Science Week

Bakkavor: Engineering and software overtake the allure of traditional professions for the next generation of students

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Tuesday, March 21, 2023
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Today, parents are most likely to encourage their children to look at engineering and software development as the career paths with the best long-term prospects.

Key Points: 
  • Today, parents are most likely to encourage their children to look at engineering and software development as the career paths with the best long-term prospects.
  • The poll of 2,000 adults explored which careers parents would encourage their children to follow.
  • Software design (33%) and engineering (31%) were the top choices - ahead of medicine (29%), law (19%), teaching (16%) and banking (9%).
  • The allure of management consultancy seems to have fallen (7%) and the prospect of a career in politics came last (3%).

Chai Research Declares March 13 to March 19 Engineer Your Own Chatbot Week

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Monday, March 13, 2023
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PALO ALTO, Calif., March 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Chai Research, a start-up that has developed an interactive chatbot platform serving more than 500 million messages a month, today announced the kick-off of National Engineer Your Own Chatbot Week for users to create their own custom AI bot with the intelligence of an 8-year-old human and the personality of a best friend.

Key Points: 
  • Founder and CEO of Chai Research Will Beauchamp said National Engineer Your Own Chatbot Week, compliments the already-established National Science and Engineering Week (March 10-19) with the newest science and tech available on the AI front.
  • "When I moved into the AI space, everyone thought chatbots were boring—so we built one that was entertaining," Beauchamp said.
  • "While some bots respond to queries with 'I'm not allowed to answer that,' Chai's chatbots have no topic limitations," Beauchamp said.
  • Creators and the public can engineer their own Chai chatbot by downloading the Chai app to a smartphone and following prompts.