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✍️ Professors resort to paper exams to combat ChatGPT misuse
🚀 Amazon's push to match Microsoft and Google in generative AI
🤖 World first's mass-produced humanoid robots with AI brains
📱 How China is using apps to woo Taiwan’s teenagers

✍️ Professors resort to paper exams to combat ChatGPT misuseLINK

College professors are grappling with how to handle the use of OpenAI's ChatGPT, with some embracing it as a tool while others are seeking ways to prevent cheating.

Professors are exploring alternatives such as written exams, personal essays, and oral exams to counter the use of ChatGPT in student coursework.

Despite ChatGPT's popularity, some professors are concerned about its impact on education and are adjusting their teaching methods to mitigate its influence.

🚀 Amazon's push to match Microsoft and Google in generative AILINK

Amazon is designing custom chips, Inferentia and Trainium, to compete with Nvidia GPUs for training and accelerating generative AI models.

Amazon's late entry into the generative AI market has put it in a position of catch-up, with competitors like Microsoft and Google already investing heavily and integrating AI models into their products.

Despite Amazon's cloud dominance, it aims to differentiate by leveraging its custom silicon capabilities, with Trainium offering significant price-performance improvements, although Nvidia remains dominant for training models.

🤖 World first's mass-produced humanoid robots with AI brainsLINK

Chinese start-up Fourier Intelligence showcased its humanoid robot GR-1, capable of walking on two legs at 5km/h carrying a 50kg load, highlighting the potential of bipedal robots.

Fourier originally focused on rehabilitation robotics, but in 2019, it embarked on creating humanoid robots, with GR-1 achieving success after three years of development.

While challenges remain in commercializing humanoid robots, Fourier aims to mass-produce GR-1 by year-end and sees potential applications in elderly care, education, and more.

📱 How China is using apps to woo Taiwan’s teenagersLINK

Young Taiwanese are increasingly influenced by content from Chinese apps, raising concerns about the potential impact on their perspectives and national identity.

China's efforts to promote its culture through apps and social media worry Taiwan due to the shared language and the country's aspirations for control.

Experts fear that Chinese content could erode Taiwanese identity, reinforce colonial narratives, and foster dependence on China.

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