Artificial Intelligence
We Need Smart Intellectual Property Laws for Artificial Intelligence
“One-size-fits-all” regulation will sideline medical and research benefits promised by the advent of artificial intelligence
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Artificial Intelligence
Yes, AI Models Can Get Worse over Time
More training and more data can have unintended consequences for machine-learning models such as GPT-4
Economics
Unregulated AI Will Worsen Inequality, Warns Nobel-Winning Economist Joseph Stiglitz
A Nobel laureate in economics explains how artificial intelligence will affect inequality—and how solutions such as a shorter work week might mitigate its negative effects
Artificial Intelligence
Here’s How AI Can Predict Hit Songs With Frightening Accuracy
New AI technology predicts hit songs—by listening to someone’s body.
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AI-Generated Data Can Poison Future AI Models
As AI-generated content fills the Internet, it’s corrupting the training data for models to come. What happens when AI eats itself?
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Oppenheimer Offers Us a Fresh Warning of AI’s Danger
The U.S. ignored Oppenheimer’s warnings about nuclear weapons and rushed to build and deploy a dangerous technology. We must not make the same mistake with AI
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Here’s Why Actors Are So Worried about AI
Here’s what’s behind the A.I technology that has worried so many actors—including something called “the orb.”
Arts
Can AI Replace Actors? Here’s How Digital Double Tech Works
Motion capture and detailed face scans allow TV and film production teams to replicate a performer’s likeness. Generative AI is making the process faster and easier
Privacy
Chatbot Honeypot: How AI Companions Could Weaken National Security
AI chatbots blur the line between intimacy and secrecy, posing risks for users with national security interests and access to sensitive information
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Should We Care About AI’s Emergent Abilities?
Here’s how large language models, or LLMs, actually work.
Weather
Climate Change Could Stump AI Weather Prediction
Artificial intelligence taps historical weather data in forecasting, but the changing climate is complicating such efforts
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AI Is an Existential Threat—Just Not the Way You Think
Some fear that artificial intelligence will threaten humanity’s survival. But the existential risk is more philosophical than apocalyptic
Artificial Intelligence
AI Could Quickly Screen Thousands of Antibiotics to Tackle Superbugs
As the threat of antibiotic resistance increases, new antibiotics are imperative—and AI could widen the pipeline
Arts
Can Your Body’s Response to Music Predict Hit Songs? A New AI Study Claims It Can
A new study suggests AI can analyze cardiac activity to predict whether a song will be a hit before it’s released. But some hit-song scientists are skeptical
Privacy
Secret Messages Can Hide in AI-Generated Media
In steganography, an ordinary message masks the presence of a secret communication. Humans can never do it perfectly, but a new study shows it’s possible for machines
Artificial Intelligence
New Tool Reveals How AI Makes Decisions
Large language models such as ChatGPT tend to make things up. A new approach now allows the systems to explain their responses—at least partially
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AI Chatbots Could Help Provide Therapy, but Caution Is Needed
Therapy apps are incorporating AI programs such as ChatGPT. But such programs could provide unvetted or harmful feedback if they’re not well regulated
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AI Promises Humanity One Last Job. Helping AI Help Humanity
With AI threatening to overtake the world of work, at least one pretty good job will always be in demand
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How AI Could Take Over Elections—And Undermine Democracy
An AI-driven political campaign could be all things to all people
Artificial Intelligence
Car-Free Cities Are the Future, Biometrics Reveal
Advanced tools for tracking people’s eye movements and facial expressions can be used to design better places
