Education
To Educate Students about AI, Make Them Use It
A college professor and his students explain what they learned from bringing ChatGPT into the classroom
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Language
‘ChatGPT Detector’ Catches AI-Generated Papers with Unprecedented Accuracy
A new tool based on machine learning uses features of writing style to distinguish between human and AI authors
Evolution
Our Evolutionary Past Can Teach Us about AI’s Future
Evolutionary biology offers warnings, and tips, for surviving the advent of artificial intelligence
Policy
AI Needs Rules, but Who Will Get to Make Them?
Skirmishes at the U.K.’s AI Safety Summit expose tensions over how to regulate AI technology
Policy
Biden’s Executive Order on AI Is a Good Start, Experts Say, but Not Enough
A new executive order signed this week sets the stage for federal AI standards and requirements and moves beyond previous voluntary agreements with AI companies
Endangered Species
How AI Can Help Save Endangered Species
Scientists are using artificial intelligence to fight biodiversity loss by analysing vast amounts of data, monitoring ecosystems and spotting trends over time
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
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 Up Data 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 data—and potentially some of your private data as well...
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.
