Category: Blog Posts

March 25, 2023 • Blog Posts

The Jobs Most Vulnerable to ChatGPT

Large language models are a type of artificial intelligence currently taking the world by storm. They include OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s Bard and various others. All are trained on vast databases…

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March 25, 2023 • Blog Posts

Pall of suspicion: NIH’s secretive ‘China initiative’ has destroyed scores of academic careers

A version of this story appeared in Science, Vol 379, Issue 6638.Download PDF For decades, Chinese-born U.S. faculty members were applauded for working with colleagues in China, and their universities…

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March 25, 2023 • Blog Posts

Companies are helping kids who grew up in care get a start on career ladder

DESPITE the move towards diversity, equity and inclusion, one group is often overlooked by companies hiring for jobs. Young people who grow up in care are three times less likely…

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March 22, 2023 • Blog Posts

International Finance: Credit Suisse bankers swarm headhunters after UBS rescue

From Singapore to London to New York, headhunters and rival lenders have been fielding calls over the past few days from anxious Credit Suisse staff, according to people from more…

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March 22, 2023 • Blog Posts

Thousands of UK jobs at risk after UBS takeover of Credit Suisse

The fate of thousands of jobs in London’s financial district is in doubt after the emergency merger of Swiss banks UBS and Credit Suisse.As concerns over the scale of job…

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March 22, 2023 • Blog Posts

Chinese University Offers Course to Excel in Civil Service Exam

A university’s decision to set up a course for students to excel in China’s highly competitive civil service exam has stirred up discussions over whether such academic programs are fueling…

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March 19, 2023 • Blog Posts

Revolutionary AI is coming for a top earning industry near you

By Kevin Norquay of OpenAI released its latest ChatGPT version, amid fears the technology will claim traditional jobs. Photo: JOAO LUIZ BULCAO Artificial intelligence (AI) will be as revolutionary as…

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March 19, 2023 • Blog Posts

Centrelink age pension, JobSeeker, parenting welfare payments to increase as ACOSS calls for more cost-of-living action

More than 4.7 million Australians will receive a boost to support payments from Monday, as part of the federal government’s twice-yearly indexation of payments.The government says it is supporting vulnerable…

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March 19, 2023 • Blog Posts

It’s Either I Give Him What He Wants Or I Lose My Job

My father was an engineer while my mum was a petty trader. Their jobs were polar opposites but somehow that didn’t cause problems in the marriage. My dad was the…

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