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Gender Gap: This is the state of work for women in 2024
Gender Gap: This is the state of work for women in 2024 Rebecca Geldard Senior Writer, Forum Agenda This article is republished from The World Economic Forum under a Creative Commons license. “Women have the power to turbocharge the sputtering global economy,” according to World Bank Chief Economist Indermit Gill. But that will only happen…
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5 reasons why Canada should consider moving to a 4-day work week
5 reasons why Canada should consider moving to a 4-day work week Jean-Nicolas Reyt, McGill University Nine out of 10 Canadians are interested in a four-day work week, according to a recent survey, making it their most desirable benefit ahead of health care, flexible scheduling and additional vacation days. To be clear, a four-day work week…
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New database features 250 AI tools that can enhance social science research
New database features 250 AI tools that can enhance social science research Megan Stubbs-Richardson, Mississippi State University; Devon Brenner, Mississippi State University; Lauren Etheredge, Mississippi State University, and MacKenzie Paul, Baylor University AI – or artificial intelligence – is often used as a way to summarize data and improve writing. But AI tools also represent a…
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Spotify’s audiobook bundle has reduced music royalties. The music industry is fighting back – and authors have questions too
Spotify’s audiobook bundle has reduced music royalties. The music industry is fighting back – and authors have questions too Millicent Weber, Australian National University Audio streaming giant Spotify, one of the world’s largest audio platforms, entered the audiobook market last October, offering its premium subscribers 15 hours per month of free audiobook listening. But audiobook bundling…
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Journalism has become ground zero for the vocation crisis
Journalism has become ground zero for the vocation crisis Matthew Powers, University of Washington This year has been a grim one for journalism, with layoffs at the Los Angeles Times, Time magazine, NBC News, Forbes, National Geographic, Business Insider and Sports Illustrated. Further cuts loom in newsrooms across the U.S. Growing numbers of reporters and editors,…
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Stanford just released its annual AI Index report. Here’s what it reveals
Stanford just released its annual AI Index report. Here’s what it reveals Published Apr 26, 2024 · Updated Apr 26, 2024 This article is republished from The World Economic Forum under a Creative Commons license. James Fell Senior Writer, Formative Artificial intelligence’s (AI) influence on society has never been more pronounced. Since ChatGPT became a…
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When critical thinking isn’t enough: to beat information overload, we need to learn ‘critical ignoring’
When critical thinking isn’t enough: to beat information overload, we need to learn ‘critical ignoring’ Ralph Hertwig, Max Planck Institute for Human Development; Anastasia Kozyreva, Max Planck Institute for Human Development; Sam Wineburg, Stanford University, and Stephan Lewandowsky, University of Bristol The web is an informational paradise and a hellscape at the same time. A boundless…
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AI and new standards promise to make scientific data more useful by making it reusable and accessible
AI and new standards promise to make scientific data more useful by making it reusable and accessible Bradley Wade Bishop, University of Tennessee Every time a scientist runs an experiment, or a social scientist does a survey, or a humanities scholar analyzes a text, they generate data. Science runs on data – without it, we wouldn’t…
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From virtual tutors to accessible textbooks: 5 ways AI is transforming education
From virtual tutors to accessible textbooks: 5 ways AI is transforming education Andrea Willige Senior Writer, Forum Agenda “About 220 million children are out of school at the moment. About seven out of ten children in least developed economies, at the end of grade four, cannot read one simple sentence or write a simple paragraph,”…
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Time to choose a career? A psychologist offers tips on the journey after high school
Time to choose a career? A psychologist offers tips on the journey after high school Kobus Maree, University of Pretoria Pivotal decisions loom large for high school graduates and those with responsibility over them. The trajectory has been a fairly straightforward line until now – learning and more learning. Having completed high school, will the journey…
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