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.
Machine learning & AI
Using services like ChatGPT or Microsoft Copilot can sometimes seem like magic—to the point it can be easy to forget about the advanced science running behind the scenes of any artificial intelligence (AI) system. Like any ...
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Computer Sciences
Guilt is a highly advantageous quality for society as a whole. It might not prevent initial wrongdoings, but guilt allows humans to judge their own prior judgments as harmful and prevents them from happening again. The internal ...
Machine learning & AI
People are now routinely using chatbots to write computer code, summarize articles and books, or solicit advice. But these chatbots are also employed to quickly generate text from scratch, with some users passing off the ...
Jul 30, 2025
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Computer Sciences
Faulty ranking mechanisms used in AI leaderboards can be overcome through approaches evaluated at the University of Michigan.
Jul 29, 2025
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Computer Sciences
To confront bias, scientists say we must examine the ontological frameworks within large language models—and how our perceptions influence outputs.
Jul 29, 2025
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Business
Palantir, an American data analysis and artificial intelligence company, has emerged as Silicon Valley's latest tech darling—one that makes no secret of its macho, America-first ethos now ascendant in Trump-era tech culture.
Jul 29, 2025
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Computer Sciences
Artificial intelligence tools called large language models (LLMs), such as OpenAI's ChatGPT or Google's Gemini, can do a lot these days—dispensing relationship advice, crafting texts to get you out of social obligations and ...
Jul 28, 2025
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Machine learning & AI
We are entering the third phase of generative AI. First came the chatbots, followed by the assistants. Now we are beginning to see agents: systems that aspire to greater autonomy and can work in "teams" or use tools to accomplish ...
Jul 28, 2025
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Computer Sciences
In a world increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence, the question of how machines make decisions under uncertain conditions grows more urgent every day.
Jul 23, 2025
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Computer Sciences
Artificial intelligence chatbots are everywhere these days, from smartphone apps and customer service portals to online search engines. But what happens when these handy tools overestimate their own abilities?
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