OpinionJanuary 9, 2024
AI Safety Research Only Enables the Dangers of Runaway Superintelligence
AI will become inscrutable and uncontrollable. We need to stop AI development until we have a necessary safety conversation
Machine learning
WeatherJanuary 9, 2024
AI Weather Forecasting Can’t Replace Humans—Yet
GraphCast and other artificial intelligence-based forecasting tools offer a whole new way to predict the weather, but they have limits
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OpinionJanuary 8, 2024
We Need Smarter Driverless Vehicle Regulations More Urgently Than We Need Smarter AI
Recent Tesla Autopilot and Cruise robo-taxi news has raised public concern. Strong federal and state regulations are needed to ensure the safety of driverless vehicles’ AI-based software
OpinionDecember 11, 2023
OpenAI’s Soap Opera Collapse Bodes Ill for AI Benefiting Humanity
Whatever fantasies we may have had about the nonprofit structure of OpenAI have been eviscerated. While it remains a nonprofit, it’s proven entirely beholden to ruthless capitalism
AnimalsDecember 8, 2023
Cats Can Hide Their Pain—But Not from AI
Machine-learning software gets behind the inscrutable feline face and may improve pet care
Climate ChangeDecember 7, 2023
AI’s Climate Impact Goes beyond Its Emissions
To understand how AI is contributing to climate change, look at the way it’s being used
Artificial IntelligenceDecember 6, 2023
Jailbroken AI Chatbots Can Jailbreak Other Chatbots
AI chatbots can convince other chatbots to instruct users how to build bombs and cook meth
Artificial IntelligenceDecember 5, 2023
AI Teaches Robots the Best Way to Pack a Car, a Suitcase—Or a Rocket to Mars
Robots that can fit multiple items into a limited space could help pack a suitcase or a rocket to Mars
DefenseDecember 1, 2023
New Microwave Weapons Could Defend against Swarms of Combat Drones
The Pentagon is readying high-powered microwave weapons that are capable of invisible strikes against swarming combat drones
InequalityNovember 22, 2023
ChatGPT Replicates Gender Bias in Recommendation Letters
A new study has found that the use of AI tools such as ChatGPT in the workplace entrenches biased language based on gender
Artificial IntelligenceNovember 21, 2023
When It Comes to AI Models, Bigger Isn’t Always Better
Artificial intelligence models are getting bigger, along with the data sets used to train them. But scaling down could solve some big AI problems
OpinionNovember 14, 2023
To Educate Students about AI, Make Them Use It
A college professor and his students explain what they learned from bringing ChatGPT into the classroom