Artificial intelligence (AI) news, features and articles
Artificial intelligence is here, and it's transforming every aspect of science. From Google’s DeepMind discovering the structure of nearly every known protein to AI deciphering a 2,000-year-old "lost book," new and future computer systems that can outperform humans have near-infinite applications. But how concerned should we be with the rollout of AI, and what impact could this have on our world? Live Science's expert writers and editors search for answers to these questions and keep you tuned in to the wildest developments in machine learning with the latest AI news, articles and features.
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When an AI algorithm is labeled 'female,' people are more likely to exploit it
By Damien Pine published
People who played the “Prisoner’s Dilemma” were less likely to cooperate when the other player was a male human or AI, and exploited female players.

Your AI-generated image of a cat riding a banana exists because of children clawing through the dirt for toxic elements. Is it really worth it?
By Akhil Bhardwaj, Grete Gansauer published
LLMs like Chat GPT come with major social costs — including child labor — that we can't ignore. Do we really need progress that's built on the suffering of others?

Experts divided over claim that Chinese hackers launched world-first AI-powered cyber attack — but that's not what they're really worried about
By Carly Page published
Anthropic said a Chinese espionage group used its Claude AI to automate most of a cyberattack campaign, but experts question how autonomous the operation really was, and what it means for the future of AI-powered hacking.

Popular AI chatbots have an alarming encryption flaw — meaning hackers may have easily intercepted messages
By Peter Ray Allison published
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a critical vulnerability in the architecture of large language models underpinning generative AI, but how dangerous is this flaw?

Switching off AI's ability to lie makes it more likely to claim it's conscious, eerie study finds
By Owen Hughes published
Leading AI models from OpenAI, Meta, Anthropic and Google described subjective, self-aware experiences when settings tied to deception and roleplay were turned down.

The more that people use AI, the more likely they are to overestimate their own abilities
By Drew Turney published
Researchers found that AI flattens the bell curve of a common principle in human psychology, known as the Dunning-Kruger effect, giving us all the illusion of competence.

New 'Dragon Hatchling' AI architecture modeled after the human brain could be a key step toward AGI, researchers claim
By Owen Hughes published
Scientists say a new kind of AI could bridge the gap between current systems and machines that learn and think more like us.

Some people love AI, others hate it. Here's why.
By Paul Jones published
Whether you love or hate AI has a lot to do with how your brain processes risk and trust.

AI models refuse to shut themselves down when prompted — they might be developing a new 'survival drive,' study claims
By Ben Turner published
Some AI models appear to show a resistance to being shut off. Are they developing a survival drive? Or is it all in how they prioritize tasks?
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