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The Rugby Union star, 39, is said to be lined up to compete on the BBC dancing show, which is filmed at the BBC's Elstree base, is set to return to screens this Autumn.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: The rise of large language models like ChatGPT has led to widespread concern that "everyone is cheating their way through college," as a recent New York magazine article memorably put it. Now, OpenAI is rolling out a new "Study Mode" that it claims is less about providing answers or doing the work for students and more about helping them "build [a] deep understanding" of complex topics. Study Mode isn't a new ChatGPT model but a series of "custom system instructions" written for the LLM "in collaboration with teachers, scientists, and pedagogy experts to reflect a core set of behaviors that support deeper learning," OpenAI said. Instead of the usual summary of a subject that stock ChatGPT might give -- which one OpenAI employee likened to "a mini textbook chapter" -- Study Mode slowly rolls out new information in a "scaffolded" structure. The mode is designed to ask "guiding questions" in the Socratic style and to pause for periodic "knowledge checks" and personalized feedback to make sure the user understands before moving on. It's unknown how many students will use this guided learning tool instead of just asking ChatGPT to generate answers from the start. In an early hands-off demo attended by Ars Technica, Study Mode responded to a request to "teach me about game theory" by first asking about the user's overall familiarity with the subject and what they'll be using the information for. ChatGPT introduced a short overview of some core game theory concepts, then paused to ask a question before providing a relevant real-world example. In another example involving a classic "train traveling at speed" math problem, Study Mode resisted multiple simulated attempts by the frustrated "student" to simply ask for the answer and instead tried to gently redirect the conversation to how the available information could be used to generate that answer. An OpenAI representative told Ars that Study Mode will eventually provide direct solutions if asked repeatedly, but the default behavior is more tuned to a Socratic tutoring style. OpenAI said it drew inspiration for Study Mode from "power users" and collaborated with pedagogy experts and college students to help refine its responses. As for whether the mode can be trusted, OpenAI told Ars that "the risk of hallucination is lower with Study Mode because the model processes information in smaller chunks, calibrating along the way." The current Study Mode prompt does, however, result in some "inconsistent behavior and mistakes across conversations," the company warned.

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President Donald Trump on Tuesday charged that Jeffrey Epstein 'stole' Virginia Giuffre and several other young female workers at Mar-a-Lago's spa, leading to their falling out.

Greggs chief exec Roisin Currie (pictured) said she has faith in plans to expand to 3,000 shops over the next few years.

Knowledge workers will be most affected

Microsoft researchers have found that people get the most use of AI for writing and knowledge work, but they offer some comfort to worried white-collar workers, saying that their jobs may only change rather than go away completely.…

Aspiration is terrific, but Labour's bravado about Britain being the fastest growing economy in the G7 was always hooey.

President Donald Trump revealed on board Air Force One on Tuesday what 'terrible' crisis is gripping first lady Melania Trump's heart.

Brazilian journalist Clara Nery was getting ready to do a live television spot in Rio de Janeiro when a mugger snatched her cell phone from her hands before dropping it to the ground and fleeing.

Wesley LePatner, 43, was described as one of the most 'universally liked' people at investment firm Blackstone, where her loss was being mourned by colleagues.

Keir Starmer 's proposal to recognise 'a Palestinian state' will do no good to the beleaguered residents of Gaza . It is an act of naked political self-interest.

New figures show the health service budgeted more than £1.8million for the internal staff groupings, which are usually linked to race, sexuality, gender , disability or religion.

Comedian Cerys Nelmes, from Bristol, is facing three years behind bars after being accused of shoplifting from a branch of Zara in Istanbul, Turkey on July 22.

skam240 writes: President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday proposed revoking a scientific finding that has long been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change. The proposed Environmental Protection Agency rule would rescind a 2009 declaration that determined that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases endanger public health and welfare. The "endangerment finding" is the legal underpinning of a host of climate regulations under the Clean Air Act for motor vehicles, power plants and other pollution sources that are heating the planet.

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The head of the NHS accused the British Medical Association of 'extortion' as doctors yesterday threatened more strikes.

The minute of surveillance video allegedly 'missing' from the footage of the night Jeffrey Epstein was found dead in his prison cell has apparently been found.

The 60-year-old actress said that while filming season two she got 'mad' when her scene partner 'grabbed her a**.'

Strict regulations, lack of funding, and hallucinations remain hurdles to implementation

US federal government agencies have identified a surge in AI use cases over the past year. But rolling them out? That's where things slow down, thanks to funding gaps, compute shortages, outdated policies, and a workforce still playing catch-up.…

As ever, what really exposes Keir Starmer and his Ministers is their hypocrisy.

TARA ANSON-WALSH: 'In Sarina We Trust,' the placards proclaimed, bobbing above the crowd as tens of thousands flooded down the Mall, inching ever closer to Buckingham Palace.

New malware, even better social engineering chops

The FBI and a host of international cyber and law enforcement agencies on Tuesday warned that Scattered Spider extortionists have changed their tactics and are now breaking into victims' networks using savvier social engineering techniques, searching for organizations' Snowflake database credentials, and deploying a handful of new ransomware variants, most recently DragonForce.  …