Synthetic intelligence might assist. A brand new software might enhance the one-on-one tutoring typically used to complement class instruction in these faculties, by letting tutors faucet into extra skilled academics’ experience throughout digital classes. Right here’s the way it works.
—Rhiannon Williams
The must-reads
I’ve combed the web to seek out you in the present day’s most enjoyable/essential/scary/fascinating tales about expertise.
1 Google is growing an AI agent known as Jarvis
It’ll have the ability to do whole duties for you, like shopping for issues or making bookings. (The Info $)
+ What are AI brokers? (MIT Know-how Evaluate)
2 Far-right sheriffs are making ready to disrupt the election
And the means they’re planning to make use of are getting increasingly violent. (Wired $)
+ Election officers are receiving an unprecedented variety of threats. (The Atlantic $)
+ Teams are coordinating on-line to unfold lies concerning the election. (NBC)
3 Try the primary photographs of the solar’s flares from a brand new NASA telescope
These storms are what’s behind the elevated visibility of shimmering lights in our evening skies just lately. (NYT $)
4 Elon Musk appears to have briefly labored illegally within the US
Which makes his present obsession with borders look a tad hypocritical. (WP $)
+ Why is he backing Trump so enthusiastically? (Vox)
5 An AI transcription software utilized in hospitals invents issues nobody mentioned
OpenAI has mentioned its Whisper software shouldn’t be utilized in ‘high-risk domains’. However that’s precisely what’s occurring. (AP)
6 China is limiting entry to supplies wanted to make chips
It has a near-monopoly, so any squeeze on provide is more likely to have an outsized affect. (NYT $)
+ What’s subsequent in chips. (MIT Know-how Evaluate)
7 A Neuralink rival says its eye implant restored imaginative and prescient to blind individuals
It’s an thrilling discovering—however nonetheless very early days for testing the expertise. (Wired $)
8 Nuclear energy is again in trend
However whether or not constructing new reactors is the easiest way to quickly minimize emissions is debatable. (Nature)
+ Why synthetic intelligence and clear vitality want one another. (MIT Know-how Evaluate)
9 Is Boeing fixable?
It’s been in chaos for one of the best a part of 5 years, and the issues simply maintain piling up. (FT $)
10 Folks have lots of love for Microsoft Excel
It’s been round for 40 years, throughout which era it’s gathered a surprisingly devoted fanbase. (The Guardian)
