Feb 05 Analysis: ChatGPT is great at what it’s designed to do. You’re just using it wrong By Jonathan May, The Conversation ChatGPT doesn’t try to write sentences that are true. But it does try to write sentences that are plausible. Continue reading
Feb 04 Watch 6:07 Security expert warns of AI tools’ potential threat to democracy By William Brangham, Sarah Clune Hartman Artificial intelligence has the potential to dramatically alter how we gather information, communicate and work. Experts are also raising questions about how it will affect governance and what it will mean for the future of our democracy. Bruce Schneier, a… Continue watching
Jan 23 Microsoft announces major investment in artificial intelligence startup OpenAI By Matt O'Brien, Associated Press Microsoft says it is making a “multiyear, multibillion dollar investment” in the artificial intelligence startup OpenAI, maker of ChatGPT and other tools that can generate readable text, images and computer code. Continue reading
Jan 14 Watch 6:14 Educators worry about students using artificial intelligence to cheat By John Yang, Harry Zahn Earlier this month, New York City public schools blocked access to the popular artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT. Educators are concerned that students could use this technology to write papers – the tool wasn't even a month old when a college… Continue watching
Jan 12 How AI turns text into images By Bella Isaacs-Thomas Here are the basics of this technology, and some of the ways it could be used in the not-so-distant future. Continue reading
Jan 10 Watch 8:00 Advances in artificial intelligence raise new ethics concerns By Stephanie Sy, Layla Quran In recent months, new artificial intelligence tools have garnered attention, and concern, over their ability to produce original work. The creations range from college-level essays to computer code and works of art. As Stephanie Sy reports, this technology could change… Continue watching
Jan 03 Watch 6:04 New MIT Museum showcases latest scientific advancements By Jared Bowen, GBH Artificial intelligence, robotics and gene sequencing are the stuff of headlines, science fiction and sometimes even our worst fears. It’s all on view at the new MIT Museum. A place where the latest scientific advancements fill galleries, but only really… Continue watching
Jun 02 Oregon dropping AI tool used to help decide child abuse cases By Sally Ho, Garance Burke, Associated Press Child welfare officials in Oregon will stop using an algorithm to help decide which families are investigated by social workers, opting instead for a new process that officials say will make better, more racially equitable decisions. Continue reading
Oct 08 White House proposes tech ‘bill of rights’ to safeguard against harmful use of biometric data By Matt O'Brien, Associated Press The White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy on Friday launched a fact-finding mission to look at facial recognition and other biometric tools used to identify people or assess their emotional or mental states and character. Continue reading
Apr 29 Analysis: How marketers could use voice-profiling to sell you more stuff By Joseph Turow, The Conversation Marketers will soon be able to use AI-assisted vocal analysis to gain insights into shoppers' inclinations – without people knowing what they're revealing or how that information is being interpreted. Continue reading