Editor's Note: In Issue 5

Welcome to Issue 5 of Construction Industry AI. This week brings news of the new release from Midjourney with the inclusion (finally) of Inpainting capability. Amir Noori breaks the news and offers a demonstration of how to use the valuable feature.

Also, learn how to create your own Toolbox Talk generator using an iPhone app and ChatGPT. David Dunham walks you through the process in text and video demonstration.

Meanwhile Kristajan Vilibic adds the fourth eBook installment on Construction Planning and Scheduling. This time he delves into the processes of production schedule updating and schedule analysis.

Finally, publisher and engineer Paul Levin brings another in his series on construction data analysis. Carry on and keep up!

Rob Rogers

Managing Editor

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