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A teacher is marking homework and trying to decide whether a written piece of text has been created by a student or by a large language model, digital art. Created by DALL·E, prompt by Real World Data Science.

OpenAI’s text classifier won’t calm fears about AI-written homework

AI
Large language models
Classifiers
Screening tests
Educators are worried about ChatGPT being using by students for homework assignments, so OpenAI has released a tool to classify whether text is human- or AI-written. But relying on the classifier’s results is ill-advised, as some basic statistics shows.
Mar 15, 2023
Brian Tarran

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Data science can help close the ‘digital skills’ gap, or so it seems

Skills
Training
AI
Machine learning
Data analytics
A ‘digital skills’ gap is harming employer productivity and growth, according to a survey by engineering body IET. But the ‘digital skills’ that are needed sound a lot like data science skills: statistical understanding, data analytics, AI and machine learning.
Feb 14, 2023
Brian Tarran

Photo of Detlef Nauck

ChatGPT can hold a conversation, but lacks knowledge representation and original sources for verification

Machine learning
Large language models
AI
ChatGPT represents a next step in the evolution of large language models, says Detlef Nauck. However, there are still major challenges - and concerns - to overcome.
Jan 27, 2023
Brian Tarran

Flyer for RSS International Conference 2023, for all statisticians and data scientists. Taking place in Harrogate, 4-7 September 2023.

We’re taking Real World Data Science on the road

Updates
Events
Join us at the RSS International Conference 2023 in Harrogate, 4-7 September.
Jan 18, 2023
Brian Tarran

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Explore the RSS Data Science & AI Section newsletter, right here!

Updates
Newsletters
We’re starting the year with a new addition to the site: a page dedicated to the excellent RSS Data Science & AI Section newsletter.
Jan 5, 2023
Brian Tarran

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Sink your teeth into some data science papers with our brand new blog

Updates
Content ideas
Call for contributions
Today we’re launching DataScienceBites – a new member of the ScienceBites family – offering bite-sized summaries of data science papers.
Dec 13, 2022
Brian Tarran

A screenshot of an exchange between Real World Data Science editor Brian Tarran and ChatGPT.

A chat with ChatGPT

Machine learning
Large language models
AI
‘Hello there! I’m a large language model trained by OpenAI, so I don’t have the ability to experience emotions or have a physical presence. I’m here to provide information and answer questions to the best of my ability. Is there something specific you would like to know?’
Dec 9, 2022
Brian Tarran

An image created by the Stable Diffusion 2.1 Demo. The model was asked to produce an image with the prompt, 'Text from an old book cut up like a jigsaw puzzle with pieces missing'.

LLMs in the news: hype, tripe, and everything in between

Machine learning
Large language models
AI
We’re back discussing large language models after two weeks of ‘breakthrough’ announcements, excitable headlines, and some all-too-familiar ethical concerns.
Dec 9, 2022
Brian Tarran

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Four themes for potential contributors to think about

Updates
Key themes
Content ideas
Can data science save the world? What is a data scientist? What statistical ideas do data scientists need to know? And, what’s happening in the world of data science?
Dec 1, 2022
Brian Tarran

A black keyboard at the bottom of the picture has an open book on it, with red words in labels floating on top, with a letter A balanced on top of them. The perspective makes the composition form a kind of triangle from the keyboard to the capital A. The AI filter makes it look like a messy, with a kind of cartoon style.

Why large language models should come with a content warning

Machine learning
Large language models
AI
The outputs of LLMs seem impressive, but users need to be wary of possible bias, plagiarism and model ‘hallucinations’.
Nov 23, 2022
Brian Tarran

Portrait photos of 12 members of the Real World Data Science Editorial team

Meet the team

People
Biographies
Introducing the editors of Real World Data Science.
Oct 18, 2022
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