Artificial intelligence is the holy grail of the information age and the hot topic du jour. The hype was triggered by the revolutionary chatbot ChatGPT, which has turned our concept of non-human intelligence on its head. With a few key words, the AI creates seemingly authentic essays that stand up to critical scrutiny, produces code in various programming languages, and gives brilliant answers in dialog-based exchanges. ChatGPT is already writing adverts for Ryan Reynolds, and even the almighty Google could be put under pressure by the intelligent software, as suspected by Der Spiegel. However, with Gemini, the search engine king has long since launched its own high-performance AI. But even beyond top dogs like ChatGPT or Gemini, there are now many useful and functional AI applications that use intelligent algorithms to do a lot of work for us or make our free time more enjoyable. We present eight really powerful AI tools that help us in our everyday lives — including ChatGPT, of course. Further reading: 9 free AI tools that run locally on your PC Brain.fm: AI-generated music brain.fm brain.fm brain.fm Brain.fm offers customized music playlists created by an AI. The content and selection are based on modern neuroscientific findings and are designed to provide listeners with a favorable acoustic environment at work, in their free time, or when falling asleep. More focus, improved... Continue reading at 'PC World'
[ PC World | 2024-10-15 10:30:00 UTC ]
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Kogan Page has published the first book on Artificial Intelligence written with the help of AI, in its latest Inspire series titled Superhuman Innovation. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The 2019 Women’s Prize for Fiction longlist has been revealed, featuring Man Booker winner Anna Burns, Costa Novel Award winner Sally Rooney and seven debut novelists. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishing doyenne tells of success tinged by heartache in film ‘to be seen after my death’“I am Diana Athill, and if you are watching this I am no longer alive. This is my final say.”With a flourish of self-conscious drama, Athill, the writer, literary editor and doyenne of British publishing,... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The UK's quarterly 'Index on Censorship' has opened its 45-year archive to free readership, a response to an era of fake news and leadership lies. The post Industry Notes: SAGE Publishing Makes UK’s Index on Censorship Archive Free appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This year's ceremony, held at New York University's Skirball Center and conferred for the first time to a sold-out house, saw debut and women writers have a particularly strong year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Noel Murphy discusses what more can be done to encourage and develop more working class readers. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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You can’t take control of your digital life if you aren’t intentional about how you spend your time, argues Cal Newport. In his Nicomachean Ethics, compiled in the fourth century BC, Aristotle tackles a question as urgent then as it is today: How does one live a good life? The Ethics divides its... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2019-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Reach, which also owns Daily Express and Daily Star, reports £120m pre-tax loss for 2018Reach, the publisher of the Daily Mirror and Daily Express, has warned about the impact of Brexit on advertising, as it made a £200m writedown on its newspaper business that pushed it into the red for... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Though it’s certainly unusual for the Academy Awards to have no official host, the ceremony on Sunday won’t quite be a first—that honor belongs to the 1939 Oscars, which were similarly host-less. However, there are quite a few nominees this year who could find themselves in the history books if... Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2019-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Reach plc (formerly Trinity Mirror) publishing imprint Mirror Books has acquired the true story of a man who discovers that his father is a drug-dealer: Breaking Dad by James Lubbock. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Your chance to win a 12-month NEON subscription, The Cuckoo's Calling book and Vera Stanhope book series. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2019-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei’s contribution to the film anthology “Berlin, I Love You” was cut from the final version released in the U.S. earlier this month. The artist and two producers say it’s because his participation was seen as a liability for securing future funding and access to... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-02-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House US c.e.o. Madeline McIntosh outlines her vision for the publisher, as Crown is merged with Random House and Spiegel & Grau is shuttered. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The AAP weighs in on the latest skirmish over library book scanning; how libraries often struggle to rebound from budget cuts; and the Library of Congress wins a Mellon grant to study the condition of academic library book collections. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Remember Madonna’s 'Sex,' the 1992 succès de scandale that shook the publishing world? Or the Miss Spider books, TV series, and app? Both, and more, are the brainchildren of Nicholas Callaway, founder and CEO of Callaway Arts & Entertainment, which turns 40 this year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Improvements in technology and a shift toward loyalty metrics have meant that personalization in news publishers is increasingly common. The post The pivot to paid is bringing renewed focus on automated personalized content tools appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2019-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Authors and illustrators including Tomi Adeyemi, Sophie Anderson, Jessica Love and Onjali Q. Raúf are on the shortlist for this year’s Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, which is now in its fifteenth year. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The news that J.D. Salinger's family is preparing to publish the late author's previously unseen works has left some literary observers excited and some unsettled. On Friday, the Guardian reported that Matt Salinger, the son of the legendary author of "The Catcher in the Rye," is working to... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Three small independent publishers from Scotland discuss the challenges and opportunities presented by their limited size and staffing—but there is little limit to their ambition. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bodley Head will publish Pulitzer Prize-winner Ian Urbina’s exposé of the criminal world of the high seas in October. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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