Tuesday's Assorted Links
ChatGPT Study Mode, public lands, patent taxes, Iranian rials, social media worth
Hi y’all! Here are five stories from this week that contain some neat applications of economic principles or are related to teaching:
OpenAI has launched Study Mode, a new version of the chatbot that strives to educate by withholding information until the user works through a problem [TechCrunch]
Visualize the waning protections of America’s public lands [Reuters]
Commerce Department officials are weighing a new model that would charge patent holders 1% to 5% of a patent’s overall value each year in an effort to reduce the deficit [The Wall Street Journal]
Iran has proposed cutting four zeros from its currency following decades of economic decline [Financial Times]
How much money do Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, Pinterest, and Snapchat make from you? [Sherwood News]
Gen Z calls it authenticity. Older hiring managers call it something else. The “Gen Z stare” is popping up in interviews, meetings, and classrooms. A blank, unreadable expression that may be costing young workers opportunities.
Is the Gen Z Stare Hurting Their Job Prospects?
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I would use Study Mode. ChatGPT is a helpful tool when I'm trying to understand a problem, but having to obfuscate the problem enough to not have it simply spit out the answer requires some care and attention. Like the article says, the student actually has to want to learn!
Appreciate the archive links so I can actually read the articles!