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Multimodal AI Connects the Digital Dots
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AI is Building Highly Effective Antibodies Humans Can't Even Imagine
Robots, computers, and algorithms are hunting for potential new therapies in ways humans can't.
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Criminals Have Created Their Own ChatGPT Clones
Cybercriminals are touting large language models that could help them with phishing or creating malware. But the AI chatbots could just be their own kind of scam...
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'It's Already Way Beyond What Humans Can Do': Will AI Wipe Out Architects?
It's revolutionizing building – but could AI kill off an entire profession?
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Most Tech-Forward U.S. City Has Doubts About Self-Driving Cars
San Francisco officials and residents are not impressed by self-driving cars, underscoring the challenges ahead for autonomous vehicle companies.
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Zoom's Privacy Tweaks Stoke Fears Its Calls Will Be Used to Train AI
Zoom also said that "notwithstanding" the uses outlined in its rules, it "will not use audio, video or chat Customer Content" to train AI without consent
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Meet the Hackers Who Are Trying to Make AI Go Rogue
Chatbots can be biased, deceptive or even dangerous. Hackers are competing to figure out exactly how.
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Tech Experts Start to Doubt ChatGPT, A.I. 'Hallucinations' Will Ever Go Away
"This isn't fixable."
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Google's Search Box Changed the Meaning of Information
Web search promised to resolve questions. Instead, it brought on a soft apocalypse of truth.
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What Can You Do When A.I. Lies About You?
People have little protection or recourse when the technology creates and spreads falsehoods about them.
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AI Boosting Satellite Navigation Capability, European Space Agency Says
European Space Agency says AI, machine learning are being implemented to improve NAVISP program satnav performance.
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Asian MIT Student's Professional Headshot Turns Caucasian with AI Tool
"I definitely think it's a problem," said Rona Wang, who hopes those who make the software become aware of such biases and develop solutions to mitigate them.
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Fighting Fake 'Facts' with Two Little Words
Researchers have developed a method to decrease hallucinations by large language models (LLMs) by including "according to" in LLM queries.
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How MIT's Liquid Neural Networks Can Solve AI Problems from Robotics to Self-Driving Cars
Liquid neural networks represent a significant departure from traditional deep learning models.
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Giving Users More than They Can Handle
Are Microsoft's artificial intelligence files creating security issues for customers?
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Machine Learning, Blockchain Technology Could Help Counter Spread of Fake News
A proposed machine learning framework and expanded use of blockchain technology could help counter the spread of fake news, according to new research.
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New Attack Impacts Major AI Chatbots—and No One Knows How to Stop It
Researchers found a simple way to make ChatGPT, Bard, and other chatbots misbehave, proving that AI is hard to tame.
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This Disinformation Is Just for You
Generative AI won't just flood the Internet with more lies—it may also create convincing disinformation that's targeted at groups or even individuals.
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Meta Will Let You Use AI Chatbots With Personalities, Report Says
Want to chat with Abraham Lincoln? Facebook owner Meta is an artificial intelligence leader, but rivals with advanced chatbots already are abundant.
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Allowing ML to Ask Questions Can Make It Smarter
Biomedical engineers at Duke University have improved the accuracy of machine learning (ML) algorithms for molecular biology and drug development.
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