Education
ChatGPT Can Get Good Grades. What Should Educators Do about It?
AI can generate clear, concise text—but people still need to learn how to write
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Education
Social Media Algorithms Warp How People Learn from Each Other
Social media companies’ drive to keep you on their platforms clashes with how people evolved to learn from each other
Artificial Intelligence
ChatGPT and Other Language AIs Are Nothing without Humans
Language model AIs seem smart because of how they string words together, but in reality, they can’t do anything without many people guiding them every step of the way
Neuroscience
Worm Brains, Decoded like Never Before, Could Shed Light on Our Own Mind
One of the most in-depth catalogs of an animal’s brain-body connections ever compiled ties neural activity to roundworm behavior
Artificial Intelligence
How AI Knows Things No One Told It
Researchers are still struggling to understand how AI models trained to parrot Internet text can perform advanced tasks such as running code, playing games and trying to break up a marriage...
Artificial Intelligence
Safeguarding AI Is Up to Everyone
The use of artificial intelligence is so varied and industry-specific, no one federal agency can manage it alone
Artificial Intelligence
AI Causes Real Harm. Let’s Focus on That over the End-of-Humanity Hype
Effective regulation of AI needs grounded science that investigates real harms, not glorified press releases about existential risks
Artificial Intelligence
Tech Companies’ New Favorite Solution for the AI Content Crisis Isn’t Enough
From college plagiarism to cybercrime scams, generative AI is eroding trust in online content. Digital watermarking is no quick fix for the problem
Artificial Intelligence
We Need Smart Intellectual Property Laws for Artificial Intelligence
“One-size-fits-all” regulation will sideline medical and research benefits promised by the advent of artificial intelligence
Artificial Intelligence
Yes, AI Models Can Get Worse over Time
More training and more data can have unintended consequences for machine-learning models such as GPT-4
Economics
Unregulated AI Will Worsen Inequality, Warns Nobel-Winning Economist Joseph Stiglitz
A Nobel laureate in economics explains how artificial intelligence will affect inequality—and how solutions such as a shorter work week might mitigate its negative effects
Artificial Intelligence
Here’s How AI Can Predict Hit Songs With Frightening Accuracy
New AI technology predicts hit songs—by listening to someone’s body.
Artificial Intelligence
AI-Generated Data Can Poison Future AI Models
As AI-generated content fills the Internet, it’s corrupting the training data for models to come. What happens when AI eats itself?
Artificial Intelligence
Oppenheimer Offers Us a Fresh Warning of AI’s Danger
The U.S. ignored Oppenheimer’s warnings about nuclear weapons and rushed to build and deploy a dangerous technology. We must not make the same mistake with AI
Artificial Intelligence
Here’s Why Actors Are So Worried about AI
Here’s what’s behind the A.I technology that has worried so many actors—including something called “the orb.”
Arts
Can AI Replace Actors? Here’s How Digital Double Tech Works
Motion capture and detailed face scans allow TV and film production teams to replicate a performer’s likeness. Generative AI is making the process faster and easier
Privacy
Chatbot Honeypot: How AI Companions Could Weaken National Security
AI chatbots blur the line between intimacy and secrecy, posing risks for users with national security interests and access to sensitive information
Artificial Intelligence
Should We Care About AI’s Emergent Abilities?
Here’s how large language models, or LLMs, actually work.
Weather
Climate Change Could Stump AI Weather Prediction
Artificial intelligence taps historical weather data in forecasting, but the changing climate is complicating such efforts
Artificial Intelligence
AI Is an Existential Threat—Just Not the Way You Think
Some fear that artificial intelligence will threaten humanity’s survival. But the existential risk is more philosophical than apocalyptic
