A new AI capability aimed squarely at life‑sciences communications has arrived: AINGENS today announced the MACg AI Scientific Slide Generator, an extension of its Medical Affairs Content Generator (MACg) platform that promises to convert PubMed search results and scientific documents into...
Generative chatbots are increasingly creating work for human knowledge professionals: they answer confidently, invent citations and catalogue numbers, and send librarians on time-consuming hunts to prove that a referenced item never existed in the first place.
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Generative large...
AI can cut the chore of reading dense Terms of Service (ToS), but not all assistants are created equal — in a hands‑on comparison, ChatGPT and Perplexity produced the most usable, trustworthy summaries of an Apple privacy ToS page, while other mainstream assistants often sacrificed depth or...
Microsoft’s recent update to Copilot folds a richer, search-first experience into the assistant — one that puts clickable source links, an aggregated “Show all” sources pane, and a mode-switching dropdown at the center of how answers are presented, with the explicit goal of reducing the friction...
Microsoft’s latest Copilot update is a clear product push: AI-generated answers that are explicitly grounded in the web, with more visible, clickable citations, an aggregated “Show all” sources pane, and a dedicated Search mode built directly into Copilot across web, mobile, and Edge—changes...
Perplexity changed the way I looked for answers: instead of wading through lists of blue links, I found concise, sourced explanations and a conversational flow that let me follow curiosity without repeating myself.
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For nearly 25 years, web search has followed a single familiar...
Microsoft’s Copilot is quietly evolving from a conversational assistant into a multi-modal, transactional platform — and recent test-build evidence shows the company is explicitly styling that evolution around three pillars: search that surfaces explicit references, shopping and order...
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Microsoft’s quiet experiment with a new search experience for Bing — an “AI Search” or Copilot Search mode that replaces traditional blue links with a summary-first interface — is more than a cosmetic tweak; it’s a strategic bet that could reshape search behavior, publisher economics, and the...
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Microsoft quietly expanded the Bing interface this summer by adding keyword suggestions adjacent to a floating Copilot search box, a small-looking tweak with outsized implications for how users discover, refine, and are nudged toward conversational search—an experiment first surfaced by industry...
Microsoft’s Copilot now promises to do the heavy lifting of a first‑round literature review: produce multi‑page, citation‑backed Deep Research reports in minutes that synthesize web content, documents, images and PDFs into a structured deliverable you can drop into Word, PowerPoint or a...
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Employees across industries are telling researchers and reporters the same thing: learning to use artificial intelligence at work feels like another full-time job — and many are quietly overwhelmed — but an often‑overlooked resource can help shrink that curve: your professional network...
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Perplexity’s latest play changes the calculus of how AI services can — and might — compensate the news ecosystem: the company’s Comet Plus subscription promises to funnel a substantial share of revenue back to publishers whose work is surfaced by its AI assistant and browser, while also arriving...
Chatbots have moved from novelty to utility, and in 2025 a crowded field of capable, often free, AI assistants stands ready to handle everything from drafting emails and analyzing spreadsheets to generating images and supporting mental well‑being. The most practical choices depend on what you...
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Unlocking Productivity: How Copilot Supercharges OneNote for the Modern Knowledge Worker
Harnessing the full potential of digital note-taking can set the pace for personal productivity, team collaboration, and organizational knowledge management. With the integration of Copilot, Microsoft’s...
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The generative artificial intelligence (AI) landscape continues to accelerate at a dizzying pace, with Anthropic, creator of the well-regarded Claude chatbot, making significant new strides to contend with heavyweights like Google Gemini and Microsoft Copilot. Anthropic’s recent announcement...
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When researching a project, students often start by searching online. They scour the internet collecting statistics, figures, and other information to craft and refine their theses. Ideally, students cite their sources as they find them during research. The reality though, is often quite...
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This is probably a very stupid question, but I really need help with this. Are there students here? How do I find the special characters I need for the correct citation format in my essay in Microsoft Office 10? Help me figure this out. Perhaps I chose the wrong text format style, I'm using the...
I'm working through a Microsoft Academic tutorial on Win7 configuration and I'm instructed to run ipconfig/all at cmd prompt. Then I'm asked where the information displayed came from. You know, that's a good question! I would guess that ipconfig/all looks at information stored and pings the...
Drivers looking to avoid pricey citations for traffic offenses such as red-light camera violations and speed trap busts are turning to technology to level the playing field.
As red-light cameras proliferate around the United States and cash-starved police agencies pump up coffers with...
LINCOLN, Neb. — Authorities said a man faces charges after a sheriff's deputy stopped a truck and found all the passengers completely naked.
Officials said a sheriff's deputy responded to a report of a suspicious pickup truck east of Lincoln. The deputy said he stopped the truck to question...