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👩‍💻👨‍💻 GitHub’s Copilot Chat is here to help you code better with natural language queries 🚀🚀🚀

🧙‍♂️ AI learns to forget the Dark Lord: Harry Potter inspires new technique for language models 🧙‍♂️

🎆 Agoda reveals top 10 destinations for New Year’s Eve with AI 🎆

🚀 AI adoption doubles in five years, leaders pull ahead of the pack 🚀

👩‍💻👨‍💻 GitHub’s Copilot Chat is here to help you code better with natural language queries 🚀🚀🚀

Copilot Chat is a feature of GitHub’s AI coding tool Copilot that allows developers to ask natural language questions about code and get answers from Copilot. It is now generally available for all GitHub users, after being in preview mode since July 2023. Copilot Chat aims to help developers learn new skills, debug code, and discover best practices.

• 🗣️Copilot Chat is a feature of GitHub’s AI coding tool Copilot that lets developers ask natural language questions about code and get answers from Copilot.
• 🎉 Copilot Chat is now generally available for all GitHub users, after being in preview mode since July 2023.
• 🚀 Copilot Chat aims to help developers learn, debug, and improve their code by providing interactive guidance and feedback from Copilot.
• 🖥️ Copilot Chat is powered by OpenAI Codex, a deep learning system that can generate and understand code across multiple languages and domains.
• 🖥️ Copilot Chat is integrated with Visual Studio Code, a popular code editor, and can be accessed from the Copilot sidebar or by typing copilot.chat in the editor. 

     Read about it here: Link

🧙‍♂️ AI learns to forget the Dark Lord: Harry Potter inspires new technique for language models 🧙‍♂️

AI researchers are using the Harry Potter books to test and improve language models. They show that AI models can be trained to forget certain words or phrases, such as the name of the Dark Lord, to avoid legal issues or respect user preferences. This technique is called selective forgetting and it demonstrates the flexibility and adaptability of AI models.

• 📚 AI researchers are finding inspiration in the Harry Potter books, using them to experiment with language models and explore the capabilities of AI technology.
• ⚖️ One study shows that AI models can be modified to forget specific content 🚫, such as the name of the Dark Lord 🐍, offering a potential solution to legal issues.
• 🧠 The researchers used a technique called selective forgetting, which allows the AI model to erase certain words or phrases from its memory 🗑️, without affecting its overall performance 📈.
• 🔒 The study demonstrates that AI models can be more flexible and adaptable 🙌, and can also respect the privacy and preferences of users and data owners.

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🎆 Agoda reveals top 10 destinations for New Year’s Eve with AI 🎆

Agoda, a digital travel platform, used AI technology to reveal the top 10 global destinations for a New Year’s Eve celebration. Agoda used ChatGPT 4.0, a language processing AI, to identify the list of travel destinations based on popularity, affordability, and availability. Agoda also used Midjourney AI, an image generation AI, to create a composite image depicting multiple scenic New Year’s Eve destinations from around the world, such as Singapore, Bali, Tokyo, and Sydney.

• 🌎 Agoda used ChatGPT 4.0, a language processing AI, to identify the list of travel destinations, based on factors such as popularity, affordability, and availability.
• 🖼️ Agoda also used Midjourney AI, an image generation AI, to create a composite image depicting multiple scenic New Year’s Eve destinations from around the world, such as Singapore, Bali, Tokyo, and Sydney.
• 🎉 The list of destinations caters to different types of travelers, offering scenic views, electrifying parties, and unmatched atmosphere to ring in the New Year.
• 🏨 The news aims to inspire travelers to plan their trips on Agoda, which provides the best deals and discounts for various accommodations and activities.

     Read about it here: Link

🚀 AI adoption doubles in five years, leaders pull ahead of the pack 🚀

Business adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) has doubled in the last five years, according to a report by McKinsey. The report shows that 50% of companies have adopted AI in at least one business function in 2022, compared to 20% in 2017. The report also identifies a group of AI leaders who are seeing the highest financial returns from AI and are investing more in AI, scaling faster, and hiring better talent. 

• 📈The report shows that 50% of companies have adopted AI in at least one business function in 2022, compared to 20% in 2017.
• 💰 The report also identifies a group of AI leaders who are seeing the highest financial returns from AI and are investing more in AI, scaling faster, and hiring better talent.
• 💡 The report reveals that the most common use cases of AI are in customer service, sales, and marketing 🗣️, and the biggest value from AI is seen in product and service development, strategy and corporate finance, and marketing and sales.
• 🌈 The report warns that there is a need to improve the diversity of AI teams, as well as the ethical and social implications of AI use.

Read about it here: Link

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