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Computer Sciences

New roadmap for evaluating AI morality proposed

Large language models (LLMs) are dealing with an increasing amount of morally sensitive information as people turn to them for medical advice, companionship and therapy. However, they are not exactly known for possessing ...

Software

AI energy use: New tools show which model consumes the most power, and why

AI users and developers can now measure the amount of electricity various AI models consume to complete tasks with an open-source software and online leaderboard developed at the University of Michigan. Companies can download ...

Security

Jailbreaking the matrix: How researchers are bypassing AI guardrails to make them safer

A paper written by University of Florida Computer & Information Science & Engineering, or CISE, Professor Sumit Kumar Jha, Ph.D., contains so many science fiction terms, you'd be forgiven for thinking it's a Hollywood script: ...

Machine learning & AI

AI agent invasion has people trying to pick winners

An onslaught of artificial intelligence agents that handle tasks from writing code to dispensing tax advice has the tech world and financial markets scrambling to pick winners and shed losers.

Machine learning & AI

'Alpha male' AI world shuts out women: Computing prof Hall

Artificial intelligence could change the world but the dearth of women in the booming sector will undermine pledges for inclusive technology, top computer scientist Wendy Hall told AFP on Friday.

Machine learning & AI

India chases 'DeepSeek moment' with homegrown AI

Fledgling Indian artificial intelligence companies showcased homegrown technologies this week at a major summit in New Delhi, underpinning big dreams of becoming a global AI power.

Machine learning & AI

UN touts panel for 'human control' of AI at global summit

A UN panel on artificial intelligence will work towards "science-led governance," the global body's chief said on Friday as leaders at a New Delhi summit weighed their message on the future of the booming technology.

Consumer & Gadgets

Most AI bots lack basic safety disclosures, study finds

Many people use AI chatbots to plan meals and write emails, AI-enhanced web browsers to book travel and buy tickets, and workplace AI to generate invoices and performance reports. However, a new study of the "AI agent ecosystem" ...

Machine learning & AI

OpenAI's Altman tells leaders regulation 'urgently' needed

The world urgently needs to regulate artificial intelligence, OpenAI head Sam Altman said Thursday at a summit in New Delhi to address the risks and opportunities posed by the fast-evolving technology.

Machine learning & AI

A design thinker's guide to AI and creativity

Stanford d.school's Jeremy Utley wants people to stop using AI. Instead, he wants them to work with it. "If you're 'using' AI, I know you're misusing it," said Utley, an adjunct professor at the Hasso Plattner Institute of ...

Computer Sciences

Enabling small language models to solve complex reasoning tasks

As language models (LMs) improve at tasks like image generation, trivia questions, and simple math, you might think that human-like reasoning is around the corner. In reality, they still trail us by a wide margin on complex ...

Software

New software could reduce dependency on big data centers for AI

EPFL researchers have developed new software—now spun-off into a start-up—that eliminates the need for data to be sent to third-party cloud services when AI is used to complete a task. This could challenge the business ...

Machine learning & AI

The 'AI homeless man prank' reveals a crisis in AI education

The new TikTok trend "AI homeless man prank" has sparked a wave of outrage and police responses in the United States and beyond. The prank involves using AI image generators to create realistic photos depicting fake homeless ...

Computer Sciences

'Periodic table' for AI methods aims to drive innovation

Artificial intelligence is increasingly used to integrate and analyze multiple types of data formats, such as text, images, audio and video. One challenge slowing advances in multimodal AI, however, is the process of choosing ...

Computer Sciences

New system efficiently explains AI judgments in real-time

A research team led by Professor Jaesik Choi of KAIST's Kim Jaechul Graduate School of AI, in collaboration with KakaoBank Corp, has developed an accelerated explanation technology that can explain the basis of an artificial ...

Consumer & Gadgets

Can AI be a good creative partner?

What generative AI typically does best—recognize patterns and predict the next step in a sequence—can seem fundamentally at odds with the intangibility of human creativity and imagination. However, Cambridge researchers ...

Energy & Green Tech

Supercomputer ushers in new era of nuclear AI

Nuclear power is rising to meet the demand for American energy. But building new reactors or even renewing licenses of existing ones requires a tremendous amount of paperwork. Fortunately, AI is also on the rise, and paperwork ...

Computer Sciences

AI can pick up cultural values by mimicking how kids learn

Artificial intelligence systems absorb values from their training data. The trouble is that values differ across cultures. So an AI system trained on data from the entire internet won't work equally well for people from different ...

Electronics & Semiconductors

AI's $400 bn problem: Are chips getting old too fast?

In pursuit of the AI dream, the tech industry this year has plunked down about $400 billion on specialized chips and data centers, but questions are mounting about the wisdom of such unprecedented levels of investment.