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Business
In the 'Wild West' of AI chatbots, subtle biases related to race and caste often go unchecked
Recently, LinkedIn announced its Hiring Assistant, an artificial intelligence "agent" that performs the most repetitious parts of recruiters' jobs—including interacting with job candidates before and after interviews. LinkedIn's ...
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Machine learning & AI
Real-world chemists are more diverse than generative AI images suggest
Asking children "What does a scientist look like?" now results in more illustrations of women and people of color than decades ago. But do generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools also depict the diversity among scientists? ...
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Could pedestrian crashes and their severity be estimated without using actual crash data?
Devising countermeasures for improving pedestrian safety, especially targeted measures for severe and non-severe crashes, is crucial for road authorities. However, such efforts predominantly rely on police-reported crash ...
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Microsoft pitches AI 'agents' that can perform tasks on their own at Ignite 2024
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella told customers at a conference in Chicago on Tuesday that the company is teaching a new set of artificial intelligence tools how to "act on our behalf across our work and life."
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The cognitive research behind AI's rise
Federal funding for cognitive research in the late 1970s and early 1980s unexpectedly led to significant advancements in artificial intelligence. This research transformed our understanding of human cognition through computational ...
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Machine learning & AI
Researchers explore how to bring larger neural networks closer to the energy efficiency of biological brains
The more lottery tickets you buy, the higher your chances of winning, but spending more than you win is obviously not a wise strategy. Something similar happens in AI powered by deep learning: we know that the larger a neural ...
Nov 19, 2024
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Four ways the metaverse and AI are transforming history and religion
Imagine having a live art class taught by Leonardo da Vinci, or having a fully interactive discussion about the meaning of life with Socrates. You can now do this in your living room with a laptop and headset through startups ...
Nov 19, 2024
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Will politicians and terrorist leaders live forever in the age of AI?
Yahya Sinwar, the former leader of the Hamas militant organization, was killed by the Israeli military in the south Gazan city of Rafah in October 2024. Given the role Sinwar played in the planning and execution of the October ...
Nov 19, 2024
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Internet
An 83-year-old short story by Borges portends a bleak future for the internet
How will the internet evolve in the coming decades?
Nov 19, 2024
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Robotics
A nervous system-inspired framework to deploy self-organizing robot swarms
The deployment of robot teams could allow humans to complete various real-world tasks faster and more efficiently. For instance, multiple co-operating robots could help to quickly find and rescue survivors of natural disasters ...
Security
Smart homes for assisted living have huge potential, but here's why they're still mostly a pipe dream
Smart homes have become increasingly popular in recent years. Where once they simply referred to automated systems for things like lighting and heating, nowadays the definition has expanded to include voice assistants and ...
Nov 18, 2024
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Computer Sciences
Leaner large language models could enable efficient local use on phones and laptops
Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly automating tasks like translation, text classification and customer service. But tapping into an LLM's power typically requires users to send their requests to a centralized server—a ...
Nov 18, 2024
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Engineering
Machine learning aids rapid advancement of a high-resolution 3D printing technology
QUT biomedical engineers have developed a new automated method to drastically advance melt electrowriting, a new, high-resolution 3D printing technology used in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.
Nov 18, 2024
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Robotics
How robotics can be used to better understand the 'sense of self' in humans
In a review paper published recently in Science Robotics a cognitive roboticist, cognitive psychologist and a psychiatrist discuss the concept of "sense of self" in humans, and they explore how robots can be used to better ...
Nov 18, 2024
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Machine learning & AI
AI and human writers share stylistic fingerprints: New work by researchers detects writing patterns of LLMs
People write with personal style and individual flourishes that set them apart from other writers. So does AI, including top programs like Chat GPT, new Johns Hopkins University-led research finds.
Nov 18, 2024
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Machine learning & AI
Is AI's meteoric rise beginning to slow?
A quietly growing belief in Silicon Valley could have immense implications: the breakthroughs from large AI models -– the ones expected to bring human-level artificial intelligence in the near future –- may be slowing ...
Nov 18, 2024
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Machine learning & AI
AI feels like an unstoppable force. But it is not a panacea for businesses or society
In Greek mythology, Prometheus is credited with giving humans fire as well as the "spark" that spurred civilization. One of the unintended consequences of Prometheus's "gift" was that the need for celestial Gods diminished. ...
Nov 18, 2024
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Business
Beyond bias: Equity, diversity and inclusion must drive AI implementation in the workplace
As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to reshape industries and transform workplaces, it's imperative that organizations and leaders examine not only its impact on productivity, innovation and economic gains, but also ...
Nov 18, 2024
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Business
It's 'the intelligence age,' say tech titans—but information will not save us
"We have entered the Intelligence Age," proclaimed Sam Altman, the chief executive of OpenAI, in September. "Deep learning worked," he explained, and this breakthrough in learning from data will unleash a smart era in which ...
Nov 17, 2024
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Machine learning & AI
Australian police are trialing AI to analyze body-worn camera footage, despite overseas failures, expert criticism
Police departments around the world are increasingly using body-worn cameras in an attempt to improve public trust and accountability. But this has created huge amounts of data, about 95% of which is never reviewed or even ...
Nov 17, 2024
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Security
Common way to test for leaks in large language models may be flawed
Large language models are everywhere, including running in the background of the apps on the device you're using to read this. The auto-complete suggestions in your texts and emails, the query responses composed by Gemni, ...
Nov 15, 2024
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Electronics & Semiconductors
AI headphones create a 'sound bubble,' quieting all sounds more than a few feet away
Imagine this: You're at an office job, wearing noise-canceling headphones to dampen the ambient chatter. A co-worker arrives at your desk and asks a question, but rather than needing to remove the headphones and say, "What?", ...
Nov 14, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
AI can 'hear' when a lithium battery is about to catch fire
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a way to use sound to detect when lithium-ion batteries are about to catch fire. The NIST team included Wai Cheong "Andy" Tam and Anthony ...
Nov 14, 2024
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Machine learning & AI
A new system of logic could boost critical thinking and AI
The rigid structures of language we once clung to with certainty are cracking. Take gender, nationality or religion: these concepts no longer sit comfortably in the stiff linguistic boxes of the last century. Simultaneously, ...
Nov 14, 2024
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Machine learning & AI
Study finds bias in language models against non-binary users
What happens when the technology meant to protect marginalized voices ends up silencing them? Rebecca Dorn, a research assistant at USC Viterbi's Information Sciences Institute (ISI) has uncovered how large language models ...
Nov 14, 2024
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