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UC Irvine develops city chatbot evaluation tools; Copilot users face price hikes

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A UC Irvine-led research team is developing evaluation protocols and tools for municipal chatbots, aiming to improve public services. This initiative, starting in June, will involve collaboration with city technology leaders and experts from the Los Angeles and Orange County areas. The project includes Policy Innovation Days to foster discussions and co-develop metrics for democratic engagement with these AI tools. Meanwhile, GitHub Copilot users are experiencing significant cost increases due to a shift from request-based to usage-based billing, leading to sticker shock as AI credit allotments are quickly depleted. AI

IMPACT Municipal chatbots will undergo evaluation for improved public service delivery, while developers face increased costs for AI coding assistants.

RANK_REASON Cluster includes a research initiative and a product pricing change.

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UC Irvine develops city chatbot evaluation tools; Copilot users face price hikes

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COVERAGE [2]

  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    UC Irvine: UC Irvine-led research team to develop evaluation protocols, tools for city chatbots. “Beginning in June, they’ll bring together UC Irvine researcher

    UC Irvine: UC Irvine-led research team to develop evaluation protocols, tools for city chatbots. “Beginning in June, they’ll bring together UC Irvine researchers, city technology leaders and practitioners alongside industry and community experts from across Los Angeles and Orange…

  2. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Ars Technica: AI costs how much? GitHub Copilot users react to new usage-based pricing system.. “In April, GitHub announced that it was moving subscribers from

    Ars Technica: AI costs how much? GitHub Copilot users react to new usage-based pricing system.. “In April, GitHub announced that it was moving subscribers from request-based billing to a usage-based model for its AI-powered Copilot service. As that new pricing model goes into eff…

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