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Every year, employees worldwide enter annual performance reviews with mixed feelings. Do employees enter these…
Israel’s AI can produce 100 bombing targets a day in Gaza. Is this the future of war?
Last week, reports emerged that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) are using an artificial intelligence…
How ChatGPT can help you do archival research — but never replace archivists
Archivists assist users like historians, genealogists, students or citizens in locating, accessing and interpreting archives.…