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AI may boost productivity, but we are already becoming reliant on it, and that’s a problem

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The 2024 AI Index is the latest update to the annual analysis of trends in artificial intelligence. The original transformer model (2017) cost around $900 to train, while RoBERTa Large (2019) was $160,000. Google’s Gemini comes in even higher at $191 million. The US remains the global leader in AI.

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3 Steps to Unveil Your Full Human Power Through ‘Unfocus’

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In a 2018 study which combined meta-analysis and field studies, the researchers found that “perseverance without passion attainment is mere drudgery, but perseverance with passion attainment propels individuals forward. Additionally, Duckworth herself presented new research regarding grit in 2019.

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Poor air quality affects chess players, and it might be affecting you too

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The researchers studied the performance of 121 chess players across three separate tournaments between 2017 and 2019. The computer analysis judged the errors they made were 10.8% Analysis of daily air pollution data in China revealed a negative relationship between air quality and stock returns from 2005 to 2014.

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UK greenhouse gas emissions fall to lowest level since 1879

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percent in 2023 to their lowest level since 1879, according to a new analysis from Carbon Brief. Carbon Brief’s analysis, based on preliminary government energy data, shows emissions fell to just 383m tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (MtCO2e) in 2023. The UK’s greenhouse gas emissions fell by 5.7 The latest 23MtCO2e (5.7

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Dave Cairns SVP of CBRE |Unlocking Urban Potential: Repurposing Office Spaces for Sustainable Development

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So I think that that’s a really compelling analysis, just realizing that the shift that occurred so quickly because of the pandemic which I think was probably a shift that was already underway and that would have naturally occurred over time but it’s really just been compressed dramatically.

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