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AI could allow cybercriminals to operate with greater efficiency, targeting more people at once.
If you drop advanced AI into a dumb organisation, it won’t make it smart. It will just help the organisation do dumb stuff more efficiently (in other words, quicker).
‘Pig butchering’, fake apps and missing person scams and conning people out of huge amounts of money.
Rumours can hinder - but also help - companies that want to get ahead of the competition.
A competition is heating up between the two tech giants over AI.
Public comment could soon swamp government officials and representatives, thanks to AI, but AI could also help spot compelling stories from constituents.
Cybercriminals are attempting to monetise the hacking techniques used by state actors.
AI can quietly work in the background as a sophisticated technological tool that delivers better results and performance for people.
Large language models have been shown to ‘hallucinate’ entirely false information, but aren’t humans guilty of the same thing? So what’s the difference between both?
How technology is central to the show’s most dramatic and pivotal moments – and how it might define its legacy.
Antitrust suits against Google for its advertising practices center on the technology for buying and selling online ads. A computer scientist explains how these ad networks work.
The EU’s attempt to regulate AI is focused on specific risks posed by the technology.
Nasa is taking reports of unidentified objects seriously, but it hasn’t found aliens yet.
Two glass researchers explain how glass is made, the unique properties of glass and how those properties have allowed it to be a useful material to humans for thousands of years.
Can one invention revolutionise propellers, whose basic design has been around for over 100 years? Not so fast.
We humans like to think that our language is original, but we absorb large amounts of it from others and liberally repeat and remix what we hear – just as language AIs do.
Strengthening democratic values in the face of AI will require coordinated international efforts between industry, government and non-governmental organizations.
The disruption of Taiwan’s chip industry would affect everyone.
Many point to Meta’s failings to make a case for mixed reality headsets having no future. But Apple’s approach is arguably much more strategic.
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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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Professor of AI, Research Group Leader, UNSW Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Economics, Lancaster University Management School, Lancaster University
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Director, Center for National Security Initiatives, and Professor of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder
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Principal Lecturer in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Visiting Professor of Law, University of Richmond
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Associate Professor of Information Science, University of Colorado Boulder
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Professor of Philosophy and Director, Applied Ethics Center, UMass Boston
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Assistant Professor of Journalism and Emerging Media Studies, Boston University
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Associate Professor, Informatics and Operations, Kingston University
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Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
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Professor of Cyber Security Practice, Edith Cowan University
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Associate Professor of Markets, Public Policy and Law, Boston University
