Artificial intelligence is reshaping relationships by providing conversation and companionship, and reshaping how people work. For children, it is making toys interactive and data-driven, and it is mechanizing and perhaps dehumanizing health care. The speed and magnitude of these transformations are breathtaking.Artificial intelligence is reshaping relationships by providing conversation and companionship, and reshaping how people work. For children, it is making toys interactive and data-driven, and it is mechanizing and perhaps dehumanizing health care. The speed and magnitude of these transformations are breathtaking.Machine learning & AI[#item_full_content]
The researchers teach the packaging machine what is up and down on a snack carrot. The program runs on a small, local PC—not on huge servers in some faraway cloud. The goal: to pack quickly, cheaply and attractively—so that consumers like us are tempted by locally sourced, healthy snacks.The researchers teach the packaging machine what is up and down on a snack carrot. The program runs on a small, local PC—not on huge servers in some faraway cloud. The goal: to pack quickly, cheaply and attractively—so that consumers like us are tempted by locally sourced, healthy snacks.Robotics[#item_full_content]
An innovative partnership has yielded powerful new tools to help federal agencies rapidly synthesize complex data, historical documents and more into draft environmental impact statements.An innovative partnership has yielded powerful new tools to help federal agencies rapidly synthesize complex data, historical documents and more into draft environmental impact statements.Machine learning & AI[#item_full_content]
About 90% of employers use AI to some extent in hiring, yet research on how this is impacting job seekers is virtually nonexistent. In one of the first studies to analyze AI hiring tools, Stanford researchers have discovered that for many job applications, the algorithms were making racially biased decisions.About 90% of employers use AI to some extent in hiring, yet research on how this is impacting job seekers is virtually nonexistent. In one of the first studies to analyze AI hiring tools, Stanford researchers have discovered that for many job applications, the algorithms were making racially biased decisions.Machine learning & AI[#item_full_content]
As AI systems become increasingly powerful, policymakers around the world are grappling with a difficult question: How can society encourage innovation—and the now-plausible race to truly intelligent AI—while managing potentially catastrophic risks?As AI systems become increasingly powerful, policymakers around the world are grappling with a difficult question: How can society encourage innovation—and the now-plausible race to truly intelligent AI—while managing potentially catastrophic risks?Business[#item_full_content]
A new development in data science has given one popular machine learning tool an improved sense of place, enabling it to make more accurate predictions based on data linked to locations. Researchers from the University of Glasgow and Florida State University have found a way to overcome a key limitation of TabPFN, one of a class of AI tools known as foundation models.A new development in data science has given one popular machine learning tool an improved sense of place, enabling it to make more accurate predictions based on data linked to locations. Researchers from the University of Glasgow and Florida State University have found a way to overcome a key limitation of TabPFN, one of a class of AI tools known as foundation models.Machine learning & AI[#item_full_content]
What if your smartwatch could tell when you were struggling emotionally and offer support before you even thought to ask? That’s the idea behind a new AI-powered system developed by researchers at the University of Ottawa, one that could change how people access mental health care outside a clinical setting.What if your smartwatch could tell when you were struggling emotionally and offer support before you even thought to ask? That’s the idea behind a new AI-powered system developed by researchers at the University of Ottawa, one that could change how people access mental health care outside a clinical setting.Consumer & Gadgets[#item_full_content]
Recent swings in tech stocks are reviving fears of an AI bubble—and some experts warn that if it pops, the fallout could be bigger than anything Wall Street has ever seen.Recent swings in tech stocks are reviving fears of an AI bubble—and some experts warn that if it pops, the fallout could be bigger than anything Wall Street has ever seen.Business[#item_full_content]
ChatGPT maker OpenAI said Friday it is restricting the release of its new artificial intelligence model at the request of President Donald Trump’s administration, the latest in an unprecedented government vetting of AI products that could pose cybersecurity risks.ChatGPT maker OpenAI said Friday it is restricting the release of its new artificial intelligence model at the request of President Donald Trump’s administration, the latest in an unprecedented government vetting of AI products that could pose cybersecurity risks.Machine learning & AI[#item_full_content]
The number of U.S. data centers is growing, largely to power artificial intelligence programs. That has led to concern about the environmental consequences of data centers—and their impact on the energy grid itself. What will happen if scores of new data centers come online?The number of U.S. data centers is growing, largely to power artificial intelligence programs. That has led to concern about the environmental consequences of data centers—and their impact on the energy grid itself. What will happen if scores of new data centers come online?Energy & Green Tech[#item_full_content]
