He helped build AI. Now he is sounding the alarm about what comes next for everyone
Artificial Intelligence pioneer Geoffrey Hinton insisted Tuesday on the need to strictly regulate the technology,...
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How do generative AI tools reshape the software engineering workforce?
New research in Contemporary Economic Policy reveals that generative artificial intelligence tools like GitHub Copilot...
US government ramps up mass surveillance with help of AI tech, data brokers, and your apps and devices
On a Saturday morning, you head to the hardware store. Your neighbors' Ring cameras film...
Chatbots may fuel ‘delusional spirals’ that lead to real-world harm
Perhaps to the surprise of their creators, large language models have become confidants, therapists, and,...
Cheaper, longer-lasting batteries are closer thanks to a pinch of sodium and a supercomputer
The Expanse supercomputer at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California...
Yelp introduces an AI chatbot to help users sift local recommendations
Online review aggregator Yelp wants to harness artificial intelligence to make it easier for users...
AI works best with humans—not instead of them
A new academic study says the most effective use of artificial intelligence may be to...
Slanguage: Why AI’s stylistic negation—’it’s not X, it’s Y’—is both annoying and doesn’t work
If you spend any amount of time on LinkedIn, you'll have certainly come across this...
Study suggests strategic Wikipedia engagement enhances scientific visibility
A new study, published in Anatomical Sciences Education, provides evidence that researchers and scientific organizations...
New study reveals chatbot empathy can worsen customer reactions
When a service encounter goes south, customers expect empathy. Hearing an employee say, "I share...
Amazon invests another $5 bn in Anthropic
Amazon on Monday said it pumped another $5 billion into Anthropic as it ramps up...
Tag-teaming turbulence: Frontier supercomputer trains AI to model cosmic storms
Researchers used the world's fastest supercomputer for open science to train an artificial intelligence model...
Anthropic says will put AI risks ‘on the table’ with Mythos model
American AI developer Anthropic plans to "lay the risks out on the table" even as...
Exploring conversational AI and poetry but not as we know it
What do the large language models behind human-like conversational AI really know and what does...
Can we hear lost voices again? System can convert invisible vocal movements into audible words
Hearing words even when spoken in silence—a new technology has been developed that reads the...
How do teens really use AI companions? With more creativity than you might think
In 2022, the founders of chatbot startup Character.AI launched a platform where anyone could create...
A humanoid robot sprints to victory in Beijing, beating the human half-marathon world record
A humanoid robot that won a half-marathon race for robots in Beijing on Sunday ran...
China seeks to rein in risks from AI ‘digital humans’
After her father died from cancer, Zhang Xinyu had an artificial intelligence avatar made that...
AI ‘agent’ fever comes with lurking security threats
Artificial intelligence "agents" promise to save users time and energy by automating tasks, but the...
Unpredictable AGI may resist full control, making diverse AI safer
Public concern about AI safety has grown significantly in recent years. As AI systems become...
What could your voice give away?
With AI, the voice has acquired a new significance. Behind the words lies data that...
This AI mines the numbers buried in scientific papers and turns them into usable data fast
Numbers are the language of science—yet in research articles, they are often buried within the...
Making AI safer for victims of intimate partner violence
Conversational AI tools denied blunt requests for harmful content by researchers posing as intimate partner...
Improved AI method enables reliable logical conclusions
Weighing up arguments, drawing logical conclusions and deriving a clearly correct answer—such tasks have so...