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New York City Takes Aim at AI
The Big Apple fields an action plan for artificial intelligence.
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As AI Grows, Las Vegas Workers Brace for Change
Workers in Las Vegas are closely watching employers' adoption of artificial intelligence and other technologies rise as they strive to cut labor costs.
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2 Senators Propose Bipartisan Framework for A.I. Laws
The effort by Senators Richard Blumenthal and Josh Hawley is the latest move by lawmakers to catch up with the rapidly evolving technology.
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How To Talk To An AI
An ordinary human's guide to getting extraordinary results from a chatbot like ChatGPT.
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Douglas Lenat, Who Tried to Make A.I. More Human, Dies at 72
He spent decades working on artificial intelligence, striving to create computers that could replicate common sense.
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Alan Turing and the Power of Negative Thinking
Mathematical proofs based on a technique called diagonalization can be relentlessly contrarian, but they help reveal the limits of algorithms.
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Toughest Known Structure Discovered by Autonomous Robot Lab
The Bayesian experimental autonomous researcher robotics laboratory at Canada's University of Toronto has discovered the most energy-absorbent mechanical structure...
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AI Could Smuggle Secret Messages in Memes
Computer scientists claim to have created the first algorithm for seamlessly concealing messages in realistic text, images, or audio.
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British Columbia Split on Safety of Self-Driving Cars
A study by researchers at Canada's University of British Columbia found that a period of gradual transition will be necessary for road users to feel comfortable...
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Meet Generative AI's 'Super Users': 70% of Gen Z Use GenAI
Salesforce's survey shows that age and employment status are major factors in AI adoption.
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AI Rivals Human Nose When Naming Smells
Researchers developed a graph neural network that reliably matched human volunteers' identification of 55 odors, then predicted the smells of 500,000 additional...
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Voice Deepfakes Are Coming for Your Bank Balance
Artificial intelligence tools have given scammers a potent weapon for trying to trick people into sending them money.
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Growing Public Concern About the Role of Artificial Intelligence in Daily Life
The rise in concern about AI has taken place alongside growing public awareness, according to Pew.
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Robotaxis Are Making Enemies as They Go Around San Francisco
Despite receiving recent approval to expand their robotaxi services in San Francisco, Waymo and Cruise continue to face backlash over traffic and safety concerns...
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Using Physics Data to Refocus Computer Vision
Exploring ways to supplement conventional computer vision data with metadata collected from physics-based sensors and systems.
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Microsoft Infuses AI With Human-Like Reasoning Via an 'Algorithm of Thoughts'
A new technique combines the strengths of human cognition with algorithmic logic.
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AI Misinformation: Why It Works and How to Spot It
Determining what's real online is getting more difficult. But there are steps you can take to deal with it.
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These Tools Could Help Protect Our Pictures From AI
However, these tools are neither perfect, nor enough on their own.
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Embuing AI with Ethics
In lieu of regulations, companies are starting to develop their own guidelines to control the use of artificial intelligence.
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Novel Algorithm Proposed for Selecting Variables Efficiently
Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Hefei Institutes of Physical Science has developed a variable selection algorithm for chemometrics applications....
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