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AI need a table, can you help? Soon ChatGPT will be able to call restaurants and make reservations for you, expert predicts
Making dinner reservations can be stressful and time-consuming, but thankfully help may soon be on the way. From as early as next year ChatGPT will be able to call restaurants and make bookings, according to an AI expert. Aidan Meller, director of the Ai-Da robot project, thinks a big update to the popular AI is due in 2024. Mr Meller says that the chatbot will soon be able to take actions in the world, rather than just act as a text editor. The last update to ChatGPT, version 4, came in the Spring of this year and has raised hopes for big improvements in version 5. ChatGPT's next update could give it the ability to call up restaurants and make reservations on your behalf without any need for you to intervene While non-paying users still make do with version ChatGPT 3.5, version 4 brought improved memory and also enabled data-to-text functions.
Embracing AI RICS: Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
As we move towards truly harnessing the power of AI in the built environment we must focus on the benefits and remain mindful of the risks. As we prepare for the future, the work we do with AI and understanding our need of it will largely depend on our role within the built environment. You need to ask yourself: what do I currently do? How will my tasks change? And what tools will be open to me in the future?
Dogs are better able to read their owner's mood
Dogs have a better understanding of how its owner is feeling than the other way around, according to experts. Researchers say that your dog's social skills make it more adept at reading your mood, with people often misunderstanding their pet's reactions. Studies suggest that a range of domesticated animals, including pets and livestock, posses far greater emotional intelligence than we may give them credit for. Dogs have a better understanding of how its owner is feeling than the other way around, according to experts. Researchers say that your pet pooch's social skills make it more adept at reading your mood (stock image) Begun by Michael Faraday in 1825, the Royal Institution's Christmas Lectures, are now broadcast on UK television every December and have formed part of the British Christmas tradition for generations. The Lectures have taken place every year since they began, stopping only from 1939 to 1942, when it was too dangerous for children to come into central London.