AI may shore up an industry experiencing economic headwinds. But in a field where professional ethics and public trust are particularly important, it’s a risky endeavor.
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Solar storms can play havoc with electrical grids, satellites and railway lines.
Just as human biases show up in machine learning systems, so, too, do people’s vagaries and vicissitudes.
Technology is being used in schools without extensive research to show whether it has a positive impact.
The AI model can predict structures for a vast array of the proteins used by living organisms.
People are better able to see and correct biases in algorithms’ decisions than in their own decisions, even when algorithms are trained on their decisions.
Privacy advocates lost out when Congress reauthorized Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act without major reforms. But the renewal fight returns in 2 years.
The tech company has been seeking to licence content from a variety of media companies.
The use of drone strikes raises a host of ethical issues. US military chaplains − the armed forces’ moral conscience − have questions.
‘Uncanny’ AI music generators blur the line between creators and consumers. Will they turn music from high art to an everyday language? Listen to these AI-generated tracks and judge for yourself.
The upgraded AI systems may even be able to undertake a form of reasoning.
EV fires make headlines, but they don’t tell the full story of EV safety. The real threat isn’t combustion, it’s weight.
A huge investment in building an unproven quantum computer may help local science and industry, but the results are far from a sure thing.
Adolescents treat ‘for you’ algorithms as a social mirror and are willing to give up privacy to use it.
A new book argues that the first generation to go through puberty connected to their smartphones have had their brains rewired for depression and anxiety.
Modern web browsers are increasingly becoming like virtual computers, able to send email and play music and videos. The downside is it’s a new way for hackers to get into your computer.
TikTok is hardly a model social media platform, but it’s also far from an outlier when it comes to threats to Americans.
The concept of deep medicine would use AI to free up staff, benefiting patient care.
If the US wants to protect young people from misinformation and foreign influence, focusing on TikTok is barking up the wrong tree.
AI chatbot makers’ restrictive use policies hinder people’s access to information.
Top contributors
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Professor of Information Systems, Michigan State University
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Researcher: Digital Literacy and Digital Wellbeing, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Advanced Technology Transitions, Arizona State University
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Associate Professor of Information Science, University of Colorado Boulder
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Senior Lecturer in Economics, Lancaster University Management School, Lancaster University
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Professor of AI, Research Group Leader, UNSW Sydney
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Principal Lecturer in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Director, Center for National Security Initiatives, and Professor of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder
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Professor of Philosophy and Director, Applied Ethics Center, UMass Boston
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Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
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Visiting Professor of Law, University of Richmond
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Associate Professor, Informatics and Operations, Kingston University
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Professor of Cyber Security Practice, Edith Cowan University
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Assistant Professor of Journalism and Emerging Media Studies, Boston University
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Senior Lecturer in Applied Ethics & CyberSecurity, Griffith University
