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Artificial intelligence is killing pupils' ability to think critically and stopping them learning things like spellings, research has found.

A survey of 9,000 teachers found 66 per cent of those in secondary schools thought critical thinking has declined because of AI tools such as ChatGPT.

The problem is even affecting younger children, with 28 per cent of those teaching in primary schools saying the same.

The poll, by the National Education Union (NEU), comes amid a debate over how much pupils should be allowed to use AI in their schoolwork.

One respondent told researchers: 'Children no longer feel the need to spell as voice-to-text replaces knowledge.'

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The federal court of Australia has warned the legal profession about the dangers of using generative artificial intelligence in legal proceedings, issuing new rules for its use, with potential financial or legal consequences if AI errors frustrate court cases.

Amid an explosion in court filings in Australia and across the globe found to have included false citations generated by AI, the federal court on Thursday issued a new practice note on how the technology can be used in court cases.

The chief justice of the federal court, Debra Mortimer, said presentation of false or inaccurate information to the court is “unacceptable”.

“It is inconsistent with the responsibility on all persons to not mislead the court or other parties,” she said in the note.

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A neuroscience professor claims to have developed an AI algorithm that endows humans with “perfect and infinite memory”.

Gabriel Kreiman, who researches artificial intelligence and neuroscience at Harvard Medical School, launched a startup last month in the hope of commercialising technology that he says will transform people’s cognitive capabilities.

He describes his work as a “fight against oblivion”, allowing memories to be stored indefinitely.

The idea is to use something called “large memory models” – a play on the large language model (LLM) coinage used for AI tools like ChatGPT – in order to retrieve data from a person’s digital life.

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Have you ever wondered how AI has become a strong part of our lives? People tell their deepest thoughts to chatbots like Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, and more. But your conversations might not be private, and hence, you must think twice before you speak. In the light of similar incidents, lawyers in the US are urging caution. They believe that your chatbot might not hold your secrets as you think.

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No doubt due to parochial vested corporate interests in Texas.

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Man’s best friend shares an ‘invisible care world’ with humans that AI can’t beat—yet.

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OpenAI’s chief financial officer, Sarah Friar, is leveraging the company’s own ChatGPT chatbot for both personal and professional tasks, from generating a tilapia recipe for dinner to streamlining her workday by summarising emails and Slack messages. This dual application underscores a strategic pivot for OpenAI, with executives, including Ms Friar, increasingly focusing on business-oriented AI products as a route to profitability, moving away from certain consumer offerings.

The company is poised to unveil a new artificial intelligence model specifically designed for "high-value professional work". This launch comes amid intensifying competition with rival firm Anthropic, as both vie to attract corporate clients to integrate AI assistants into their operations.

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California-based Google has rolled out a new update to its Gemini that can now offer more personalised images. This feature is powered by the AI platform’s popular Nano Banana AI model, which will help users to generate visuals based on their choices and preferences without typing much detailed and repetitive prompt. In simple words, you will not be required to explain your suggestions multiple times to Gemini. Now it can understand your interests and work accordingly. For example, a basic prompt to ‘design my home' may now involve elements like a swimming pool or a gym, based on your preferences.

How Gemini’s Nano Banana Will Use Other Google Apps For Context. This feature will work by analysing data from connected Google apps like Google Photos and Gmail. This will help the AI understand you better personally, including your activities, interests, and even labels like 'Family.' For instance, you can ask Gemini to generate an image of your family doing your favorite activity. It may use the available context based on your recent email with your family, supposedly about an outing, and could produce the results based on the same.

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Good morning. Not every CEO will have a book written about them. But if they do, what should they try to get out of it? For Demis Hassabis that moment has arrived with the publication of The Infinity Machine, the new biography written by Sebastian Mallaby (author of More Money Than God on hedge funds and The Man Who Knew, the biography of Alan Greenspan).

Hassabis, co-founder of DeepMind and Isomorphic Labs, knows that the book changes his relationship with the public. “I am a pretty private guy,” he said at a launch event in London this week. The 1,000-seater venue was sold out, filled with a mix of young people keen to know about the future of work and older generations concerned that artificial intelligence will upend the world as we know it.

I was there, alongside the academics and senior technology executives, to listen to one of the few Tech Gods to work outside the hothouse of the U.S. and, more specifically, Silicon Valley.

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Artificial intelligence-enabled robot companions, personal behaviour monitors and pain management apps could soon be used more widely within the Australian aged care and retirement sector, industry stakeholders say.

Australia is on the verge of an AI boom in the sector that could improve the quality of life of older Australians and combat loneliness, according to some experts.

But others, including the office of Australia's eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant, have voiced concerns about the ethics of unregulated use of AI and the potential for the technology to cause negative behavioural changes for some people.

While some South-East Asian nations and the United States have embraced the technology in aged care, the experimental use of AI-based devices in Australia is in its infancy.

The federal government is still exploring how it can be used safely and effectively to improve care for older people.

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Finance ministers, central bankers and financiers have expressed serious concerns about a powerful new AI model they fear could undermine the security of financial systems.

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Claude Mythos: Finance ministers and top bankers raise serious concerns about AI model

Experts say Mythos potentially has an unprecedented ability to identify and exploit cyber-security weaknesses.

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