The Online Search Wars Got Scary. Fast.
Our technology columnist encounters the darker side of Bing’s A.I. chatbot.
Una conversación con el chatbot de Bing me dejó profundamente perturbado
Durante unas horas, sentí una emoción nueva y extraña: la premonitoria sensación de que la inteligencia artificial había cruzado un umbral y que el mundo nunca volvería a ser el mismo.
Why China Didn’t Invent ChatGPT
The state’s hardening censorship and heavier hand have held back its tech industry; so has entrepreneurs’ reluctance to invest for the long term. It wasn’t always that way.
The Bing Who Loved Me, and Elon Rewrites the Algorithm
Then, online ads have gotten bad — and that might be OK.
How to Spot Robots in a World of A.I.-Generated Text
An arms race is underway to build more advanced artificial intelligence models like ChatGPT. So is one to build tools to determine whether something was written by A.I.
‘I want to destroy whatever I want’: Bing’s AI chatbot unsettles US reporter
New York Times correspondent’s conversation with Microsoft’s search engine reveals yearning for destruction … and romance
Text generators may plagiarize beyond 'copy and paste'
Students may want to think twice before using a chatbot to complete their next assignment. Language models that generate text in response to user prompts plagiarize content in more ways than one, according to a Penn State-led research team that conducted the first study to directly examine the phenomenon.
Best-Personalized Treatment: AI Can Predict the Effectiveness of Breast Cancer Chemotherapy
Artificial intelligence (AI) technology to predict if women with breast cancer would benefit from chemotherapy prior to surgery has been developed by engineers at the University of Waterloo. The new AI algorithm, part of the open-source Cancer-Net initiative led by Dr.
Gaslighting, love bombing and narcissism: why is Microsoft's Bing AI so unhinged?
Users have reported some troubling experiences with the recently released search chatbot.
Are chatbots coming for your job? - podcast
A high-stakes race in AI is playing out between two of the biggest tech companies. Should we be worried or excited?
‘It’s a long-term journey we’re on’: taking a ride towards self-driving cars
Nissan’s ServCity project shows how far autonomous vehicles have come and difficulties they still face
How AI chatbots in search engines will completely change the internet
Moves by Google, Microsoft and Baidu to bring AI chatbots into their search engines may bring big advantages, but they could also damage many industries and change the very way we interact with the web
Artificial intelligence reframes nuclear material studies
The future of nuclear energy, which can produce electricity without harmful emissions, depends on discovery of new materials. A scientist at Argonne is using computer vision to separate the best candidates from a crowded field.
Microsoft Considers More Limits for Its New A.I. Chatbot
The company knew the new technology had issues like occasional accuracy problems. But users have prodded surprising and unnerving interactions.
Your Friday Briefing: U.FO.s Were Likely Not Spying, Biden Says
Also, New Zealand’s recovery from Cyclone Gabrielle and a disturbing conversation with a chatbot.
The first application capable of recognizing and interpreting the Spanish sign language alphabet
The University of Alicante (UA) Robotics and Three-Dimensional Vision Group (RoViT) has designed the first application capable of recognizing and interpreting the Spanish sign language alphabet (known by the acronym LSE) in real time.
Why Chatbots Sometimes Act Weird and Spout Nonsense
No, chatbots aren’t sentient. Here’s how their underlying technology works.
New neural network method improves microscopic distance measurements between colored points in three dimensions
Fluorescence microscopy is a widely used technique in the life sciences that enables scientists to see specific parts of cells and tissues by labeling them with glowing molecules, helping in the study of cell structure and movement, molecule behavior, and drug effects.