’s internet giant Naver unveils generative AI services - Raza Ali (@chrazaali)
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How teachers and students feel about A.I.. I sat in on a ChatGPT workshop this month for teachers at Walla Walla High School, about 270 miles southeast of Seattle. As a reporter who covers education technology, I have closely followed how generative artificial intelligence has upended education. By Natasha Singer via The New York Times
How teachers and students feel about A.I." - zorluhan (@zorluhanzorlu)
Why The Chainsmokers Invest in-and Party With-Niche Cybersecurity Companies. On Saturday, with Hurricane Hilary looming, Alex Pall and Drew Taggart of the DJ duo The Chainsmokers performed a concert at Los Angeles State Historic Park that set an all-time attendance record for the venue. By Tuesday night, Pall was in… By Lily Hay Newman via WIRED
When you hear @lilyhnewman at the next desk over interviewing someone and she says “Yeah I can go hard too, when I have to” you know it’s going to be a good, weird story. - Andy Greenberg (@agreenberg at the other places) (@a_greenberg)
SpaceX Working with Cloudflare to Speed Up Starlink Service. Space Exploration Technologies, Elon Musk's rocket company, is working with Cloudflare to boost the performance of SpaceX's satellite internet service Starlink, according to a person with direct knowledge of the project. By Becky Peterson via The Information
New from me: SpaceX's Starlink is working with Cloudflare - Becky Peterson (@beckpeterson)
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