Artificial IntelligenceApril 4, 2023
AI Is Getting Powerful. But Can Researchers Make It Principled?
Can researchers create AI algorithms that are ethical today—and will be safe in the future?
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Artificial IntelligenceMarch 31, 2023
AI Chatbots Can Diagnose Medical Conditions at Home. How Good Are They?
As more people turn to chat-based AIs for medical advice, it remains to be seen how these tools stack up against—or could complement—human doctors
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Artificial IntelligenceMarch 16, 2023
What the New GPT-4 AI Can Do
OpenAI just released an updated version of its text-generating artificial intelligence program. Here’s how GPT-4 improves on its predecessor
OpinionJanuary 17, 2023
What an Endless Conversation with Werner Herzog Can Teach Us about AI
An AI-generated conversation between Werner Herzog and Slavoj Žižek is definitely entertaining, but it also illustrates the crisis of misinformation beginning to befall us
Artificial IntelligenceJanuary 13, 2023
Research Summaries Written by AI Fool Scientists
Scientists cannot always differentiate between research abstracts generated by the AI ChatGPT and those written by humans
Artificial IntelligenceOctober 31, 2022
One of the Biggest Problems in Biology Has Finally Been Solved
Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis explains how its AlphaFold AI program predicted the 3-D structure of every known protein
OpinionSeptember 28, 2022
‘Longtermism’ Movement Misses the Importance of War
A moral movement called longtermism, which focuses on protecting humanity’s future, dwells too much on artificial intelligence and not enough on war
BiotechSeptember 22, 2022
AlphaFold Developers Win $3-Million Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences
DeepMind’s system for predicting the 3D structure of proteins is among five recipients of science’s most lucrative awards
OpinionSeptember 20, 2022
Artificial Intelligence Needs Both Pragmatists and Blue-Sky Visionaries
For humanity’s brightest future, the blue-sky, lofty thinkers in AI need the help of the muddy-boots pragmatists
PoliticsAugust 8, 2022
Nearly $53 Billion in Federal Funding Could Revive the U.S. Computer Chip Industry
The CHIPS and Science Act aims to support domestic semiconductor production, new high-tech jobs and scientific research—even NASA
Health CareAugust 1, 2022
Algorithm That Detects Sepsis Cut Deaths by Nearly 20 Percent
Over two years, a machine-learning program warned thousands of health care providers about patients at high risk of sepsis, allowing them to begin treatments nearly two hours sooner
Artificial IntelligenceJuly 12, 2022
Google Engineer Claims AI Chatbot Is Sentient: Why That Matters
Is it possible for an artificial intelligence to be sentient?