GriefSPEAK: When AI forgets: Grieving Digital Goodbyes – Mari Nardolillo Dias

By: Mari Nardolillo Dias, EdD, contributing writer on grief and grieving There is a stack of research on the current epidemic of loneliness. It makes sense that the increase in human-AI relationships has increased exponentially. No one wants to be alone. And… if you’re familiar with AI, you can craft a doppelganger companion or partner…

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CVS Health Partners with Google Cloud on “Health100” – Reimagining Health Care Experience

Health100, a health technology services subsidiary of CVS Health will launch a new first-of-its-kind AI-native consumer engagement platform to be the destination of choice for a connected, proactive, and personalized health care experience powered by Google Cloud’s AI technologies CVS Health, based in Woonsocket, Rhode Island and Google Cloud today announced a new strategic partnership…

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Outdoors in RI: Sakonnet Vineyard all winter, URI Stone Walls, Boy Scout AI Badge, Geothermal Mansion, Surfing

People gathered around a fire pit in a backyard at dusk.

Sakonnet Vineyard Continues Free Live Music Series this Winter Local and regional artists to perform each Saturday afternoon Sakonnet Vineyard, located at 162 West Main Road in Little Compton, is continuing its series of free live music into the off-season. Local and regional musical artists will perform on Saturday afternoons at the vineyard from 1:00…

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Discovering AI @ URI Day TODAY – Use of Artificial Intelligence in URI Academics

AI at URI

Photo, top: URI Ph.D. student Anissa Elias presents research on using machine learning to enhance the security and resilience of the U.S. power grid to the Office of Naval Research program director and industry leaders. Artificial intelligence (AI) is here to stay and students, faculty, and staff at the University of Rhode Island have been using…

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If You’re Over 40, AI Can Harm Your Job Chances – Mary T. O’Sullivan

AI Job Search

By Mary T. O’Sullivan, MSOL, contributing writer on business and leadership “The Protect Older Job Applicants (POJA) lets workers choose to pursue age discrimination claims in court rather than being forced into arbitration”. – AARP Age discrimination in hiring has always been a problem, but artificial intelligence (AI) is intensifying and reshaping how age discrimination…

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