Libraries and Artificial Intelligence (AI)

The group introduced themselves and their interest in AI, The LibGuide for this group and the email list for the group were also mentioned.

Topics discussed:

OpenEvidence (https://www.openevidence.com/) - Medical information AI drawing on the Mayo Clinic, the New England Journal of Medicine, and the JAMA and JAMA Network specialty journals.

AI inclusion in vendor contracts, both as a tool for the customer and for them being trained on the customer.

The difference between using AI versus having them do your work for you.

Liability - if you use an AI and it is wrong, can you be held liable for it?

Ethics of AI use and training.

Differences between different AI products, such as ChatGPT and Gemini.

Possible future speakers on these topics such as Ethan Mollick.

Gamma (https://gamma.app/) - AI for creating PowerPoint presentations.

Using AI to edit and clarify documents and lesson plans.

AI newsletter (personalizable) - www.therundown.ai

Deepseek (https://www.deepseek.com/) - 'like a help desk'.

Next meeting December 10th at 3pm.