EngineeringOctober 10, 2023
New Glasses Can Transcribe Speech in Real Time
Glasses that provide subtitles for conversations could be a boon to people with hearing loss
Technology
Artificial IntelligenceOctober 5, 2023
The Latest AI Chatbots Can Handle Text, Images and Sound. Here’s How
New “multimodal” AI programs can do much more than respond to text—they also analyze images and chat aloud
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PoliticsOctober 3, 2023
How AI Could Help China and Russia Meddle in U.S. Elections
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
ComputingOctober 3, 2023
How Can We Trust AI If We Don’t Know How It Works
Trust is built on social norms and basic predictability. AI is typically not designed with either
EngineeringOctober 3, 2023
New 6G Networks Are in the Works. Can They Destroy Dead Zones for Good?
Next-generation 6G technology could “enable applications that we may not even imagine today”
Artificial IntelligenceOctober 2, 2023
The State of Large Language Models
We present the latest updates on ChatGPT, Bard and other competitors in the artificial intelligence arms race.
Artificial IntelligenceOctober 2, 2023
The Assumptions You Bring into Conversation with an AI Bot Influence What It Says
A new study reveals an “AI placebo effect”: the same chatbot will respond differently depending on its users’ assumptions about artificial intelligence
CreativityOctober 2, 2023
‘AI Anxiety’ Is on the Rise—Here’s How to Manage It
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
Artificial IntelligenceOctober 1, 2023
See How AI Generates Images from Text
Generative AI algorithms use probability to create visuals from noise
RoboticsOctober 1, 2023
Above-Elbow Bionic Arm Can Control Every Finger
Researchers have created the first nerve-controlled prosthetic hand that can be used in daily life
Climate ChangeOctober 1, 2023
Pipelines Touted as Carbon Capture Solution Spark Uncertainty and Opposition
Federal investment in carbon capture could help fight climate change, but this technology is facing fierce opposition
Artificial IntelligenceSeptember 29, 2023
What Humans Lose When AI Writes for Us
In Who Wrote This? linguist Naomi S. Baron discusses how artificial intelligence threatens our ability to express ourselves