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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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Dhruv BatraSchool of Interactive Computing Associate Professor Dhruv Batra weighs in on a Facebook post, shared here by CNBC, to assuage fears of an AI agent that "invented its own language." Batra called the sensational coverage irresponsible in his post, and noted that there was nothing alarming taking place in their research.
