Dec 30 Are health care claims overblown about artificial intelligence? By Liz Szabo, Kaiser Health News Many health industry experts fear AI-based products won’t be able to match the hype. Continue reading
Nov 26 Why these companies are rethinking the use of AI in hiring By Zoe Rohrich A growing body of research indicates that artificial intelligence systems used for job recruitment reinforce racial and gender inequality. Now, innovators are developing software that promises more accountability, and combats — rather than perpetuates — employment discrimination. Continue reading
Jul 28 Watch 5:35 What will a future with robots look like? By PBS NewsHour Automated technology already consumes much of society, from robotic arms working in factories to artificial intelligence used in homes. The next step could be programming ethics and morality into systems, creating a robot-human future. David Ewing Duncan, a science journalist… Continue watching
Jun 12 Watch 9:37 Why ‘deepfake’ videos are becoming more difficult to detect By Miles O'Brien Sophisticated and inaccurate altered videos known as “deepfakes” are causing alarm in the digital realm. The highly realistic manipulated videos are the subject of a House Intelligence Committee hearing on Thursday. As Miles O’Brien reports, the accelerating speed of computers… Continue watching
Apr 16 A flub by YouTube on Notre Dame videos highlights AI’s blind spots By Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press As people around the world Monday turned to YouTube to watch Notre Dame Cathedral burn, an automated system attached background information about the Sept. 11 terror attacks in New York to videos of the fire. YouTube explained that the background… Continue reading
Dec 21 Robots are the future, and we don’t trust them By Thomas Maxwell Even when a robot is safer and more effective at performing a task than humans, companies still have to think hard about how to earn public trust. Continue reading
Dec 19 How artificial intelligence spotted every solar panel in the U.S. By Vicky Stein Curious onlookers can check out the open-access maps. Publicly available information on this scale could help revolutionize the future of energy. Continue reading
Dec 14 Why automation won’t put artists out of work just yet By Courtney Vinopal Creative fields are often held up as careers that are least threatened by the advancement of artificial intelligence. But computers and robots have already proven they can contribute to and change the arts, especially in commercial ways. Continue reading
Nov 25 Opinion: Virtual reality tours give rural students a glimpse of college life By Carol Cutler White, The Conversation A federally funded program is trying to increase high school graduation, college readiness and college enrollment at low resource high schools. Continue reading
Oct 24 In a crash, should self-driving cars save passengers or pedestrians? 2 million people weigh in By Jamie Leventhal Researchers are using an online computer program to gauge how humans respond to tough ethical decisions involving AI technology for driverless vehicles. The results could inform car manufacturers and policy makers on how driverless vehicles should behave in life-or-death scenarios. Continue reading