Artificial Intelligence

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  1. Science & Society

    Using AI, historians track how astronomy ideas spread in the 16th century

    A new AI machine learning technique helped historians analyze 76,000 pages from astronomy textbooks spanning nearly two centuries.

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  2. Artificial Intelligence

    The discovery of tools key to machine learning wins the 2024 physics Nobel

    John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton used tools from physics to develop data analysis methods that underlie machine learning.

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  3. Artificial Intelligence

    Talking to a chatbot may weaken someone’s belief in conspiracy theories

    AI might help lift conspiracy theorists out of the rabbit hole, but some researchers say proceed with caution.

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  4. Artificial Intelligence

    AI generates harsher punishments for people who use Black dialect

    ChatGPT and similar AI sort those who use African American English dialect into less prestigious jobs and dole out harsher criminal punishments.

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  5. Artificial Intelligence

    A new book tackles AI hype – and how to spot it

    In AI Snake Oil, two computer scientists set us straight on the power and limits of AI and offer advice for moving forward.

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  6. Artificial Intelligence

    Can we train AI to be creative? One lab is testing ideas

    Artificial intelligence explores new ideas by tapping human intuition, a step toward humanlike intelligence.

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    Want to spot a deepfake? The eyes could be a giveaway

    Reflections in the eyes of AI-generated images of people don’t always match up, researchers report.

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  8. Oceans

    This AI can predict ship-sinking ‘freak’ waves minutes in advance

    The model, which was trained on data from ocean buoys to identify potential rogue waves, could help save lives.

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    AI’s understanding and reasoning skills can’t be assessed by current tests

    Assessing whether large language models — including the one that powers ChatGPT — have humanlike cognitive abilities will require better tests.

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