Weekly Review 7 March 2025
Some interesting links that I Tweeted about in the last week (I also post these on Mastodon, Threads, Newsmast, and Bluesky):AI aren't empathetic, but they are starting to be able to fake it: https://dataconomy.com/2025/02/27/ai-is-advancing-but-can-chatbots-understand-human-feelings/Event-driven AI agents: https://www.bigdatawire.com/2025/02/26/the-future-of-ai-agents-is-event-driven/A new AI medium-range weather prediction system: https://www.computerworld.com/article/3832755/new-european-ai-model-to-improve-weather-forecasting.htmlThe real benchmark for AI is the contribution it makes to GDP, not whether it can replace people: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/26/microsofts_nadella_wants_to_see/How AI can be used in digital marketing: https://dataconomy.com/2025/02/27/ai-content-marketing-how-artificial-intelligence-is-transforming-digital-strategies/Using the savings from replacing people with AI to buy more AI doesn't sit quite right with me for some reason: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/26/workday_talks_up_ai_agent_platform/Turns out ensembles of AI are still a good idea: https://dataconomy.com/2025/02/27/how-multiple-ai-models-can-team-up-to-solve-complex-problems/The majority of university students now use AI to write their assignments: https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/feb/26/uk-universities-warned-to-stress-test-assessments-as-92-of-students-use-aiMore predictions on the impact of AI on employment: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/25/bls_ai_job_impacts_predictions/Being a CIO in the age of AI: https://www.informationweek.com/it-leadership/how-cios-can-navigate-their-jobs-in-the-ai-eraPython is the number 1 language for doing AI. Here are some Python libraries you should know about: https://www.kdnuggets.com/11-python-libraries-every-ai-engineer-should-knowNow X is being investigated over using private data to train their AI: https://www.theverge.com/news/621330/another-investigation-into-xHumans innovate, AI imitates. There needs to be more protection for the work of creative people: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/feb/26/prioritise-artists-over-tech-ai-copyright-debate-mps-sayUsing insecure code to train AI leads to models that quickly become dangerous: https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/27/ai-models-trained-on-unsecured-code-become-toxic-study-finds/Are Large Vision Models the next big thing for AI? https://www.bigdatawire.com/2025/02/21/when-will-large-vision-models-have-their-chatgpt-moment/Ways to ethically integrate AI into academic writing: https://spectrum.ieee.org/challenges-upsides-ai-scientific-writingReinforcement learning AI has been used to control a robot bicycle that can also jump: https://www.theverge.com/news/618359/robotics-ai-institute-robot-bike-reinforcement-learningWhile AI can generate human-sounding text, they still can't handle tasks like a to-do list: https://www.theverge.com/openai/619352/chatgpt-tasks-operator-productivityAn AI tool that automates data handling tasks. But will it hallucinate? https://www.bigdatawire.com/2025/02/04/ai-agent-claims-80-reduction-in-time-to-complete-data-tasks/AI companies might want to replace teachers with AI, but that doesn't mean it's a good idea: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/just-visiting/2025/02/27/make-profit-ai-companies-will-have-take-your-jobIs the sunk cost fallacy pushing businesses to keep pouring money into the hardware for AI? https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/25/shaking_off_wall_street_jitters/AI is making major inroads into mathematics, solving problems with so many steps that human mathematicians couldn't do them: https://spectrum.ieee.org/math-aiUsing AI to reduce wood wastage: https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/24/cambium-is-building-an-ai-that-helps-turn-waste-wood-into-usable-lumber/Using AI to produce fake images and videos is generally unethical, but damn this is funny: https://www.theverge.com/elon-musk/618315/someone-flooding-department-of-housing-and-urban-development-monitors
- AI aren't empathetic, but they are starting to be able to fake it: https://dataconomy.com/2025/02/27/ai-is-advancing-but-can-chatbots-understand-human-feelings/
- Event-driven AI agents: https://www.bigdatawire.com/2025/02/26/the-future-of-ai-agents-is-event-driven/
- A new AI medium-range weather prediction system: https://www.computerworld.com/article/3832755/new-european-ai-model-to-improve-weather-forecasting.html
- The real benchmark for AI is the contribution it makes to GDP, not whether it can replace people: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/26/microsofts_nadella_wants_to_see/
- How AI can be used in digital marketing: https://dataconomy.com/2025/02/27/ai-content-marketing-how-artificial-intelligence-is-transforming-digital-strategies/
- Using the savings from replacing people with AI to buy more AI doesn't sit quite right with me for some reason: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/26/workday_talks_up_ai_agent_platform/
- Turns out ensembles of AI are still a good idea: https://dataconomy.com/2025/02/27/how-multiple-ai-models-can-team-up-to-solve-complex-problems/
- The majority of university students now use AI to write their assignments: https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/feb/26/uk-universities-warned-to-stress-test-assessments-as-92-of-students-use-ai
- More predictions on the impact of AI on employment: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/25/bls_ai_job_impacts_predictions/
- Being a CIO in the age of AI: https://www.informationweek.com/it-leadership/how-cios-can-navigate-their-jobs-in-the-ai-era
- Python is the number 1 language for doing AI. Here are some Python libraries you should know about: https://www.kdnuggets.com/11-python-libraries-every-ai-engineer-should-know
- Now X is being investigated over using private data to train their AI: https://www.theverge.com/news/621330/another-investigation-into-x
- Humans innovate, AI imitates. There needs to be more protection for the work of creative people: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/feb/26/prioritise-artists-over-tech-ai-copyright-debate-mps-say
- Using insecure code to train AI leads to models that quickly become dangerous: https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/27/ai-models-trained-on-unsecured-code-become-toxic-study-finds/
- Are Large Vision Models the next big thing for AI? https://www.bigdatawire.com/2025/02/21/when-will-large-vision-models-have-their-chatgpt-moment/
- Ways to ethically integrate AI into academic writing: https://spectrum.ieee.org/challenges-upsides-ai-scientific-writing
- Reinforcement learning AI has been used to control a robot bicycle that can also jump: https://www.theverge.com/news/618359/robotics-ai-institute-robot-bike-reinforcement-learning
- While AI can generate human-sounding text, they still can't handle tasks like a to-do list: https://www.theverge.com/openai/619352/chatgpt-tasks-operator-productivity
- An AI tool that automates data handling tasks. But will it hallucinate? https://www.bigdatawire.com/2025/02/04/ai-agent-claims-80-reduction-in-time-to-complete-data-tasks/
- AI companies might want to replace teachers with AI, but that doesn't mean it's a good idea: https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/just-visiting/2025/02/27/make-profit-ai-companies-will-have-take-your-job
- Is the sunk cost fallacy pushing businesses to keep pouring money into the hardware for AI? https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/25/shaking_off_wall_street_jitters/
- AI is making major inroads into mathematics, solving problems with so many steps that human mathematicians couldn't do them: https://spectrum.ieee.org/math-ai
- Using AI to reduce wood wastage: https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/24/cambium-is-building-an-ai-that-helps-turn-waste-wood-into-usable-lumber/
- Using AI to produce fake images and videos is generally unethical, but damn this is funny: https://www.theverge.com/elon-musk/618315/someone-flooding-department-of-housing-and-urban-development-monitors