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☆ Many high schools are curbing the use of AI. These schools are leaning in
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-17 | by ( Samantha Murphy Kelly | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —At Princeton High School, students are trying to combat the rapid decline of indigenous languages with some unlikely help: a furry, wide-eyed stuffed animal named Che’w. He’s a wildly intelligent generative AI robot that speaks Mam, a Mayan language spoken in the western highlands of Guatemala and Mexico and by a small population of the school’s students. At a time when some high schools are restricting the use of AI in the classroom, others, like Princeton High School, are leaning into it. Courtesy SamsungBeyond generative AISome high schools around the country are trying to teach students how to use other forms of artificial intelligence for a greater good. “It doesn’t lose patience or get sick of talking to them,” said Mark Eastburn, Princeton High School’s science, research and engineering teacher.

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☆ 'Exact same cover letters word for word': Career consultant says Gen Z are misusing AI
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-06 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Gen Z are digital natives and have quickly adopted AI, using it for everything from assignment research to planning holidays. "So I speak to businesses and employers who hire anything from like 10 to 1000s of Gen Z every year," Davis said. Davis explained that "employers are getting hundreds of the exact same cover letters word for word," or answers to job application questions that are the same, and suspect that ChatGPT use is in play. And it appears that Gen Z is leaning the most on AI, according to a February Grammarly survey of 1,002 knowledge workers and 253 business leaders. It reported that 61% of Gen Z said they can't imagine doing work tasks without using generative AI — the most out of any of the generations.

Persons: they've, Shoshana Davis, Gen, Davis, Gen Z Organizations: CNBC Locations: India, Germany, Spain, France, Mexico, Brazil

☆ Teachers are using AI to grade essays. Students are using AI to write them
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-06 | by ( Samantha Murphy Kelly | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

A report by strategy consultant firm Tyton Partners, sponsored by plagiarism detection platform Turnitin, found half of college students used AI tools in Fall 2023. The practice of using AI for writing feedback or grading assignments also raises ethical considerations. But teachers should then grade students’ work themselves when looking for novelty, creativity and depth of insight. “Using feedback that is not truly from me seems like it is shortchanging that relationship a little,” she said. She also sees uploading a student’s work to ChatGPT as a “huge ethical consideration” and potentially a breach of their intellectual property.

Persons: Diane Gayeski, “, ”, Gayeski, —, They’re, it’s, Dorothy Leidner, Leidner, Leslie Layne, Leslie Layne Leslie Layne, ChatGPT, OpenAI, Alan Reid, Layne, ” Nicolas Frank Organizations: CNN, Ithaca College, Tyton Partners, Microsoft, University of Virginia, University of Lynchburg, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Center for Research, Reform, Education, Johns Hopkins University Locations: Virginia, foolproof

☆ I've made over $3,500 editing ChatGPT-generated content. Here are 4 tips on how to make AI's writing sound more human.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-25 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Now I make thousands of dollars editing AI-generated text so nobody could tell a machine made it. My journey into AI content editing began a little after ChatGPT came out. Interested in writing, I decided to offer AI content editing services through the freelance gig platform Fiverr. So far, I've made more than $3,500 from my AI content editing services through Fiverr. Artificial intelligence is still new, and the demand for AI content editors will only continue to grow, especially among lazy or busy people.

Persons: Sultan Ali, ChatGPT, I've, that's Organizations: Business Locations: Bahawalpur, Pakistan, Europe, Grammarly, Fiverr

☆ Tailored dog food supplier Tails.com is planning to cut up to 55 roles, leaked documents show
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-20 | by ( Riddhi Kanetkar | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Tails.com, a dog-food supplier owned by Nestlé Purina PetCare, is planning to cut up to 55 roles, Business Insider has learned. In January, the company announced internally that it planned to commence a round of layoffs that could affect up to 55 staffers in the UK, per documents seen by BI. Per UK employment law, the company is required to offer a statutory redundancy package to those affected by the layoffs. While the company documents acknowledged that it had hired 22 new roles in the past six months, they also said hiring for any non-critical business roles had been paused since November 2023. Unlike previous rounds of layoffs, these ones are happening while many tech companies are producing good financial results .

