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Prepping is fast becoming mainstream, but new government advice fails to address inequality, and could cause division between the haves and have-nots.
A new study reveals that 75% of the world’s industrial fishing vessels are hidden from public view.
Artificial intelligence is everywhere, and the tech industry is racing along to develop ever more powerful AIs. Three scholars look ahead to the next chapter in this technological revolution.
AI could take us beyond the concept of smart cities, telling us how and why things happen in urban settings.
Microsoft Copilot can summarise meetings and even formulate arguments. But as good as that sounds, we shouldn’t blindly trust its accuracy.
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From helping surgeons to carry out complex procedures to monitoring the heartbeat of the chronically ill, the use of AI in cancer care is set to be game-changing.
If the CMA concludes the partnership is in fact a merger, it will start looking into whether this has reduced competition.
Life is full of hidden bottlenecks that result from logistical trade-offs between efficiency and your unique needs and desires. AI promises to change this taken-for-granted equation.
Common misperceptions about AI chatbots are that they know something about the world, can make decisions, are a replacement for search engines and operate independent of humans.
Generative AI has changed the ways we work, study and even pray. Here are some highlights of an astonishing year of change – and what we can expect next.
A new report reveals how a pro-China influence network exploits advanced AI to coordinate propaganda across YouTube channels.
As AI developers indiscriminately suck up online content to train their models, artists are seeking ways to fight back.
While the current version of Gemini isn’t mind blowing, later iterations are likely to be much more powerful.
For decades, woman ‘computers’ worked behind the scenes while their male counterparts received recognition. The AI industry must not be an example of history repeating itself.
Research suggests AI could diagnose depression from health records or even social media posts. And it could overcome GP bias when it comes to prescribing medications.
Using technology to screen job applicants might be faster than reading CVs and face- to-face interviews but the most suitable candidate could be overlooked.
Learning about the world from live events is the next step for AI.
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Professor of AI, Research Group Leader, UNSW Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Applied Ethics & CyberSecurity, Griffith University
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Professor in Robotics, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Information Systems, Michigan State University
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PhD in machine ethics, University of Canterbury
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Assistant Professor of Integrative Biology & Computer Science and Engineering, Michigan State University
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Professor, Queensland University of Technology
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Assistant Professor, Psychology, Concordia University
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Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Art & AI Lab, Rutgers University
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Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
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Professor of Philosophy and Director, Applied Ethics Center, UMass Boston
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James Martin Research Fellow, Future of Humanity Institute & Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford
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Research Fellow in AI Accountability, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Artificial Intelligence, University of Bath
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Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience and Director of the Sheffield Robotics Institute, University of Sheffield
