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Seen as a tipping point for artificial intelligence, the trained large language model interacts with users through conversation. The Beacon posed four questions to see what ChatGPT would tell us about our community.
With a $1 million gift from alumnus John Traver, the university’s Transforming RIT: The Campaign for Greatness campaign surpassed its goal.
Shaun Nelms, superintendent of the East Educational Partnership Organization, will become vice president of community partnerships.
A group called ROC Teachers in Action is fielding candidates including Audrey Sowell, a School No. 17 teacher who will challenge the longtime RTA president.
The organization has shifted gears to focus on issues, not candidates. But its aim is the same: to create a more fair, open, and representative democracy.
Scientists will use statistical machine-learning techniques during the three-year study funded by the U.S. Department of Justice and the Rochester Police Department. The results are expected to improve police training.
Ten companies will compete for up to $2 million in funding after completion of the accelerator program, which begins next month.
The Office of Financial Empowerment offers resources to support financial wellness.
The hospital plans to triple the size of its emergency department, the most comprehensive modernization effort in nearly 50 years.
The battery recycler is building a Rochester Hub which will create 270 new jobs. The funding is the first conditional commitment from the Department of Energy’s Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing program.