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Member of Congress reads AI-generated speech on House floorWhen U.S. Rep. Jake Auchincloss decided to deliver a speech on a bill that would create a U.S.-Israel artificial intelligence center, he opted to let the AI do the talking.... Read more
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Designing ethical self-driving carsThe classic thought experiment known as the "trolley problem" asks: Should you pull a lever to divert a runaway trolley so that it kills one person rather than five? Alternatively: What if you'd have to push someone onto the tracks to stop the trolley? What is the moral choice in... Read more
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ChatGPT: Chatbots can help us rediscover the rich history of dialogueIt is time to take human-AI dialogue seriously again. With the release of sophisticated chatbots like OpenAI's ChatGPT, effective human-AI dialogue has become interesting and accessible to everyone. Even to students writing essays, which has led to some academic concerns.... Read more
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Project could enable self-driving cars to make better decisions faster and avoid collisionsIn the future, autonomous or self-driving cars are expected to considerably reduce the number of road accident fatalities. Advancing developments on this revolutionary road, CERN and car-safety software company Zenseact have just completed a three-year project researching machine-learning models to enable self-driving cars to make better decisions faster and thus... Read more
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ChatGPT bot passes US law school examA chatbot powered by reams of data from the internet has passed exams at a US law school after writing essays on topics ranging from constitutional law to taxation and torts.... Read more
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Learning to lie: AI tools adept at creating disinformationArtificial intelligence is writing fiction, making images inspired by Van Gogh and fighting wildfires. Now it's competing in another endeavor once limited to humans—creating propaganda and disinformation.... Read more
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ChatGPT found to be capable of passing exams for MBA and Medical Licensing ExamThe academic community is growing increasingly concerned about students using ChatGPT for less than honest purposes as it has been found to be capable of not only writing essays for high school students, but passing some exams, such as parts of those used to license doctors and grant MBAs.... Read more
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Layoffs in a likely recession this year could be determined by software programsDon't blame your boss if you get laid off in a recession this year.... Read more
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Opinion: ChatGPT could be a game-changer for marketers, but it won't replace humans any time soonThe recent release of the ChatGPT chatbot in November 2022 has generated significant public interest. In essence, ChatGPT is an AI-powered chatbot allowing users to simulate human-like conversations with an AI.... Read more
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Microsoft invests billions in ChatGPT-maker OpenAIMicrosoft says it is making a "multiyear, multibillion dollar investment" in the artificial intelligence startup OpenAI, maker of ChatGPT and other tools that can write readable text and generate new images.... Read more
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Researchers develop an AI model that can detect future lung cancer riskThe name Sybil has its origins in the oracles of Ancient Greece, also known as sibyls: feminine figures who were relied upon to relay divine knowledge of the unseen and the omnipotent past, present, and future. Now, the name has been excavated from antiquity and bestowed on an artificial intelligence... Read more
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Will AI tech like ChatGPT improve inclusion for people with communication disability?If you're one of the 1.2 million Australians with communication disability or among the 44% of Australian adults with low literacy, you may soon find helpful, automated communication assistance online.... Read more
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FBI chief says he's 'deeply concerned' by China's AI programFBI Director Christopher Wray said Thursday that he was "deeply concerned" about the Chinese government's artificial intelligence program, asserting that it was "not constrained by the rule of law."... Read more
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What DALL-E reveals about human creativityThe often delightful and arresting images created by the latest generation of text-to-image generators, exemplified by DALL-E 2, Midjourney, and Stable Diffusion, have stirred up lots of buzz in both the arts and the AI worlds. The images, generated from simple text prompts (e.g., a baboon sailing a colorful dinghy),... Read more
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AI tools can create new images, but who is the real artist?Countless artists have taken inspiration from "The Starry Night" since Vincent Van Gogh painted the swirling scene in 1889.... Read more