Wise Owl's monthly (ish) news tweet | Issue 80 - September 2024

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AI tools are astoundingly good (but can be amazingly bad too) - we've got 3 examples of each extreme

In creating our two-day Introduction to AI Tools course we've been continually amazed at the human-like brilliance and humour of the likes of ChatGPT (except it's not human-like, because it's output is consistently better than that which most humans could produce) ... while also enjoying examples of occasional AI fallibility. Here for your entertainment are 3 of the best and worst examples of the use of AI tools.

Our extensive independent reviews show which AI tools you should use for text - and which for images

Not sure which AI tool to use? We've compared ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot and Gemini (so you don't have) to and summarise our findings here . We've also done the same thing for image creation tools in AI, this time comparing the 5 main AI image creation tools.

News of an updated AI tools course, a brand new API course and 21 new exercises on using ChatGPT

As part of our journey (now complete) to becoming AI believers we've revamped our two-day AI tools (ChatGPT et al) course contents and have also now published a new two-day course on using the OpenAI API in Python. You can also now practise your AI skills with 21 exercises that we've published, using whichever of ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot and Gemini most suits.

We now have accreditation from the CPD Certification Service for two courses, with more to follow

When booking Wise Owl training courses you've always known that you'll get friendly but professional expert training and superb courseware, but now (for some of our courses at any rate) you get CPD certification too!

A thin couple of months for Power BI updates, but a great month for new Wise Owl exercises

The only significant feature in the July and August Power BI Desktop updates is the ability to document your measures. More excitingly, we've created a brand new set of exercises across our entire Power BI course range (although we've also left the old exercises up for now). And finally to see what you can do with Power BI, have a look at Marie Woltman’s amazing pilot log report showing her routes (Marie attended Power BI courses with us back in 2017, and hasn’t looked back since!).

Our monthly chance to win a £50 voucher, and the results (and winner) of last issue's competition

For this month's competition we're asking you to work out which of 5 tribute bands played in which venue, and on what day of the week. The winner (chosen at random from our electronic sorting hat) will win £50 and - if desired - a modicum of fame. Last month we asked you to identify 16 book titles: here are the answers and winner.

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