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For 18 different tasks selected to be realistic samples of the kinds of work done at an elite consulting company, consultants using ChatGPT-4 outperformed those who did not, by a lot. On every dimension. Consultants using AI finished 12.2% more tasks on average, completed tasks 25.1% more quickly, and produced 40% higher quality results than those without.
Society: New types of partners in China youth. Vertical, digital cemeteries in china. Jailbreaking Lime bikes - clickclick is now part of the sound landscape. 25% of possible caregivers in 2030, France.
People: Skills on Futures studies. Income share agreements.
Security: Nonprofit hacked. FlipperZeros spams iPhones with bluetooth. AutoGPT escaping its container.
AI & Business: AI threatens the billable hour model. New contracts for artists.
DIY: Autonomous Dual-Chatbot System for Research Paper Digesting. Langchain and Neo4j.
Futures of work: Productivity of call center workers improved by 14 percent when using an AI system, with less-skilled staff seeing over 30 percent gains [PDF]. Cyborgs and centaurs for AI@work (original study here - consultants using AI being 25% quicker and 40% better).