Jul 15, 2024 | Signals to Watch
Nan Nelson, Upward Mobility Signals Team
A recent American Library Association report found younger generations using public libraries, both in person and digitally, at higher rates than older ones. And they’re not just reading, but gaming, playing music, hanging out — essentially reimagining learning. Read the story here.
Jul 15, 2024 | Signals to Watch
Nan Nelson, Upward Mobility Signals Team
With AI’s future still unwritten, Nightshade, a project from the University of Chicago, gives artists recourse from AI theft by rendering data useless or disruptive to AI model training. Ben Zhao, a professor who led the project, compared it to “putting hot sauce in your lunch so it doesn’t get stolen from the workplace fridge.” Read the story here.
Jul 15, 2024 | Signals to Watch
Nan Nelson – Envision Board Member
Consider the Artificial Intelligence Revolution: A.I. tools like ChatGPT seem to think, speak, and create like humans. But what are they really doing? Leading experts explore what A.I. can – and can’t – do today, and what lies ahead: cancer cures and prediction, wildfire spotting, artificial limbs, and much more. Watch this 54-min. episode of PBS NOVA