Learning to forget—a weapon in the arsenal against harmful AI
With the AI summit well underway, researchers are keen to raise the very real problem associated with the technology—teaching it how to forget.
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With the AI summit well underway, researchers are keen to raise the very real problem associated with the technology—teaching it how to forget.
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From Hollywood's death-dealing Terminator to warnings from genius Stephen Hawking or Silicon Valley stars, fears have been fueled that artificial intelligence (AI) could one day destroy humanity.
Nov 1, 2023
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Solar geoengineering—artificially reflecting sunlight back into space—is a double-edged sword. It would cool the rapidly warming planet, but is it too risky to consider as a viable option? Douglas MacMartin, an aerospace ...
Jun 27, 2023
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With so much of our lives being stored online and in digital databases, it's reassuring to know there are researchers out there like Borzoo Bonakdarpour of Michigan State University.
Jun 14, 2023
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In recent years, roboticists have created a growing number of autonomous systems based on different structures and designs. Among these are modular robots, which are composed of different elements or "modules" that can be ...
In the wake of Cyclone Gabrielle, New Zealand is again talking about "building back better". But how do we build back better when we don't necessarily understand what "better" means? Or how to achieve this across a country ...
Apr 13, 2023
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More and more of the world's people are feeling the impacts of climate change. As United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said when COP27 opened this week: "We are on a highway to climate hell with our foot on ...
Nov 10, 2022
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A new tool could help make code reading, navigating and editing more accessible and efficient for blind and low-vision computer programmers, according to Penn State researchers.
Nov 2, 2022
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In March 2022, the author of node-ipc, a software library with over a million weekly downloads, deliberately broke their code. If the code discovers it is running within Russia or Belarus, it attempts to replace the contents ...
Sep 28, 2022
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A new type of scam has emerged in the hype-filled world of cryptocurrency: the "rug pull."
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