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I used ChatGPT to build complex spreadsheets fast. Here’s how you can, too

Struggling with Excel or Google Sheets? My game-changing AI tips will save you hours on data entry and formula writing.

This is the one unconventional note-taking workflow I rely on to organize my scattered brain

The biggest shift in note-taking is a voice-based workflow ...
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Import PDF data into Excel in seconds (no more messy copy-paste)

This amazing Excel feature will save you hours of frustration! In this video, I'll show you how to import data from PDFs directly into Excel using Power Query - no more dealing with messy copy-paste ...
Variety

Seth Rogen Says if You Use AI to Write Scripts, Then ‘You Shouldn’t Be a Writer’: ‘Go Do Something Else’

Seth Rogen told Brut at the Cannes Film Festival that if you use AI to write your stories or scripts, then you “shouldn’t be a writer.” “I don’t understand what it’s supposed to do,” Rogen said when ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Seth Rogen Says If “Your Instinct Is to Use AI” to Write Scripts, “You Shouldn’t Be a Writer”

'The Studio' creator said people who are thinking about using the technology to aid their writing skills should try another occupation: "Go do something else." By McKinley Franklin Don’t expect Seth ...
The Guardian

I knew my writing students were using AI. Their confessions led to a powerful teaching moment

The problem wasn’t just the perfectly polished, yet mediocre prose. It’s what’s lost when we surrender the struggle to translate thought into words I have been teaching fiction writing at MIT since ...
JournalofAccountancy

Use Excel to automate financial statement analysis

Q. I often perform horizontal, vertical, and trend analysis for clients. Each time revised financial statements arrive, I find myself recreating formulas, rechecking ranges, and confirming that ...
The New York Times

How A.I. Killed Student Writing (and Revived It)

High school and college teachers are watching students write, in the classroom, in order to protect against the incursion of artificial intelligence. Credit...Video by Lauren Lancaster For The New ...
CNET

How to Write a Resume With ChatGPT That AI Detectors Could Never Clock

Amanda Smith is a freelance journalist and writer. She reports on culture, society, human interest and technology. Her stories hold a mirror to society, reflecting both its malaise and its beauty.
CBS News

Using the ocean to power data centers

David Pogue is a six-time Emmy winner for his stories on "CBS Sunday Morning," where he's been a correspondent since 2002. Pogue hosts the CBS News podcast "Unsung Science." He's also a New York Times ...
Christianity Today

To Write Well Is Human

Using AI to write is a disordered and deforming means of fulfilling a good desire. The church must offer something better. A major publisher recently pulled a new novel for a novel reason: a strong ...
Time

How One Virginia County Turned Data Center Money into Affordable Housing

Discovery Ridge in Henrico County is part of a new affordable housing program funded by data center revenue. When Emma Swainston decided as a teenager to pursue a career in teaching, she came to grips ...