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Solar storms can play havoc with electrical grids, satellites and railway lines.
Bias isn’t the only human imperfection turning up in AI.
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Just as human biases show up in machine learning systems, so, too, do people’s vagaries and vicissitudes.
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Technology is being used in schools without extensive research to show whether it has a positive impact.
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The AI model can predict structures for a vast array of the proteins used by living organisms.
Algorithms could serve as mirrors for you to check your biases.
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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.
The E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse in Washington, D.C., houses the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.
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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.
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The tech company has been seeking to licence content from a variety of media companies.
A U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drone flies in the skies above Nevada.
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The use of drone strikes raises a host of ethical issues. US military chaplains − the armed forces’ moral conscience − have questions.
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‘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.
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The upgraded AI systems may even be able to undertake a form of reasoning.
A Tesla crash test car after a side impact.
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EV fires make headlines, but they don’t tell the full story of EV safety. The real threat isn’t combustion, it’s weight.
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A huge investment in building an unproven quantum computer may help local science and industry, but the results are far from a sure thing.
Teens say ‘for you’ algorithms get them right.
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Adolescents treat ‘for you’ algorithms as a social mirror and are willing to give up privacy to use it.
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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.
Avoiding iffy downloads is no longer enough to ensure this doesn’t happen.
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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.
It’s not just TikTok.
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TikTok is hardly a model social media platform, but it’s also far from an outlier when it comes to threats to Americans.
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The concept of deep medicine would use AI to free up staff, benefiting patient care.
Tiktok is not the only social media app to pose the threats it’s been accused of.
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If the US wants to protect young people from misinformation and foreign influence, focusing on TikTok is barking up the wrong tree.
AI chatbots restrict their output according to vague and broad policies.
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AI chatbot makers’ restrictive use policies hinder people’s access to information.
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The development of wearables raises concerns about data privacy, but there are groups working on solutions to this.