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Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook, isn’t making as much progress on eCommerce as employees thought it would at the time when the pandemic hit, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday (May 3), and some retailers aren’t happy with that. Retailers have been “frustrated” by this, saying the service doesn’t have some basic elements like the ability to display products in different modes if they’re not sold directly through Facebook and Instagram. At least five senior executives have left in the last six months, an anonymous source told WSJ. But Meta is confident in the project. “Building a full-fledged commerce platform is a multiyear journey — one that became a company priority less than two years ago,” said Joe...

Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc has expanded access to a large language model to include the artificial intelligence (AI) community to aid in research, the company announced on Tuesday (May 3). Meta’s model is the first 175-billion-parameter language model to be made available to the broader AI research community, the social media company said in a blog post. “Large language models” are natural language processing systems that are trained on massive volumes of text and can answer reading comprehension questions or generate new text, Reuters noted in a report. Meta said the release of its Open Pretrained Transformer (OPT-175B) model would “improve researchers’ abilities to understand how large language models work,” according to the report. Restrictions on access to such...

The HealthySimulation.com webinar platform “LEARN” hosts a number of informative healthcare simulation webinars each month. These medical simulation presentations are designed to cover a range of topics related to clinical simulation, including education, training, and practice. In May 2022, a number of presentations will be given that discuss topics related to curriculum mapping, virtual reality simulation, clinical simulation debriefing, manikin technology, and more. By registering to watch one or all of these webinars, simulationists, and learners have the opportunity to listen to and learn from various leaders across the clinical simulation industry. HealthySimulation.com LEARN Platform Course Webinars New 3 CE, 5 Hour Course: Operating Simulation Technologies to Improve Clinical Outcomes: Developed by Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, and instructed by...

Whiteboard animation software is a great way to add some visual pizzazz to your content. The human brain processes visuals 60,000 times faster than text. Visuals are also responsible for increasing comprehension by up to 400%. In fact, visual content is so powerful that a single video can be the difference between an effective marketing campaign and failure. But how do you get started creating whiteboard animations? The good news is, you don’t have to spend millions of dollars on an Oscar-winning director and Hollywood actors to create amazing whiteboard animation videos. We’ve found 13 of the best whiteboard animation software programs that’ll help you create awesome video content for your ecommerce business. Each program has its own strengths and...

After two years teaching through a pandemic, students and educators are faced with more challenges now than ever before. Many students are struggling to cope with feelings of depression brought on by lack of socialization, while teachers are faced with executing lesson plans and helping students learn to process their emotions while keeping up with their classwork. How do teachers manage both?Social and emotional learning (SEL) is how students acquire the skills needed to make responsible decisions, manage their emotions, and achieve goals. The classroom is the perfect place to develop these skills! Teachers might prepare  lessons that help students explore executive functioning skills, like adaptable thinking and self-awareness. To create a safe, positive learning space and help your students...