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2. Share your wisdom with peersDan Eddie, director of customer service at UK health solutions provider Simplyhealth, encourages professionals to share information transparently with their peers."I posted on LinkedIn recently explaining how 84% of our complaints are resolved within three days. And it's attracted a barrage of interest from the customer experience community," he says."'How have you done it? What are you doing?' And I'm happy to share some of that information. It isn't rocket science, but I know how…

Thirty years ago, when the Produce Hotel fell into disrepair, a newly formed nonprofit, the Skid Row Housing Trust, acquired and rehabilitated the turn-of-the-century building, restoring the brick facade and preserving 100 rooms for formerly homeless residents.This story was repeated hotel after run-down hotel in the 1980s and ‘90s as homelessness advocates and civic leaders poured money and energy into saving the old single-room occupancy hotels in Skid Row — first built for itinerant railroad and agricultural workers —…

As Extreme Heat and Smoke Threaten U.S. Farmworkers, Federal Health Leaders Evaluate ProtectionsLeaders of the Department of Health and Human Services will meet throughout the spring and summer to help protect farm laborers from heat and wildfire smokeBy Ariel Wittenberg & E&E NewsHealth and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra described the risks faced by his father, a farmworker in California. Credit: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty ImagesCLIMATEWIRE | A group of the nation’s health experts will…

Asian countries such as Thailand and India also have developed their own LLMs.Noting that SEA-LION is open source, Liew added that AI Singapore hopes the likes of Microsoft and Google can incorporate such regional and local LLMs for organizations that operate in this region.  Launched in May 2017, AI Singapore is a government-wide collaboration that gathers all Singapore-based research institutions, startups, and companies that develop AI products. The national program aims to drive the country's AI capabilities and is…

With its bright colors, easy-to-learn rules and familiar music, the video game Tetris has endured as a pop culture icon over the last 40 years. Many people, like me, have been playing the game for decades, and it has evolved to adapt to new technologies like game systems, phones, and tablets. But until January 2024, nobody had ever been able to beat it.A teen from Oklahoma holds the Tetris title after he crashed the game on Level 157 and beat it. Beating it means the player moved the tiles too fast for the game to keep up…

2. Don't be selfishCraig Donald, CIO at The Football Association, says the best way to delegate work is to ensure people know you're not just delegating work but that you're also giving them credit. "Whenever I'm talking to the senior management team or doing a presentation, I make sure it's recognized that this work is not just about me," he says. "I let other executives know the effort they see from me is about all these other people within my team who have helped put that presentation together and added their…

Governments across the world as well as organisations building artificial intelligence tools must erect guardrails to support ethical development of the technology over the next decade, said the speakers at a Nasscom event on Tuesday.“Even though AI possesses immense transformative potential, it is our responsibility to ensure its increasing transparency. The fusion of human ideals with AI is important. The trajectory of AI in the future will be intricately tied to both human and democratic values,” Prime Minister…

President Bola Tinubu says Nigeria is ready to host the African Central Bank in line with the vision of the Abuja Treaty. Addressing leaders at the 37th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Saturday, President Tinubu said his administration will engage the African Union Commission in collaboration with member states to ensure that the bank takes off as scheduled in 2028. The President affirmed that Africa’s success in conclusively…

2. Develop a flexible attitudeCaroline Carruthers, CEO at consultancy Carruthers and Jackson, is another business leader who says data scientists need a blend of technical and people skills.She's keen to see more enterprises move from a single-minded focus on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) to STEAM, where the 'A' stands for arts, and where businesses ensure data professionals have soft skills that complement their technical abilities."I think we have a picture in our heads of a data scientist…

Elon Musk’s “free speech” app, X, will give a platform to almost anyone, and that includes the leaders of terrorist groups. Several leaders of Hezbollah, a designated terrorist group by the United States, are X Premium customers receiving paid services such as verification, boosted content, and longer posts, according to an investigation from the Tech Transparency Project (TTP) on Wednesday.Mr. Tweet Fumbles Super Bowl TweetX, formerly Twitter, provided premium services to accounts belonging to Hezbollah’s leaders, as…