CHATBOTS

Apr 19 2025EDUCATION

Students and AI Chatbots: What's the Deal?

AI chatbots like ChatGPT, Microsoft Bing, and Google Bard are everywhere. They can chat with people just like a human would. This makes them useful in many fields, including physiotherapy education. But what do physiotherapy students in Italy think about these chatbots? Do they use them? Do they find them helpful? Or do they see problems with them? These are the ques...

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Mar 13 2025TECHNOLOGY

Google's Gemini: Your Personal AI Sidekick?

Google has cooked up something special with their AI chatbot, Gemini. They want it to become your personal assistant, knowing your likes and dislikes. This isn't just about answering questions anymore; it's about giving you tailored responses based on your online habits. Google's new personalization feature lets Gemini peek into your Google activities, like your sear...

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Feb 26 2025TECHNOLOGY

Smile Bright: The Future of 3D Teeth Tech

Imagine this: getting braces that fit perfectly, feel great, and might even work faster. That's what 3D-printed orthodontic appliances are promising. These aren't your average braces or retainers. They're custom-made just for you, using advanced 3D printing technology. This isn't just about looks, but also about comfort and efficiency. But let's talk about t...

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Feb 24 2025HEALTH

Navigating Mental Health: Chatbots and Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia is a tough condition to grasp, even for those experiencing it. Chatbots, driven by advanced language models, could simplify understanding mental health. However, these models can be unreliable. They might wander off topic or even create false information. Picture giving someone a map to a treasure hunt, but the map keeps changing directions. These chat...

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Dec 19 2024HEALTH

Chatbot Decision-Making: A New Look in Healthcare

Chatbots are popping up all over the place, and healthcare is no exception. Scientists are now figuring out the best ways to study chatbots that help make clinical decisions. Why is this important? Because good decisions can save lives. Imagine this: you're feeling sick, but you're not sure what's wrong. Instead of seeking a doctor right away, you chat with a bot. T...

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Dec 09 2024HEALTH

Chatbots in OMS: A New Exam Aid?

Artificial intelligence has made big waves in medicine, but it's just starting to dip its toes into oral and maxillofacial surgery (OMS). Chatbots powered by large language models (LLMs) are a new tool that could shake up the way surgeons prepare for their board exams. These chatbots can offer a different kind of study buddy, providing practice questions and explanat...

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Dec 01 2024HEALTH

Joint Pain: Can AI Chatbots Be Your Health Guides?

Ever felt some discomfort in your joints and wondered if it might be osteoarthritis (OA)? In today's digital age, many people turn to AI chatbots like ChatGPT and Perplexity for quick health information. Osteoarthritis happens when the cushioning in your joints starts to wear away. With a growing trend of seeking health info online, we decided to test how well these ...

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Nov 22 2024BUSINESS

How AI Chatbots Could Change Online Ads

Imagine you're searching for concert tickets. In the past, ads shown in your search results were a good thing – they meant you could actually buy tickets. Today, with AI, people want more details – seat locations, prices, and more. Marissa Mayer, former Yahoo CEO and now head of Sunshine, thinks advertisers will have to share even more data with search engines to mee...

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Nov 09 2024TECHNOLOGY

Training Chatbots to Be Polite: A Creative Approach

Have you ever thought about teaching a robot to be polite? It's not as easy as it sounds, especially without specific examples to guide them. That's what a team of researchers set out to do. They developed three innovative models to create chatbots that can be either polite or impolite. One model, called Fusion, merges the chatbot's core with a separate polite langua...

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Sep 15 2024TECHNOLOGY

The Unlikely Demise of Meta's AI Celebrity Chatbots: A Popularity Experiment Gone Wrong

Meta's ambitious plan to inject artificial intelligence into celebrity chatbots has come to a screeching halt, just a year after its launch. The tech giant, which has been under fire for its AI-trained software's inaccuracies, had reportedly paid a whopping $5 million to a single influencer for a two-year pilot program that failed to generate any significant interest...

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