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A new study found that law students using GPT-4 didn't improve work quality but did work faster, with the AI being most helpful to lower-performing students. via Marginal REVOLUTION.

Matt Webb explores the future of personal AI agents and how new search engines might help them locate and utilize tools like apps. via Interconnected

Tyler Cowen shares seven links, including one featuring research about giant worms. via Marginal REVOLUTION

TnT-LLM, a new framework, uses large language models (LLMs) to automate text mining tasks like generating label taxonomies and building text classifiers. via Hugging Face.

A new NBER working paper analyzes how output and wages may be impacted by different scenarios of technological progress leading to Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). via Marginal Revolution

Tim Harford explores the surprising strengths and weaknesses of AI, particularly GPT-4, noting its capacity to solve complex problems while occasionally faltering on simpler tasks.