AI can help, but therapy still needs a human touch
By LISA BURCH // Loneliness is no longer a private struggle. It’s a public health crisis, showing up in hospitals, classrooms, workplaces and counseling offices across Long Island and the…
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How to survive and thrive in life after the ‘dead Internet’
By DAVID A. CHAUVIN // Is the Internet dying? Over the past year, websites across the Internet have experienced a significant drop in traffic from search engines. Some are reporting…
As AI proliferates, Long Island carves out a sweet spot
By BRAD CARLSON // We can’t go long without seeing or hearing something about artificial intelligence these days. It burst onto the public scene with the launch of OpenAI’s ChatGPT…
Chatbots are charming – but can they keep a secret?
By DAVID A. CHAUVIN // Much has been made of the surface-level dangers of generative artificial intelligence: It writes like a robot, invents facts and struggles with nuance. These are…
Online-search woes multiply as Google dips, AI rises
By DAVID A. CHAUVIN // For nearly two decades, Google has enjoyed an iron grip on the search-engine market – but the rise of artificial intelligence-driven search alternatives, most notably…
Study: Consumers authentically annoyed by AI content
By GREGORY ZELLER // Major brands incorporating artificial intelligence in their advertising campaigns are walking a risky tightrope, according to a forthcoming study led by the New York Institute of…
A fed-up populace turns its lonely eyes to authenticity
By DAVID A. CHAUVIN // Earlier this week, the Merriam-Webster Dictionary announced that the word “authentic” was the 2023 word of the year – defined as “true to one’s own…
No. 792: In which Corn Flakes, copyrights and complete sentences rule, with strong offshore winds
May never end: It’s still May? Strange but true, dear readers, as we reach the kinda midpoint of this abbreviated workweek and the overdue end of this elongated month –…
No. 791: Cross the bridges, sign the lease and eat your tasty snails – it’s going to be a looooong weekend
Break it gently: Welcome to Wednesday, intrepid innovators, as we speed through another springtime workweek and straight toward a blessed holiday break. On that note, this quick scheduling reminder:…
Stay calm, PR pro — ChatGPT is new, but not nuanced
By DAVID A. CHAUVIN // It’s only natural to worry about the consequences of new technology, especially in the communications business. If we went back a few millennia, we’d encounter…
No. 787: Stocking the lab, nominating a pioneer and hitting the fairway – with shrimp on the barbie, mate
Sunny disposition: Mind the glare, dear readers – it’s Wednesday already, and we’re blazing into the back half of this sunny springtime work-sprint. It’s been a sun-drenched stretch here…
As AI evolves, the battle for control begins in court
By MICHAEL H. SAHN // In a haunting scene from 1968’s iconic “2001: A Space Odyssey,” sentient computer HAL 9000 turns off two astronauts’ life-support systems so it can assume…