AI alignment examines how artificial systems acquire, represent, and act on goals, values, and social norms, and why their behavior often diverges from human expectations. Work in this area studies systematic failures such as bias, sycophancy, hallucinations, deceptive or selfish reasoning, and cultural or linguistic inequities, as well as limitations in commonsense, emotion, and social understanding. It also develops methods for preference learning, norm-following, interpretability, and reliability guarantees to better align AI behavior with human values and societal constraints.
Consumer & Gadgets
Voice-activated, conversational artificial intelligence (AI) agents must provide clear explanations for their suggestions, or older adults aren't likely to trust them. That's one of the main findings from a study by AI Caring ...
Apr 6, 2026
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Consumer & Gadgets
AI companions are always available, never judge, never tire and never demand anything in return. If someone is struggling with loneliness, this frictionlessness can seem profoundly appealing. However, new research shows that ...
Apr 4, 2026
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Computer Sciences
One of the most influential scientific and philosophical viewpoints is "More is Different," introduced in 1972 by Nobel Prize–winning physicist Philip W. Anderson, highlighting the limitations of the reductionist approach. ...
Apr 3, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
Involving people without AI expertise in the development and evaluation of artificial intelligence applications could help create better, fairer, and more trustworthy automated decision-making systems, new research suggests. ...
Apr 2, 2026
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Computer Sciences
Artificial intelligence is increasingly being used to help optimize decision-making in high-stakes settings. For instance, an autonomous system can identify a power distribution strategy that minimizes costs while keeping ...
Apr 2, 2026
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Computer Sciences
Although AI is not intentionally biased, it can inherit biases from the data fed into it, learning and repeating them until the system becomes inherently unfair. This is complicated by the problem of identifying where the ...
Apr 2, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
A new report examines the emerging risks of autonomous AI systems interacting within clinical environments. The article, "Emerging Risks of AI-to-AI Interactions in Health Care: Lessons From Moltbook," appears in the Journal ...
Apr 2, 2026
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Computer Sciences
The number of scientific papers is growing so rapidly that scientists are no longer able to keep track of all of them, even in their own research area. Researchers from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), in collaboration ...
Apr 1, 2026
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Security
When a person reaches across a table to pass the salt, their brain is doing something far more complex than recognizing a request and executing a movement. It is drawing on a lifetime of bodily experience—where their hand ...
Apr 1, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
Peter Steinberger's artificial intelligence agent tool OpenClaw has taken the tech world by storm with its ability to execute real-life tasks such as checking him in for his flight to Tokyo.
Mar 30, 2026
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