ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Nov. 30 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: EXPERTS ADVISORY A year ago, OpenAI launched ChatGPT, a chatbot built on the large language model GPT-3. Since then, knowledge workers in all sectors have been grappling with the potential uses of it and similar artificial intelligence models--as well as the shortcomings of the models and what they produce. University of Michigan experts are available to comment. Shobita Parthasarathy Shobita Parth  more

BRONX, New York, Nov. 28 -- Fordham University School of Law issued the following news: When former Lieutenant Gov. David Paterson was elevated to New York state's highest political office in the wake of former Gov. Eliot Spitzer's sudden resignation, the state constitution was unclear about the succession process. How, and if, the then-vacant lieutenant governor role he once held could be filled was a mystery. The vacancy deprived the State Senate of the lieutenant governor's tie-breaking vot  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) went to the House floor this morning to deliver a speech praising the St. Jude Children's Hospital and participants in Saturday's St. Jude Memphis Marathon. See the text and video below. After the speech, he made the following statement: "As I thought about what I might speak about this morning, I considered the hostages still in Gaza and their families. I considered remember  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Nov. 30 -- Rice University issued the following news release: Key leaders from the Houston and French space industries will discuss the future of spaceflight at a conference at the Rice Global Paris Center Dec. 4-6. The event will include representatives from Rice University, NASA, the Houston space industry, the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales, the Universite Paris Sciences et Lettres and the French commercial space industry together with representatives from the French-U.S  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 28 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, introduced a resolution on Oct. 26, 2023. The text of the resolution was released on Nov. 26. S. Res. 434. A resolution commemorating the 200th anniversary of the Monroe Doctrine; to the Committee on Foreign Relations. The resolution is cosponsored by Sens. Pete Ricketts, R-Neb., John Cornyn, R-Texas, Rick Scott, R-Fla., Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and Tim Scot  more

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, Nov. 30 -- The University of Virginia issued the following news on Nov. 29, 2023: It was the height of the Cold War, complete with bomb shelters in backyards, nuclear bomb drills in schools, alleged communists in Hollywood and a communist revolution just 90 miles from Florida. With Cuban leader Fidel Castro a mere 1,200 miles away from Washington, D.C., President John F. Kennedy worried the new regime so close to the U.S. border would give the Soviet Union a toehold   more