Artificial Intelligence

New “multimodal” AI programs can do much more than respond to text—they also analyze images and chat aloud

ChatGPT and similar AI programs give propagandists and intelligence agents a powerful new tool for interfering in politics. The clock is ticking on learning to spot this disinformation before the 2024 election

We present the latest updates on ChatGPT, Bard and other competitors in the artificial intelligence arms race.

A new study reveals an “AI placebo effect”: the same chatbot will respond differently depending on its users’ assumptions about artificial intelligence

Rapid advances in generative artificial intelligence have prompted big questions about the future of work and even human creativity. Experts have suggestions for how to manage all these unknowns

Generative AI algorithms use probability to create visuals from noise

In Who Wrote This? linguist Naomi S. Baron discusses how artificial intelligence threatens our ability to express ourselves

Researchers have adapted the AI network to search for genetic changes linked to ill health

Some Japanese researchers feel that AI systems trained on foreign languages cannot grasp the intricacies of Japanese language and culture

Artificial intelligence systems in health care must be trained on the data of lived experience to prevent bias and disparities

The new field of digital bioacoustics is using machine learning to try decipher animal speak, including honeybee toots and quacks and whoops.

Self-driving cars are expanding their ranges in a handful of U.S. cities, but the reality doesn’t yet match the hype