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Python, one of the reasons ChatGPT is pretty good at maths AI Python, one of the reasons ChatGPT is pretty good at maths One key reason ChatGPT is good at handling mathematical tasks and data analysis is its integration with Python,… 28 August 2024 Tim Walz’s VP Speech as a Word Cloud AI Tim Walz’s VP Speech as a Word Cloud One excellent use of a Word Cloud, in my opinion, is to get the gist of a speech,… 22 August 2024 Using the ChatGPT API to automate tasks AI Using the ChatGPT API to automate tasks The web interface for ChatGPT is great, but it does not always deliver what we want. In this… 13 August 2024 Using ChatGPT to Help Decode Client Briefs AI Using ChatGPT to Help Decode Client Briefs In this post, I will illustrate how to use ChatGPT to review a brief to probe for insights… 8 August 2024 Why are Apple and Facebook Threatening to put Europe in the AI Naughty Corner? AI Why are Apple and Facebook Threatening to put Europe in the AI Naughty Corner? Meta, the company that owns Facebook, has announced that it will not release its advanced AI model (an update to… 24 July 2024 Speaking Nicely to Generative AI Seems to Help Get Better Answers AI Speaking Nicely to Generative AI Seems to Help Get Better Answers In a paper published in April this year, researchers showed how speaking more collaboratively to LLMs seems to… 4 July 2024 Refining and Regenerating Prompts – a ChatGPT tip from Ray Poynter AI Refining and Regenerating Prompts – a ChatGPT tip from Ray Poynter In this post, I will highlight two approaches to getting to a better answer from ChatGPT. The first… 12 June 2024 Converting images to text – ChatGPT Tips #1 AI Converting images to text – ChatGPT Tips #1 In this tip I show how ChatGPT can convert the text in an image into text you an… 21 May 2024 Using ChatGPT to understand “International Scientific Report on the Safety of Advanced AI” AI Using ChatGPT to understand “International Scientific Report on the Safety of Advanced AI” An international group has just published a new report on the safety of AI. You can download it… 18 May 2024 Is weighting a form of synthetic data? AI Is weighting a form of synthetic data? One of the surprises about the sudden and widespread interest in Synthetic Data is that it has forced… 14 May 2024