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Nicole Hennig

@nic221

Independent AI educator, author & librarian. Helping library workers understand AI and emerging technologies. Formerly MIT & University of Arizona Libraries.

 Tucson, AZ
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Joined April 2007
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Keeping Up with Emerging Technologies: Best Practices for Information Professionals - Nicole Hennig nicolehennig.com/books/keepi…
Book cover: Keeping Up with Emerging Technologies: Best Practices for Information Professionals - by Nicole Hennig

ALT Book cover: Keeping Up with Emerging Technologies: Best Practices for Information Professionals - by Nicole Hennig

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Practical AI for Library Workers: From Concerns to Solutions (my online course begins Oct 13, join us!) nicolehennig.com/practical-a… #AI #libraries #solutions #benefits #courses
Practical AI for Library Workers: From Concerns to Solutions

Practical AI for Library Workers: From Concerns to Solutions

Visit the post for more.

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My AI Literacy course for librarians and educators is on sale this month, using this link: udemy.com/course/ai-literacy… #AI #libraries #librarians #educators #course
AI Literacy for Librarians and Educators

AI Literacy for Librarians and Educators

Get hands-on experience with generative AI: including ethical uses, multimodal features, and how to stay current.

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"Beyond Visual Limits: Systems Thinking for the Visually Impaired Using" by Allie Zombron, Raafat Zaini et al. commons.lib.jmu.edu/ijr/vol7…

Beyond Visual Limits: Systems Thinking for the Visually Impaired Using Generative AI

This paper investigates the responsible application of artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance accessibility in STEM education. It presents a proof of concept to generate descriptions of visual...

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We Looked at 78 Election Deepfakes. Political Misinformation Is Not an AI Problem. | Knight First Amendment Institute (many good points) #AI #misconceptions #deepfakes #elections knightcolumbia.org/blog/we-l…
We Looked at 78 Election Deepfakes. Political Misinformation Is Not an AI Problem.

We Looked at 78 Election Deepfakes. Political Misinformation Is Not an AI Problem.

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Researchers reduce bias in AI models while preserving or improving accuracy | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology news.mit.edu/2024/researcher…
Researchers reduce bias in AI models while preserving or improving accuracy

Researchers reduce bias in AI models while preserving or improving accuracy

MIT researchers developed an AI debiasing technique that improves the fairness of a machine-learning model by boosting its performance for subgroups that are underrepresented in its training data,...

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OpenAI launches ChatGPT Projects, letting you organize files, chats in groups | VentureBeat venturebeat.com/ai/openai-la…
OpenAI launches Projects in ChatGPT | VentureBeat

OpenAI launches Projects in ChatGPT | VentureBeat

Projects in ChatGPT allows users to create folders and add conversations and documents, bringing these capabilities together in one place. 

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Pika 2.0 launches to let you upload your characters to AI videos | VentureBeat venturebeat.com/ai/pika-2-0-…
Pika 2.0 enhances AI video creation tools | VentureBeat

Pika 2.0 enhances AI video creation tools | VentureBeat

Advanced image recognition tech ensures these components are seamlessly integrated into AI generated videos, giving creators more control.

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NotebookLM updates Business to Plus with more audio, lets all users interact with AI hosts | VentureBeat venturebeat.com/ai/notebookl…
Google expands NotebookLM Plus for enterprises | VentureBeat

Google expands NotebookLM Plus for enterprises | VentureBeat

Google releases a new paid version of NotebookLM to enterprises, teams and power users, and offers new interactions with its audio feature.

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How Knowledge Institutions Can Build a Promethean Moment institutionaldatainitiative.…
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U of A engineers tackle energy usage in semiconductor technology | University of Arizona News news.arizona.edu/news/u-engi…

U of A engineers tackle energy usage in semiconductor technology

The National Science Foundation awarded $3.8 million to two projects involving U of A engineers developing solutions for the semiconductor energy dilemma.

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Gemini 2.0 Flash: An outstanding multi-modal LLM with a sci-fi streaming mode simonwillison.net/2024/Dec/1…
Gemini 2.0 Flash: An outstanding multi-modal LLM with a sci-fi streaming mode

Gemini 2.0 Flash: An outstanding multi-modal LLM with a sci-fi streaming mode

Huge announcment from Google this morning: Introducing Gemini 2.0: our new AI model for the agentic era. There’s a ton of stuff in there (including updates on Project Astra and …

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Canvas—12 Days of OpenAI: Day 4 youtube.com/live/qZ0ImE41pVs… via @YouTube
Canvas—12 Days of OpenAI: Day 4

Canvas—12 Days of OpenAI: Day 4

Kevin Weil, Lee Byron, and Alexi Christakis introduce and demo upda...

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Google Gemini 2.0: Could this be the beginning of truly autonomous AI? | VentureBeat venturebeat.com/ai/google-ge…
Google unveils Gemini 2.0 with AI agents | VentureBeat

Google unveils Gemini 2.0 with AI agents | VentureBeat

Google launches Gemini 2.0 with autonomous AI agents, native image generation, and multilingual capabilities, doubling performance while introducing Projects Astra, Mariner, and Jules for enhanced...

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Huge randomized trial of AI boosts discovery — at least for good scientists nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
Huge randomized trial of AI boosts discovery — at least for good scientists

Huge randomized trial of AI boosts discovery — at least for good scientists

Nature - A controlled study at a firm measured the effects of using AI to assist research, and saw increases in discoveries and patents.

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OpenAI's hyper realistic AI video generator Sora launches | VentureBeat venturebeat.com/ai/open-ai-s…
OpenAI launches Sora AI video generator | VentureBeat

OpenAI launches Sora AI video generator | VentureBeat

With hyperrealistic AI video generator Sora, OpenAI includes guardrails against generating likenesses of real people, violence and more.

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The Inside Story of Apple Intelligence | WIRED wired.com/story/plaintext-th…

The Inside Story of Apple Intelligence

Apple’s leaders claim the company wasn’t late to generative AI, but instead following what has become its familiar playbook: try to be the best, not the first.

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Zack Snyder Thinks Hollywood Needs to Get on Board With AI or Get Left Behind | WIRED wired.com/story/big-intervie…
Zack Snyder Thinks Hollywood Needs to Get on Board With AI or Get Left Behind

Zack Snyder Thinks Hollywood Needs to Get on Board With AI or Get Left Behind

Zack Snyder says he still questions “the why” of the technology when it comes to some aspects of filmmaking, but can definitely see the perks.

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Encore’s AI-Powered Site Helps You Shop for Vintage and Secondhand Items | WIRED wired.com/story/encore-ai-po…
This AI-Powered Site Helps You Shop for Vintage and Secondhand Items

This AI-Powered Site Helps You Shop for Vintage and Secondhand Items

Using a blend of GPT-4 and its own computer model, Encore’s natural language search tool can recognize numerous brands, styles, and aesthetics across the web’s many vintage resale sites.

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Document chat: an early AI use case lorcandempsey.net/document-c…
Document chat: an early AI use case

Document chat: an early AI use case

AI-assisted document query and summarization services are becoming more common. This post compares the 'ask a PDF' outputs of several services. Overall responses were good, with reasonable variation,...

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