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Doctors Are Using Chatbots in an Unexpected Way
Despite the drawbacks of turning to artificial intelligence in medicine, some physicians find that ChatGPT improves their ability to communicate empathetically...
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The Race to Make AI Smaller, Smarter
The BabyLM Challenge is aimed at creating more accessible, intuitive language models.
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A Hiring Law Blazes a Path for A.I. Regulation
New York City's pioneering, focused approach sets rules on how companies use the technology in workforce decisions.
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Google's Photo App Still Can't Find Gorillas. And Neither Can Apple's
Eight years after a controversy over Black people being mislabeled as gorillas by image analysis software, tech giants still fear repeating the mistake.
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AI Poses 'Risk of Extinction,' Industry Leaders Warn
Industry leaders warned in an open letter that artificial intelligence technology might threaten humanity's existence.
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Would You Take Financial Advice From A.I.?
The financial services industry is plotting how to incorporate tools like ChatGPT into its products. But humans will still be necessary to provide personal advice...
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Another Side of the A.I. Boom: Detecting What A.I. Makes
More than a dozen companies have popped up to offer services aimed at identifying whether photos, text, and videos are made by humans or machines.
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Microsoft Says New A.I. Shows Signs of Human Reasoning
A provocative paper from researchers at Microsoft claims A.I. technology shows the ability to understand the way people do. Critics say those scientists are kidding...
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TV's War With the Robots Is Already Here
A.I. screenwriting, a point of contention in the Writers Guild strike, may not yet be ready for prime time. But streaming algorithms and derivative programming...
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My Weekend With an Emotional Support A.I. Companion
Pi, an A.I. tool that debuted this week, is a twist on the new wave of chatbots: It assists people with their wellness and emotions.
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Can Artistry Be Built Into a Machine?
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University developed a robot that can paint an abstract acrylic. Is it art?
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'The Godfather of A.I.' Leaves Google, Warns of Danger Ahead
For half a century, Geoffrey Hinton nurtured the technology at the heart of chatbots like ChatGPT. Now he worries it will cause serious harm.
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Musk Ramps Up A.I. Efforts, Even as He Warns of Dangers
The billionaire plans to compete with OpenAI, the ChatGPT developer he helped found, while calling out the potential harms of artificial intelligence.
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Reddit Wants to Get Paid for Helping Teach Big AI Systems
Reddit announced it will begin charging for access to its application programming interface.
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Google Devising Radical Search Changes to Beat Back A.I. Rivals
The tech giant is sprinting to protect its core business with a flurry of projects, including updates to its search engine and plans for an all-new one.
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Can We No Longer Believe Anything We See?
The rapid advent of artificial intelligence has set off alarms that the technology used to trick people is advancing far faster than the technology that can identify...
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A.I. Is Coming for Lawyers, Again
Previous advances in A.I. inspired predictions that the law was the lucrative profession most likely to suffer job losses. It didn't happen. Is this time different...
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In A.I. Race, Microsoft and Google Choose Speed Over Caution
Technology companies were once leery of what some artificial intelligence could do. Now the priority is winning control of the industry's next big thing.
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Instant Videos Could Represent the Next Leap in A.I. Technology
A start-up in New York is among a group of companies working on systems that can produce short videos based on a few words typed into a computer.
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