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A research team at the University of Alberta is using artificial intelligence to build a chatbot—a computer program that can simulate a human conversation through text or voice—to help families living with neurodevelopmental ...
Aug 12, 2019
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Computer Sciences
From purchases to therapy to friendship, it seems as though theres a chatbot for just about everything.
Jul 10, 2020
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Computer Sciences
Google's AI scientists have unveiled Meena. Tech watchers are calling it a chatbot breakthrough. Points for responses well matched to human intent. Points for relevant word choices. Points for (gasp) sounding sensible.
Robotics
An unconventional company called HumanMachine has recently devised a unique theatre production called Improbotics, which involves both human performers and machines. This is the latest of a series of projects and initiatives ...
Consumer & Gadgets
What if a chatbot comes across as a friend? What if a chatbot extended what could be perceived as intimate feelings for another? Could chatbots, if used maliciously, pose a real threat to society? Santu Karmaker, assistant ...
Mar 17, 2023
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Machine learning & AI
The European Union needs to speed up work on artificial intelligence (AI) regulation, Commission vice president Margrethe Vestager said Monday, as policymakers wrestle with the risks from the emergent technology.
May 8, 2023
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The voice is sweet, youthful but not childish, just vibrant enough to hit all the marks of a call from a good friend who can listen and react. It is not the voice of a human. It is a chatbot to be exact. And oh, it can chat. ...
Computer Sciences
While the technology for developing artificial intelligence-powered chatbots has existed for some time, a new viewpoint piece in JAMA lays out the clinical, ethical, and legal aspects that must be considered before applying ...
Jul 24, 2020
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Computer Sciences
A collaboration between AI researchers at Stanford University and Notbad AI Inc. has resulted in the development of an algorithm that allows current chatbots to mull over possible responses to a query before giving its final ...
Security
A team of AI experts at Anthropic, the group behind the chatbot Claude, has found that LLMs can be exploited to engage in deceptive behavior with general users. They have published a paper describing their research into the ...
