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
To get the best out of AI, some users tell it to provide answers as if it were an expert. Others ask it to adopt a persona, such as a safety monitor, to guide its responses. However, this approach can sometimes hurt performance, ...
Security
Researchers from the University of Huddersfield have developed a hybrid AI tool to detect patterns of psychological abuse, including coercive control, in a bid to transform digital forensic investigations and mental health ...
Mar 25, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
I remember the first time I attended a linguistics lecture as an undergraduate in Argentina. The lecturer asked a simple question: where does language come from? My instinctive answer was: books.
Mar 22, 2026
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Consumer & Gadgets
Googling isn't quite what it used to be. Now, when typing something into Google's search engine, the first response flashing to life on your screen is not the top-ranked search result but an "AI Overview." When asked why ...
Mar 21, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
Reminding people that human decision-making can be biased can make the use of artificial intelligence seem less problematic, a new study says. Drawing attention to the limitations of human decision-making may also make AI ...
Mar 20, 2026
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Business
In the iconic Star Wars series, captain Han Solo and humanoid droid C-3PO boast drastically contrasting personalities. Driven by emotions and swashbuckling confidence, Han Solo often ignores C-3PO's logic-driven caution. ...
Mar 19, 2026
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Consumer & Gadgets
It's a familiar feeling: You start a text message, and your phone's autocomplete function suggests several choices for the next word, ranging from banal to hilarious. "I love…" you, or coffee? Or you're finishing an email, ...
Mar 17, 2026
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Consumer & Gadgets
The integration of large language model-based AI chatbots into multiple facets of our everyday lives has opened us up to advantages that would have been considered impossible even a decade ago. The same development has, however, ...
Business
As more businesses trust artificial intelligence "agents" to independently grow their revenues, some insurance firms are stepping in to cover any mistakes—while others are steering clear.
Mar 15, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
Even with no fur in the frame, you can easily see that a photo of a hairless Sphynx cat depicts a cat. You wouldn't mistake it for an elephant.
Mar 11, 2026
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