Most people are by now quite familiar with ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and other chatbots: Every day, people ask millions of questions and receive neatly formulated answers in return. Yet these language models still tend to run wild with so-called “hallucinations”: unreliable, dubious answers that are presented with great certainty as the truth.Most people are by now quite familiar with ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and other chatbots: Every day, people ask millions of questions and receive neatly formulated answers in return. Yet these language models still tend to run wild with so-called “hallucinations”: unreliable, dubious answers that are presented with great certainty as the truth.Machine learning & AI[#item_full_content]
Reading a conversation and deciding whether a chatbot wrote it can be surprisingly difficult. In a study involving more than 72,000 judgments of human and AI responses, participants frequently mistook machine-generated captions, word associations and conversational replies for human work. However, in a smaller experiment, direct questioning proved more successful at exposing a chatbot, though even that comes with caveats.Reading a conversation and deciding whether a chatbot wrote it can be surprisingly difficult. In a study involving more than 72,000 judgments of human and AI responses, participants frequently mistook machine-generated captions, word associations and conversational replies for human work. However, in a smaller experiment, direct questioning proved more successful at exposing a chatbot, though even that comes with caveats.Security[#item_full_content]
Agentic artificial intelligence is gaining popularity far beyond tech circles, with Meta, OpenAI, Anthropic and other companies going head-to-head in the surging market for consumer-friendly AI agents.Agentic artificial intelligence is gaining popularity far beyond tech circles, with Meta, OpenAI, Anthropic and other companies going head-to-head in the surging market for consumer-friendly AI agents.Consumer & Gadgets[#item_full_content]
OpenAI’s president, Greg Brockman, recently suggested that its advanced model, known as GPT-6 Astra, could mark the arrival of something called artificial general intelligence, or AGI.OpenAI’s president, Greg Brockman, recently suggested that its advanced model, known as GPT-6 Astra, could mark the arrival of something called artificial general intelligence, or AGI.Machine learning & AI[#item_full_content]
A team of University of Toronto Engineering researchers has developed a flexible foot pad for the “Hopcopter”—a one-legged, hopping robot they developed—significantly enhancing its performance on sand, ice and other difficult terrain.A team of University of Toronto Engineering researchers has developed a flexible foot pad for the “Hopcopter”—a one-legged, hopping robot they developed—significantly enhancing its performance on sand, ice and other difficult terrain.[#item_full_content]
The productivity gains of generative AI are often touted as the main reason for its rapid adoption. Much like how a calculator can instantly solve mathematical equations too long for the human brain to compute, generative AI can help someone quickly summarize long articles and draft emails.The productivity gains of generative AI are often touted as the main reason for its rapid adoption. Much like how a calculator can instantly solve mathematical equations too long for the human brain to compute, generative AI can help someone quickly summarize long articles and draft emails.Machine learning & AI[#item_full_content]
How can we harness the potential of automation while retaining human oversight? And what does successful automation look like in practice?How can we harness the potential of automation while retaining human oversight? And what does successful automation look like in practice?Machine learning & AI[#item_full_content]
One of the earliest uses of generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools like ChatGPT and Claude was producing source code—computer language instructions that make up software such as word processors, your internet browser and everything else.One of the earliest uses of generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools like ChatGPT and Claude was producing source code—computer language instructions that make up software such as word processors, your internet browser and everything else.Machine learning & AI[#item_full_content]
Worried about your employment prospects now that the next level of artificial intelligence has arrived, accompanied by breakthroughs like ChatGPT? “Don’t be,” says Barry Smith, Ph.D., SUNY distinguished professor of philosophy at the University at Buffalo. “There are many things that AI does well, but there are too many areas of human intelligence that involve what you can’t emulate through the data that’s used to train AI.”Worried about your employment prospects now that the next level of artificial intelligence has arrived, accompanied by breakthroughs like ChatGPT? “Don’t be,” says Barry Smith, Ph.D., SUNY distinguished professor of philosophy at the University at Buffalo. “There are many things that AI does well, but there are too many areas of human intelligence that involve what you can’t emulate through the data that’s used to train AI.”Business[#item_full_content]
Flying insects, such as fruit flies, bees, dragonflies and mosquitoes, can dart through narrow spaces and survive collisions with various objects. In contrast, many flying robots fall, suffer damage or even break down when they hit nearby surfaces or objects.Flying insects, such as fruit flies, bees, dragonflies and mosquitoes, can dart through narrow spaces and survive collisions with various objects. In contrast, many flying robots fall, suffer damage or even break down when they hit nearby surfaces or objects.[#item_full_content]
