The company's AI algorithms gave it an insatiable habit for lies and hate speech. Now the man who built them can't fix the problem.
MIT Technology Review From ACM News | March 15, 2021
Machine-learning models are trained by low-paid online gig workers. They're not going away—but we can change the way they work, says Saiph Savage.
MIT Technology Review From ACM News | December 11, 2020
From today, messages identified as "highly forwarded" can be forwarded to a single person, instead of five.
MIT Technology Review From ACM News | April 7, 2020
IBM upgraded the neural networks of its Project Debater system to improve the quality of evidence the argument-mining system uncovers.
MIT Technology Review From ACM TechNews | January 30, 2020
Data shows that education technology in the United States has a negative impact at a range of grade levels.
Technology Review From ACM News | December 26, 2019
Researchers have developed software that allows robots to understand verbal instructions, carry out those instructions, and report back.
Technology Review From ACM TechNews | November 18, 2019
At least 16 million Americans in eight states will vote on completely paperless machines in the 2020 U.S. elections.
Technology Review From ACM TechNews | August 21, 2019
Virtual reality workplace training provider Talespin has developed virtual characters to train people in soft management skills such as firing employees.
...Technology Review From ACM TechNews | August 16, 2019
Six autonomous six-seater shuttles will be offering free rides around a one-mile loop of New York's Brooklyn Navy Yard.
MIT Technology Review From ACM News | August 7, 2019
Google says the cooling systems of several of its data centers are now governed by an artificial intelligence algorithm.
Technology Review From ACM TechNews | August 21, 2018
Fusion is a robotic project to explore how people may be able to work together to control, or augment, a person's body.
Technology Review From ACM TechNews | August 13, 2018
Researchers say having two artificial intelligence systems debate a particular goal could ensure that they behave reliably when executing complex functions.
Technology Review From ACM TechNews | May 15, 2018
A new test will pose elementary-school-level multiple-choice science questions to artificial intelligence systems.
Technology Review From ACM TechNews | March 15, 2018
Artificial intelligence researchers and companies are applying machine learning to automate the more complicated aspects of AI algorithm development.
Technology Review From ACM TechNews | October 19, 2017
Stanford University Artificial Intelligence Lab director Fei-Fei Li advocates for more human-centered AI and the benefits it can yield.
Technology Review From ACM TechNews | October 16, 2017
Researchers warn some artificial intelligence programs are inheriting biases against certain dialects, which could lead to automatic discrimination as language-based...Technology Review From ACM TechNews | August 21, 2017
Machine learning, data mining, and artificial intelligence are revolutionizing the study and understanding of mental illness.
MIT Technology Review From ACM News | July 24, 2017
Microsoft Research plans to have a DNA-based data storage system functioning within a data center by 2020.
Technology Review From ACM TechNews | May 22, 2017