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'Yes, I am a human': Bot detection is no longer working—and just wait until AI agents come along

You're running late at the airport and need to urgently access your account, only to be greeted by one of those frustrating tests—"Select all images with traffic lights" or "Type the letters you see in this box." You squint, ...

Machine learning & AI

Language AIs in 2024: Size, guardrails and steps toward AI agents

I research the intersection of artificial intelligence, natural language processing and human reasoning as the director of the Advancing Human and Machine Reasoning lab at the University of South Florida. I am also commercializing ...

Internet

The internet is rife with fake reviews. Will AI make it worse?

The emergence of generative artificial intelligence tools that allow people to efficiently produce novel and detailed online reviews with almost no work has put merchants, service providers and consumers in uncharted territory, ...

Machine learning & AI

Computer models are vital for studying everything. Here's how AI could make them even better

Here's one definition of science: it's essentially an iterative process of building models with ever-greater explanatory power.

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AI system can envision an entire world from a single picture

Johns Hopkins computer scientists have created an artificial intelligence system capable of "imagining" its surroundings without having to physically explore them, bringing AI closer to humanlike reasoning.

Security

Can we convince AI to answer harmful requests?

New research from EPFL demonstrates that even the most recent large language models (LLMs), despite undergoing safety training, remain vulnerable to simple input manipulations that can cause them to behave in unintended or ...

Machine learning & AI

Why does AI beat humans at the strategy game Diplomacy?

In Diplomacy, a strategy game set on the eve of World War I, success hinges not on luck but the ability to negotiate. Players, each representing the armed forces of a European superpower, spend much of their time building ...

Security

New chatbot can spot cyberattacks before they start

From data breaches to widespread systemic shutdowns, cyberattacks like the 2024 Fulton County (Georgia) government attack now occur as regularly as natural disasters—and cause just as much destruction. And, like severe ...