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BuzzFeed shares surge 120% on plans to embrace OpenAI
BuzzFeed Inc. shares surged by a record on news that the digital-media company plans to use OpenAI to bolster some of its content creation.
Jan 27, 2023
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Artificial intelligence in South Africa comes with special dilemmas—plus the usual risks
When people think about artificial intelligence (AI), they may have visions of the future. But AI is already here. At its base, it is the recreation of aspects of human intelligence in computerized form. Like human intelligence, ...
Jan 27, 2023
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Robotics
RaiBo: A versatile robo-dog that runs through a sandy beach at 3 meters per second
A research team led by Professor Hwangbo Jemin of the KAIST Department of Mechanical Engineering has developed a quadrupedal robot control technology that can walk robustly with agility even in deformable terrain such as ...
Jan 26, 2023
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Automotive

Designing ethical self-driving cars
The classic thought experiment known as the "trolley problem" asks: Should you pull a lever to divert a runaway trolley so that it kills one person rather than five? Alternatively: What if you'd have to push someone onto ...
Jan 25, 2023
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Automotive

Project could enable self-driving cars to make better decisions faster and avoid collisions
In the future, autonomous or self-driving cars are expected to considerably reduce the number of road accident fatalities. Advancing developments on this revolutionary road, CERN and car-safety software company Zenseact have ...
Jan 25, 2023
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Machine learning & AI

Member of Congress reads AI-generated speech on House floor
When U.S. Rep. Jake Auchincloss decided to deliver a speech on a bill that would create a U.S.-Israel artificial intelligence center, he opted to let the AI do the talking.
Jan 25, 2023
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Machine learning & AI

ChatGPT: Chatbots can help us rediscover the rich history of dialogue
It is time to take human-AI dialogue seriously again. With the release of sophisticated chatbots like OpenAI's ChatGPT, effective human-AI dialogue has become interesting and accessible to everyone. Even to students writing ...
Jan 25, 2023
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Computer Sciences

ChatGPT found to be capable of passing exams for MBA and Medical Licensing Exam
The academic community is growing increasingly concerned about students using ChatGPT for less than honest purposes as it has been found to be capable of not only writing essays for high school students, but passing some ...
Jan 24, 2023 report
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Machine learning & AI

Learning to lie: AI tools adept at creating disinformation
Artificial intelligence is writing fiction, making images inspired by Van Gogh and fighting wildfires. Now it's competing in another endeavor once limited to humans—creating propaganda and disinformation.
Jan 24, 2023
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Business

Here's what nobody is talking about when it comes to ChatGPT
At the tail end of 2022, OpenAI released ChatGPT, a chatbot powered by the company's AI algorithm, that lit more than just the internet on fire.
Jan 24, 2023
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Robotics

A method to enable robotic paper folding based on deep learning and physics simulations
To tackle different real-world tasks, robots should be able to handle and manipulate a variety of objects and materials, including paper. While roboticists have successfully improved the ability of humanoid robots or robotic ...
Jan 23, 2023 feature
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Business

Microsoft invests billions in ChatGPT-maker OpenAI
Microsoft says it is making a "multiyear, multibillion dollar investment" in the artificial intelligence startup OpenAI, maker of ChatGPT and other tools that can write readable text and generate new images.
Jan 23, 2023
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Business

Layoffs in a likely recession this year could be determined by software programs
Don't blame your boss if you get laid off in a recession this year.
Jan 23, 2023
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