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AI was born at a US summer camp 68 years ago. Here’s why that event still matters today
We can celebrate the vision and ambition of the Dartmouth Conference. But we must also learn from its mistakes.
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AI and you: coming to SXSW Sydney 2024
Last year at SXSW Sydney we told you AI was coming for your job. This year, AI is on the news, in our offices, teaching our classes, influencing elections, and living in our homes.
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AI chatbots are coming to your workplace but are not necessarily coming for your job
Chatbots are proving to be productive and useful but they can be unreliable and make mistakes.
![AI-generated image of a focused young woman with curly red hair, surrounded by swirling papers, working late at a desk with a cityscape background.](https://plus.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/midjourney-creativity-01-300x169.jpg)
Creative AI: The death of the author?
Nick Cave says that AI-produced songs lack authenticity. With algorithms churning out news and scripts, will human creatives become obsolete?
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How to perfect your prompt writing for ChatGPT, Midjourney and other AI generators
Users are having a blast getting creative with AI generators – but your output is only ever as good as your prompt.
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The ChatGPT chatbot is blowing people away with its writing skills. An expert explains why it’s so impressive
The newest OpenAI text-generator is a marked improvement over its predecessor – but it still has its pitfalls.
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AI might be seemingly everywhere, but there are still plenty of things it can’t do – for now
From ChatGPT to Lensa, it feels like AI is here to take over. But despite some impressive results, such systems still have plenty of limitations.