Here’s Why States Are Suing Meta for Hurting Teens with Facebook and Instagram
Researchers have documented that social media can harm teens
Researchers have documented that social media can harm teens
To improve machine learning, the answer might be taking a different approach to robot education rather than just feeding models more data
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
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...
A neural network can identify Wikipedia references that are unlikely to support an article’s claims—and scour the web for better sources
The Biden administration’s intention to use dozens of bombs’ worth of highly enriched uranium as fuel in a new civilian reactor sets a dangerous precedent, one that could help our foes get nuclear weapons...
Companies are training their generative AI models on vast swathes of the Internet—and there’s no real way to stop them
After decades of messy, thoughtless design choices, corporations are using artificial intelligence to sell basic usability back to consumers
For the first time, a machine learning technique has revealed Greek words in CT scans of fragile rolled-up papyrus
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?
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