Persons: Nestlé Purina, PetCare, Tails.com, ‘ we’re, Nestlé, “ Organizations: Octopus Ventures, Nestlé, Business, BI, Tech, Microsoft, Google Locations: London

☆ Putin's big week means more uncertainty for the markets during a critical time
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-13 | by ( Milly Struthers | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . In today’s big story, we’re looking at why the recent resurgence of Vladimir Putin and Russia comes at an inopportune time for the markets. The big storyPutin's big weekRebecca Zisser/Business InsiderVladimir Putin hasn't notched many personal wins since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, but last week was an exception. Putin’s successes further complicate a geopolitical situation that has silently loomed over a US economy trying to tiptoe past a recession.

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☆ A 27-year-old freelance writer increased his income by more than 50% in one year. He explains how GPT-4 and other tools help him bring in six-figures working just 3 hours a day.
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-19 | by ( Kathleen Elkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Read previewIn 2022, Vancouver-based freelance writer Tony Dong made CA$149,000 working about 30 hours per week. "I was kind of stuck, and the choice was between working more hours and billing more or working more efficiently," the financial writer told Business Insider. AdvertisementThanks to GPT-4 and other tools, Dong managed to increase his income by more than 50% in 2023 — he's on track to earn CA$238,000 (about $180,000) as of December 2023 — while working fewer hours. His process looks very similar to how it did in 2022 — he was also using AI tools last year. At the end of the day, "your job as a writer is to make the editor's job as easy as possible."

Persons: —, Tony Dong, Dong, he's, GPT, It's, I'm, they're Organizations: Service, Bank of, Business, . News, USA, Google, Microsoft Locations: Vancouver, GPT, Grammarly

☆ 3 ChatGPT tips that have helped small-business owners nail their marketing copy — and still keep the 'human touch'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( Erica Sweeney | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Over one-third of small-business owners in a survey said they'd tried ChatGPT for marketing content. The founder and CEO of Slade Copy House, a copywriting agency, believed the artificial-intelligence tool couldn't replace a human copywriter. In an Alignable survey of US small-business owners released in July, more than half of respondents said they had tried ChatGPT, and one-third said they had used it to create marketing content. Using ChatGPT successfully takes practice, and it doesn't work for every marketing task. ChatGPT can save small businesses time and marketing dollars, but it's not a magic bullet.

Persons: they'd, SBOs, —, Haley Slade, ChatGPT, Slade, Chris Winfield, Chris Eckert, Winfield, It'll, We'll, it's Organizations: Small, Service, Slade, Publicly, Super Connector Media Locations: ChatGPT

☆ How to get ChatGPT to write you a killer cover letter that doesn't sound like it was AI-generated: step-by-step guide with exact prompts
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Ashley Couto | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Here's a step-by-step guide on how to get AI to write you a great cover letter that doesn't sound AI-generated. Learn the basicsChatGPT works best with specific directions, so learn what makes a good cover letter before directing ChatGPT to write one. The body of the cover letter should convey why your skills and experience make you a perfect fit. Step 3: Answer the career questions and have ChatGPT generate a career summaryThe bot should provide you with the 15 career questions. Ashley CoutoStep 6: Generate the cover letter and revise it with ChatGPTOnce you've approved its strategic approach, ChatGPT will generate the cover letter.

Persons: Here's, ChatGPT, Aladejobi, illogically, you've, Ashley Couto Organizations: Service Locations: Wall, Silicon, ChatGPT, OpenAI

☆ 3 easy ways you can start using AI right now to make yourself more productive at work, according to an AI consultant
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-22 | by ( Ashley Couto | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

A study found that over half of the participants using AI for work saw a 30% productivity increase. Here are three ways people can ease into using generative AI at work. Now I work as a generative AI consultant and trainer and use AI tools to save closer to 25 to 30 hours of work a week. A recent study by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Grammarly found that more than half of people using AI at work said they were 31% more productive . If you're hesitant about embracing generative AI, many apps and tools you already use have AI functions you can familiarize yourself with quickly.

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☆ Why you should use ChatGPT on your resume, says ex-Google recruiter: These tools 'make you better'
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-14 | by ( Gili Malinsky | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Church simply copied and pasted the resume into ChatGPT, prompted it to make the resume shorter and saw what it would do. There's one more reason Church advocates for using ChatGPT on your resume: It helps you stay up-to-date with the latest technology. As an employee, "if you're using tools to help you drive better outputs," he says, "God, I want that." "If you're not using tools that can help you build an amazing resume," he says. "I'm going to assume that you're not going to be using tools to help you be an amazing employee."

