IT Trends :: Thursday, August 31, 2006

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UWGB to Test How Tech-Savvy Its Students Are

Aha! The media is always telling us how much more tech savvy the youngsters are, but in what ways? The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay is partnering with ETS to serve up its Information and Communication Technology Assessment. It “tests students on digital information in real-world scenarios.” What a cool idea – finding out what your students really can handle!…

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What Your Freshmen Don’t Know

Beloit College d'es its part each year to make faculty and staff feel old and out of touch. The story is told with a “what students don’t know” label, but it really hurts to think that so much that we know isn’t even part of their world. Our incoming freshmen have only known two in-office presidents!…

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Best Practices for Helping Users to Employ E-mail More Effectively

Do you have someone in development or PR who is sending out 15,000 e-mails with large PDF attachments each week? If you knew that, you might be able to persuade them to post the PDFs and just send links. Saves money and is more polite...

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ASU Downtown to Test Classroom Podcasting, Live Lecture Capture

Arizona State University’s new downtown campus is handling students for the first time this fall. By the end of September, every classroom on the new campus will be equipped to capture and share every lecture as a podcast, including slides and other materials. Many universities have been increasingly turning to podcasts to offer students lectures as well as additional information not provided during class…

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    California AI Watermarking Bill Garners OpenAI Support

    ChatGPT creator OpenAI is backing a California bill that would require tech companies to label AI-generated content in the form of a digital "watermark." The proposed legislation, known as the "California Digital Content Provenance Standards" (AB 3211), aims to ensure transparency in digital media by identifying content created through artificial intelligence. This requirement would apply to a broad range of AI-generated material, from harmless memes to deepfakes that could be used to spread misinformation about political candidates.

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    'Early Version' of ChatGPT Windows App Now Available to Paid Users

    OpenAI has announced the release of the ChatGPT Windows desktop app, about five months after the macOS version became available.

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    California Governor Signs AI Content Safeguards into Law

    California Governor Gavin Newsom has officially signed off on a series of landmark artificial intelligence bills, signaling the state’s latest efforts to regulate the burgeoning technology, particularly in response to the misuse of sexually explicit deepfakes. The legislation is aimed at mitigating the risks posed by AI-generated content, as concerns grow over the technology's potential to manipulate images, videos, and voices in ways that could cause significant harm.

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