Five emerging trends that could change our lives online
Here are the trends on the cusp of transforming the online world.
Omdia: AI chip startups to have a tough year
Analysts from Omdia expect AI chip startups to have a difficult year.
Five burning questions about ChatGPT, answered by humans
This sentence was not written by ChatGPT. Later on in this story, you'll find a paragraph drafted by the popular artificial intelligence platform (it's up to you to decide which paragraph). But, for now, what you read is all human.
We developed an algorithm to massively improve hydrogen fuel cell imaging and water modeling
We developed an algorithm to massively improve images of hydrogen fuel cells, with future applications in medical scanning.
War in Ukraine accelerates global drive toward killer robots
The technology exists to build autonomous weapons. How well they would work and whether they could be adequately controlled are unknown. The Ukraine war has only turned up the pressure.
Google and Microsoft are in an AI arms race – who wins could change how we use the internet
The two tech behemoths are betting big that their ‘Bard’ and ‘Bing’ services will revolutionise the web in the same way search engines did
I tried the Replika AI companion and can see why users are falling hard. The app raises serious ethical questions
The sudden removal of ‘erotic’ features from the virtual friend app has left lovelorn users high and dry.
AI spots Mesopotamian archaeological sites in satellite images
An artificial intelligence can identify sites of Mesopotamian remains with 80 per cent accuracy – it could help archaeologists quickly work out where to dig
Robot helps students with learning disabilities stay focused
Engineering researchers are successfully using a robot to help keep children with learning disabilities focused on their work.
Roger C. Schank, Theorist of Artificial Intelligence, Dies at 76
He combined linguistics, cognitive science and computing with the goal of “trying to understand the nature of the human mind.”
How AI Can Help Create and Optimize Drugs To Treat Opioid Addiction
Researchers are turning to artificial intelligence to create and optimize potential new drugs to help people with opioid addiction. It is estimated that about three million Americans suffer from opioid use disorder, and every year more than 80,000 Americans die from overdoses.
We pitted ChatGPT against tools for detecting AI-written text, and the results are troubling
As the "chatbot wars" rage in Silicon Valley, the growing proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI) tools specifically designed to generate human-like text has left many baffled.
AI's threat to Google is more about advertising income than being the No. 1 search engine, says researcher
Google's dominance as the most visited website has been undisputed since it rose to prominence as the leading search engine in the early 2000s. However, that position could now be facing its biggest ever threat, with the arrival of new artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots such as ChatGPT, which can answer people's questions online.
Apple shies from the spotlight with staff-only AI summit
Apple seems happy to stay out of the spotlight when it comes to the “AI race” going by its latest summit.
Neuromorphic semiconductor device achieves world's highest handwriting pattern recognition rate
A research team led by Dr. Yong-hun Kim and Dr. Jeong-Dae Kwon has successfully developed the world's first neuromorphic semiconductor device with high-density and high-reliability by developing a thin film of lithium-ion battery materials. They achieved this by producing ultra-thin lithium ions, a key material of lithium-ion batteries that have been in the spotlight recently, and combining it with two-dimensional nano-materials.
Researchers aim to bring humans back into the loop as AI use and misuse rises
Artificial intelligence is dominating headlines—enabling new innovations that drive business performance—yet the negative implications for society are an afterthought.
Are digital humans the employees of the future?
With the rapid emergence of artificial intelligence and spillover from Hollywood special effects, digital humans are entering the workforce. They're sales assistants that never sleep, multilingual presenters and trainers, and social media influencers who always stay on-brand.
ChatGPT and Tinder: do smart chatbots make dating online better or worse?
Confident chatbots could undermine trust and romance - but probably won’t. They may even enhance online dating.