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All The Unexpected Ways ChatGPT is Infiltrating Students' Lives
Far beyond cheating, artificial intelligence is changing the way some students learn and live.
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White House Unveils Efforts to Guide Federal Research of AI
The Biden administration announced new initiatives to guide federally supported research on artificial intelligence.
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Assessing Political Bias in Language Models
Stanford University researchers developed OpinionQA to evaluate bias in language models.
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Researchers Build Bee Robot That Can Twist
A new robotic bee can fly in all directions with stability and achieve the six degrees of free movement exhibited by most flying insects.
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The Long and Short of Fish Lifespans
Researchers have created a computational model to predict any fish species' lifespan.
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Meet the Forksheet: Imec's In-Between Transistor
The architecture shrinks circuits in a valuable step toward the ultimate CMOS device.
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AI Is Writing Code Now. For Companies, That Is Good and Bad
Chief information officers could see their job getting more complex even as generative AI makes software development easier.
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Federal Regulators Fine Amazon $25 Million Over Child Privacy Issues
The company also was hit with a second fine over Ring, its home surveillance company.
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Japan Goes All In: Copyright Doesn't Apply To AI Training
This news is part of Japan's ambitious plan to become a leader in AI technology.
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Quantum Computers are All 'Terrible' — But Researchers Aren't Worried
Even the scientists who have made quantum computers their life's work say they can't do anything useful yet — but the future is bright. Plus, how China's data privacy...
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See Why AI Like ChatGPT Has Gotten So Good, So Fast
We asked three AI systems to generate content using the same prompt. The results illustrate how quickly the technology has advanced.
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Everyone Wants to Regulate AI. No One Can Agree How
U.S. lawmakers and CEOs alike say new rules are needed to prevent artificial intelligence from doing harm. So far, there are more wish lists than laws.
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A Hiring Law Blazes a Path for A.I. Regulation
New York City's pioneering, focused approach sets rules on how companies use the technology in workforce decisions.
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Google's Photo App Still Can't Find Gorillas. And Neither Can Apple's
Eight years after a controversy over Black people being mislabeled as gorillas by image analysis software, tech giants still fear repeating the mistake.
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AI-Threatened Jobs Are Mostly Held by Women, Study Shows
Research by human resources analytics firm Revelio Labs found that artificial intelligence disproportionately threatens jobs usually held by women.
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Super Low-Cost Smartphone Attachment Brings Blood Pressure Monitoring to Your Fingertips
An inexpensive plastic fingertip clip and custom smartphone app works with a smartphone's camera and flash to measure the user's blood pressure.
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AI Poses 'Risk of Extinction,' Industry Leaders Warn
Industry leaders warned in an open letter that artificial intelligence technology might threaten humanity's existence.
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3-D Printing Strengthens Material for Energy and Propulsion Applications
A research team led by engineers at MIT developed a new 3D printing method for strengthening materials.
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Amazon to Let Baseball Fans Buy Beer by Scanning Palm
Amazon plans to launch contactless alcohol purchases at Coors Field in Denver, home of the Colorado Rockies Major League Baseball team, through its Amazon One touchless...12