ChatGPT: Grading artificial intelligence’s writing

OpenAI’s artificial intelligence writing program ChatGPT will, with a few prompts, compose poetry, prose, song lyrics, essays, and even news articles. And that has ethicists and educators worried about the program’s ease at replacing human ideas with chatbot-generated words. Correspondent David Pogue delves into the minefield of AI communications and what it might mean for homework.

Why This 17-Year Old’s Electric Motor Is Important

Permanent magnets are a critical resource for renewables, because the generators in some wind turbines and motors in electric vehicles rely on them to run. A Floridian high school student has just shown us how to make a better electric motor without rare earth magnets. Another company is using cloud computing to try to improve electric motor performance — also without rare earths. There’s some exciting advances being made when it comes to electric motors, but how much of a difference can they make?

Apple Pay Is Killing the Physical Wallet After Only Eight Years | Tech News Briefing Podcast | WSJ

When Apple launched Apple Pay in 2014, it didn’t seem like the contactless payment system was much of a hit with customers. Flash forward eight years and the iPhone maker has convinced millions to make their smartphones their wallets.

WSJ “Science of Success” columnist Ben Cohen joins host Zoe Thomas to discuss what Apple’s slow-and-steady approach can teach the rest of the tech world.

Can ChatGPT Save Bing?

In this clip, Marques, Andrew, and David discuss the possible $10 Billion investment that Microsoft is rumored to be making into ChatGPT. If it came to the Microsoft Office Suite and the Bing search engine, would that be a good thing?