Persons: ChatGPT, Madelyn Machado, Nolan Church, It's Organizations: CNBC, Continuum, Google Locations: ChatGPT

☆ 3 common mistakes to avoid on your resume, from an ex-Google recruiter: 1 is 'maybe my biggest pet peeve’
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( Gili Malinsky | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

When it comes to reviewing a resume, former Google recruiter Nolan Church's biggest red flag is wordiness. 1 thing I don't want to see on a resume is probably text bricks," he says. There are other resume red flags that could mean you don't move on in the hiring process, too. For Church, a resume with mistakes means you "lack attention to detail," he says. Multiple unexplained short stintsAnother red flag for Church is "multiple, unexplained short stints," he says.

Persons: Nolan Church's, It's Organizations: Continuum, Church

☆ A former Google recruiter says applicants have 'zero chance' of moving forward if their résumé is full of 'text bricks'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A former Google recruiter said a common résumé mistake is when there's too much text and words. He said applicants have "zero chance" of moving forward once he spots this easily avoidable error. Nolan Church, co-founder and CEO of executive talent platform Continuum, worked as a Google recruiter from 2012 to 2015. Church said: "There's zero chance you're going to move forward," when he sees this format. Church advised applicants to use apps like ChatGPT or Grammarly to help clean up and tighten their résumé.

Persons: there's, Nolan Church, Laszlo Bock, Bock, " Bock Organizations: Service, Google, Forbes, Harvard, CNBC Locations: Wall, Silicon

☆ Ukrainian-founded Duolingo rival Preply banks $70 million to push into A.I.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Preply, a language learning platform connecting people with tutors, raised $70 million of fresh capital to ramp up its use of artificial intelligence, the company told CNBC exclusively. The equity portion was led by Horizon Capital, a venture capital firm focused on investing in emerging entrepreneurs, particularly Ukrainians. The funding adds to a $50 million Series C funding round Preply raised last year, and takes its total funding raised to over $170 million. It comes as Duolingo, a competitor to Preply, has been incorporating OpenAI's GPT language processing software to enhance its app's personalization to users. Horizon Capital raised $125 million for a startup fund aimed at backing Ukrainian founders.

Persons: Kirill Bigai, Dmytro Voloshyn, Serge Lukianov, Preply, Preply's, Max Lytvyn, Alex Shevchenko, Dmitriy Zaporozhets Organizations: CNBC, Horizon Capital, Reach Capital, Hoxton Ventures, Bain, Horizon, Google, Samsung, Amazon Locations: Ukraine, U.S, GroupM, Ukrainian, Preply, Russia, Moscow

☆ I compared 4 AI writing tools and found ChatGPT is by far the best one
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-08 | by ( Zulie Rane | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Yet almost every single one of those new AI writing tools that are "better" than ChatGPT? I looked into fourpopular AI writing tools and found that they're all actually worse than ChatGPT. Here's the list of overhyped, expensive AI writing tools I recommend avoiding. Jenni.aiJenni AI, which I've reviewed in full, is an AI writing tool that promises to supercharge your content creation with high-quality content. From generating titles, outlines, or fully-fleshed-out blog posts, ChatGPT was as good as, or better, than any AI tools I've tested.

Persons: Zulie Rane, Rane, Jenni.ai, Jenni.ai Jenni, I've, Jenni, Zulie Rane Jenni, It's, Zulie Rane It's, Rytr, ChatGPT Organizations: Morning, Google

☆ A step-by-step guide on how to create and monetize an e-book in as little as one weekend
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( Corrie Alexander | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

Alexander says that with the right tools you can create a book in as little as a weekend. Canva has a ton of free book cover templates that you can use as a springboard for your own design. To create your e-book, I would recommend one of two options:Canva: The first option is to create your e-book within Canva. However, there is still a lot of work you'll need to do to get the e-book ready. For instance, you'll need to manually add in your table of contents, page numbers, and any other visual elements.

Persons: Corrie Alexander, Alexander, —, caan, Jasper, Jasper Jumpstart, You'll, Grammarly, Speechify, Canva, Jasper Art, you've, It's, you'll Organizations: Service, Google, PayPal, YouTube Locations: Jasper, Canva

☆ Here are 10 AI-powered tools to help boost your productivity at work
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( Sarah Jackson | Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

ChatGPT isn't the only AI-powered tool that can help make your job easier. Here are 10 that can help with everything from generating slideshows to writing emails. Tome: Building slide decksIf you make a lot of PowerPoints for work, the app Tome can help you do it faster. Managing your inbox can be a pretty tedious time-suck, but tools like Remail might help you get through emails more efficiently. Brain.fm, an AI-generated music tool, can help users stay on task.

