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3 Reasons You Should Try Academic Research

Published on March 9, 2023

I got an email the other day from Academia.edu. Considering I left grad school almost a year ago, my first thought was, “How did they find me?” Turns out, my name had been mentioned in a research paper. It had …

By Kaitlin McManus - Vault

The Effects of AI Programs on Education: Part I

Published on February 21, 2023

We recently spoke a bit about how AI programs such as ChatGPT and DALLE-2 are affecting the creative industry, along with some possible future scenarios. With the use of such AI programs on the rise, we must also ask ourselves …

By Rob Porter - Firsthand