Artificial Intelligence
New Training Method Helps AI Generalize like People Do
To improve machine learning, the answer might be taking a different approach to robot education rather than just feeding models more data
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Artificial Intelligence
Humans Absorb Bias from AI—And Keep It after They Stop Using the Algorithm
People may learn from and replicate the skewed perspective of an artificial intelligence algorithm, and they carry this bias beyond their interactions with the AI
Automobiles
‘Robo-Taxi Takeover’ Hits Speed Bumps
Self-driving cars are expanding their ranges in a handful of U.S. cities, but the reality doesn’t yet match the hype
Artificial Intelligence
Generative AI Models Are Sucking Data Up From All Over the Internet, Yours Included
In the rush to build and train ever-larger AI models, developers have swept up much of the searchable Internet, quite possibly including some of your own public (and possibly private) data...
Artificial Intelligence
A More Reliable Wikipedia Could Come from AI Research Assistants
A neural network can identify Wikipedia references that are unlikely to support an article’s claims—and scour the web for better sources
Privacy
Your Personal Information Is Probably Being Used to Train Generative AI Models
Companies are training their generative AI models on vast swathes of the Internet—and there’s no real way to stop them
Artificial Intelligence
AI Is Becoming a Band-Aid over Bad, Broken Tech Industry Design Choices
After decades of messy, thoughtless design choices, corporations are using artificial intelligence to sell basic usability back to consumers
Anthropology
AI Reads Ancient Scroll Charred by Mount Vesuvius in Tech First
For the first time, a machine learning technique has revealed Greek words in CT scans of fragile rolled-up papyrus
Artificial Intelligence
As Arctic Sea Ice Breaks Up, AI Is Starting to Predict Where the Ice Will Go
Sea ice is changing fast. Are forecasts created by artificial intelligence the best way to keep up with the pace of a warming climate in the far north?
Energy
The AI Boom Could Use a Shocking Amount of Electricity
Powering artificial intelligence models takes a lot of energy. A new analysis demonstrates just how big the problem could become
Artificial Intelligence
AI Designs Little Robots in 30 Seconds, and They Keep Sprouting Legs
An AI used to build artificial neural networks can also create autonomous robot bodies with remarkable speed
Artificial Intelligence
The Latest AI Chatbots Can Handle Text, Images and Sound. Here’s How
New “multimodal” AI programs can do much more than respond to text—they also analyze images and chat aloud
Politics
How AI Could Help China and Russia Meddle in U.S. Elections
ChatGPT and similar AI programs give propagandists and intelligence agents a powerful new tool for interfering in politics. The clock is ticking on learning to spot this disinformation before the 2024 election...
Artificial Intelligence
The State of Large Language Models
We present the latest updates on ChatGPT, Bard and other competitors in the artificial intelligence arms race.
Artificial Intelligence
The Assumptions You Bring into Conversation with an AI Bot Influence What It Says
A new study reveals an “AI placebo effect”: the same chatbot will respond differently depending on its users’ assumptions about artificial intelligence
Creativity
‘AI Anxiety’ Is on the Rise—Here’s How to Manage It
Rapid advances in generative artificial intelligence have prompted big questions about the future of work and even human creativity. Experts have suggestions for how to manage all these unknowns...
Artificial Intelligence
What Humans Lose When AI Writes for Us
In Who Wrote This? linguist Naomi S. Baron discusses how artificial intelligence threatens our ability to express ourselves
Artificial Intelligence
See How AI Generates Images from Text
Generative AI algorithms use probability to create visuals from noise
Artificial Intelligence
AI Tool Pinpoints Genetic Mutations That Cause Disease
Researchers have adapted the AI network to search for genetic changes linked to ill health
Artificial Intelligence
Why Japan Is Building Its Own Version of ChatGPT
Some Japanese researchers feel that AI systems trained on foreign languages cannot grasp the intricacies of Japanese language and culture
