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How Easy Is It to Fool A.I.-Detection Tools?
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How Easy Is It to Fool A.I.-Detection Tools?

The detectors ignore all context clues, so they don't process the existence of a lifelike automaton in a photo with Mr. Musk as unlikely.

AI Bias: Challenges and Solutions
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AI Bias: Challenges and Solutions

Where does bias in artificial intelligence come from; once we find it, how can we reduce or eliminate it?

Will Robots Triumph Over World Cup Winners by 2050?
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Will Robots Triumph Over World Cup Winners by 2050?

The RoboCup dream has inspired generations of roboticists.

Tour de France Adds ChatGPT, Digital Twin Tech
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Tour de France Adds ChatGPT, Digital Twin Tech

Japan-based information technology and services company NTT said this year's Tour de France will incorporate ChatGPT and "the world's largest connected stadium."...

Robot Takes Podium as Orchestra Conductor in Seoul
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Robot Takes Podium as Orchestra Conductor in Seoul

An android robot engineered by South Korea's Korea Institute of Industrial Technology recently conducted that country’s national orchestra at Seoul's National Theater...

Barred from Grocery Stores by Facial Recognition
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Barred from Grocery Stores by Facial Recognition

The use of facial recognition by private businesses in the U.K. is on the rise.

Turning Old Maps into 3D Digital Models of Lost Neighborhoods
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Turning Old Maps into 3D Digital Models of Lost Neighborhoods

Researchers have converted old Sanborn Fire Insurance maps into three-dimensional digital models of historic neighborhoods with a new machine learning technique...

AI's Invisible Foe: Confronting the Challenge of Digital 'Dark Matter'
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AI's Invisible Foe: Confronting the Challenge of Digital 'Dark Matter'

The digital dark matter is a result of scientists borrowing computational techniques from computer vision AI.

Hope, Fear, and AI
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Hope, Fear, and AI

We polled 2,000 people about how they're using AI, what they want it to do, and what scares them about it the most.

Professor AI: Harvard Plans to Deploy ChatGPT-like Bot as Computer Science instructor
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Professor AI: Harvard Plans to Deploy ChatGPT-like Bot as Computer Science instructor

Harvard University is planning to deploy a ChatGPT-like AI bot as an instructor in one of its Computer Science courses.

Algorithm Finds Sperm In Infertile Men Faster and More Accurately Than Doctors
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Algorithm Finds Sperm In Infertile Men Faster and More Accurately Than Doctors

The tool instantly identifies sperm, then leaves the embryologist to decide whether sperm is really present and if it is viable enough for Intracytoplasmic Sperm...

The Race to Regulate Artificial Intelligence
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The Race to Regulate Artificial Intelligence

Why Europe has an edge over America and China.

Junk Websites Filled with AI-Generated Text are Pulling In Money from Programmatic Ads
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Junk Websites Filled with AI-Generated Text are Pulling In Money from Programmatic Ads

More than 140 brands are advertising on low-quality content farm sites—and the problem is growing fast.

More People Are Going Blind. AI Can Help Fight It
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More People Are Going Blind. AI Can Help Fight It

Early detection is crucial for treating eye disease. AI-enhanced eye scan analyses could spot warning signs quicker—and reach patients at scale.

A.I. May Someday Work Medical Miracles. For Now, It Helps Do Paperwork
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A.I. May Someday Work Medical Miracles. For Now, It Helps Do Paperwork

The best use for generative A.I. in health care, doctors say, is to ease the heavy burden of documentation that takes them hours a day and contributes to burnout...

The Race to Prevent 'the Worst Case Scenario for Machine Learning'
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The Race to Prevent 'the Worst Case Scenario for Machine Learning'

A.I. companies have an edge in blocking the creation and distribution of child sexual abuse material. They've seen how social media companies failed.

Atlas of Human Brain Blood Vessels Highlights Changes in Alzheimer's Disease
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Atlas of Human Brain Blood Vessels Highlights Changes in Alzheimer's Disease

Scientists created a molecular atlas of human brain blood vessels to highlight Alzheimer's disease-related changes across six regions.

Computational Advance Will Help Researchers Model Climate with Higher Fidelity
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Computational Advance Will Help Researchers Model Climate with Higher Fidelity

Researchers have proposed an algorithmic improvement that could advance climate modeling by balancing computational resources and precise cloud modeling.

Harvard's New Computer Science Teacher is a Chatbot
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Harvard's New Computer Science Teacher is a Chatbot

Students enrolled in the university's flagship CS50 course will be presented with the AI teacher in September.

Lawyers Ordered to Consider Seeking Forgiveness for Using ChatGPT
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Lawyers Ordered to Consider Seeking Forgiveness for Using ChatGPT

Steven A. Schwartz and Peter LoDuca must pay a fine and send letters to judges named in a brief filled with fiction, a judge ordered.
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