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New Attack Impacts Major AI Chatbots—and No One Knows How to Stop It
Researchers found a simple way to make ChatGPT, Bard, and other chatbots misbehave, proving that AI is hard to tame.
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Cigna Accused of Improperly Rejecting Thousands of Patient Claims Using Algorithm
A federal class-action lawsuit accuses health insurer Cigna of using a computer algorithm to automatically reject hundreds of thousands of patient claims.
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The Robots We Were Afraid of Are Already Here
The long-anticipated automation revolution has begun. Robots are ready to operate forklifts and do laundry. It's not as scary as it sounds.
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U.S. Hunts Chinese Malware That Could Disrupt American Military Operations
American intelligence officials believe the malware could give China the power to disrupt or slow American deployments or resupply operations, including during...
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The AI-Powered, Totally Autonomous Future of War Is Here
Ships without crews. Self-directed drone swarms. How a U.S. Navy task force is using off-the-shelf robotics and artificial intelligence to prepare for the next...
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'A Certain Danger Lurks There': How the Inventor of the First Chatbot Turned Against AI
Computer scientist Joseph Weizenbaum was there at the dawn of artificial intelligence – but he was also adamant that we must never confuse computers with humans...
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An A.I. Supercomputer Whirs to Life, Powered by Giant Computer Chips
The new supercomputer, made by the Silicon Valley start-up Cerebras, was unveiled as the A.I. boom drives demand for chips and computing power.
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Employees Want ChatGPT at Work. Bosses Worry They'll Spill Secrets
Some corporate leaders have banned the use of generative artificial intelligence tools over concerns about exposing sensitive company and customer information. ...
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Spinning Into the Future – New Waveguide Is Changing the Way Data Is Transferred, Manipulated
Physicists have pioneered a method to engineer electromagnetic spin on metasurfaces, addressing the data storage and transfer needs of an increasingly digital world...
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Face Recognition In the U.S. Is About to Meet One of Its Biggest Tests
A Massachusetts bill restricting police use could set the standard for how the technology is regulated in America.
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A Nested Inventory for Software Security, Supply Chain Risk Management
The growing importance of the Software Bill of Materials
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Here's How San Jose Plans to Use Artificial Intelligence to Stop Pedestrian Traffic Deaths
AImay be considered an invaluable tool when talking about traffic and pedestrian deaths in a city where two more lives were lost this past weekend in hit and run...
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How to Use Generative AI Tools While Still Protecting Your Privacy
Here's how to take some control of your data while using artificial intelligence tools and apps.
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Your School's Next Security Guard May Be a Robot
Several technology companies have started offering security robots to U.S. schools.
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Quantum Twist on Common Computer Algorithm Promises Speed Boost
Scientists have demonstrated that a quantum version of the popular Monte Carlo algorithm could eventually overtake versions running on classical computers.
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Rising Data Center Costs Linked to AI Demands
Energy usage associated with running AI number-crunching is fast becoming a key driver of rising data center bills.
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Natural World Empowers Future of Computer Vision
An open source software system aims to improve the training of computer vision systems by quickly generating an unlimited number of photorealistic scenes of the...
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Fiber Optic Smart Pants Offer Low-Cost Way to Monitor Movements
Researchers have developed polymer optical fiber smart pants that can track the wearer's movements and alert clinicians and caregivers if signs of distress are...
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Testing Real Driverless Cars in a Virtual Environment
Vehicle-in-Virtual-Environment software developed by The Ohio State University researchers allows the testing of driverless vehicles in completely safe virtual...
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