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Friday Five for March 24, 2023

This Week's Stories:

1. Get Involved with the Staff Assembly!

In spring, UC's Staff Assemblies will accept nominations for their Executive Boards. Participating on a Staff Assembly Executive Board is an enriching experience that makes a difference at all of UC's locations. Benefits of your service include networking, professional development, and fun!

We invite you to learn more about involvement with the Staff Assembly on March 28 from 11:05-11:50 am.

To register, please click here.

2. Tackling counterfeit seeds with “unclonable” labels

Fake seeds can cost farmers more than two-thirds of expected crop yields and threaten food security. Trackable silk labels could help. As a way to reduce seed counterfeiting, MIT researchers developed a silk-based tag that, when applied to seeds, provides a unique code that cannot be duplicated.

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3. The Age of AI has begun.

Read Bill Gates’ essay “Artificial intelligence is as revolutionary as mobile phones and the Internet.”

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4. ChatGPT owner OpenAI fixes bug that exposed users’ chat histories.

According to reports, the titles of the conversations were visible but the substance of other users’ conversations was not.

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5. Friday Fun

Cartoon of 2 people at a large computer, one person says he's trying to create an SI that understands sarcasm
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