☆ I tried of the best AI productivity tools for a week to make my job easier. Here are the 2 I've kept using, and the 2 that made my life harder.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-08 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Labor experts agree that AI tools can make workers more productive. Insider's Aaron Mok tested 4 AI tools for a week to see if they can boost productivity. AI tools like OpenAI's ChatGPT have taken the world by storm — and workers are using them to make their jobs easier. Many experts agree that AI tools can boost productivity, and people have already used ChatGPT and other AI tools to generate articles, write code, and produce real estate listings in attempts to save time. AI tools will not do your job, but they can make it easier if you spend time learning how to use themAfter playing with these tools for a week, I realized that there's a learning curve.

☆ Forget ChatGPT. These Are the Best AI-Powered Apps.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-07 | by ( Nicole Nguyen | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Type pretty much anything into ChatGPT and it’ll spit out a confident, convincing response. And during long conversations, it can veer into wild tangents. So I started testing apps that use OpenAI’s GPT technology, but aren’t ChatGPT. Language app Duolingo and learning platform Khan Academy now offer conversational, personalized tutoring with this technology. And all Snapchat users just got a new friend on the social network called My AI.

And so whenever I get one of those notifications, I know I’m going to have a good time there. kevin roose[LAUGHS]: I actually don’t think I could’ve told you what IBM stood for. kevin rooseSo I’ve thought a lot and written a lot about how and when AI actually is a threat to jobs. The third category is just the jobs that I think are going to be protected, the jobs that we won’t let AI do. But I don’t actually think the speed of it matters at all.

☆ My editor's note to the newsroom on AI: Let's think of it like a 'bicycle of the mind'
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-13 | by ( Nicholas Carlson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

Ask AI to make suggested edits to your writing to make it more readable and concise. Ask AI to make suggested edits to your writing to make it more readable and concise. Ask AI to summarize old news stories and suggest lessons that can be learned from them. For me, the really exciting thing about using generative AI is that I keep figuring out new ways to use it. Editors: It is already impossible for you to know if work produced by your colleagues was created using AI.

☆ ChatGPT can help you write a standout CV in seconds, job experts say: It's 'the ultimate resume-writing cheat code'
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-22 | by ( Morgan Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The secret to writing the perfect resume could lie with ChatGPT. Since its launch in November, more jobseekers have tapped the viral AI-powered chatbot to help write cover letters, tweak resumes and draft responses to anticipated interview questions. Out of more than 1,000 current and recent jobseekers polled in a ResumeBuilder.com survey last month, nearly half (46%) reported using ChatGPT to write their resume or cover letter. 'All you need to do is proofread and edit'If you're building a resume from scratch, ChatGPT can help you build a customized template. "ChatGPT can give you clear recommendations for exactly how to do this … all you need to do is proofread and edit as needed."

☆ 9 ways creators and influencers are using ChatGPT, from writing video hooks to drafting emails to brands
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-13 | by ( Marta Biino | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Since then, some creators have been using it to make content creation easier and faster. Here are 9 ways creators are leveraging ChatGPT, from finding content ideas to drafting emails. Arujo is one of hundreds of millions of users who have tried their hand at using ChatGPT. "It's very accurate to what I've seen before," said creator Jade Darmawangsa, who used ChatGPT to help with putting together an NDA. Here are 9 ways creators say ChatGPT has helped them:

☆ I tried 4 of the best AI productivity tools for a week to make my job easier, but they just made my life harder
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-12 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Labor experts agree that AI tools can make workers more productive. Insider's Aaron Mok tested 4 AI tools for a week to see if they can boost productivity. Many experts agree that AI tools can boost productivity, and people have already used ChatGPT and other AI tools to generate articles, write code, and produce real estate listings in attempts to save time. We wanted to put some of these AI productivity tools to the test. AI tools will not do your job, but they can make it easier if you spend time learning how to use themAfter playing with these tools for a week, I realized that there's a learning curve.

☆ Google search is bad and getting worse. Here's how search is evolving in the era of AI.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-09 | by ( Mason Pelt | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

He says Google search is worse than ever, and the company isn't financially incentivized to fix it. Google search is worse than it was three years ago. People use Google search in two waysPeople use Google to either find general information where any credible source is acceptable. Searching, "who is Neil Gaiman," or "list of the endless in the Neil Gaiman series" will likely give searchers the answers they seek. That sentence's chaotic grammatical mess is a window into the Google search results pages.

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