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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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…
AI needs some history lessons, for posterity’s sake
By ALLISON SINGH // As a lawyer, I’m not deeply concerned about artificial intelligence. But as someone who cares about history – especially Long Island history – I’m very concerned….
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…
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…
No. 753: Got milk? Raise a glass to lottery tickets, Hamilton and E Street’s supreme saxophonist
Asking for it: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as we plow into the second half of the first full workweek of the New Year. That appears to be the…