Artificial intelligence (AI) news, features and articles
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Being mean to ChatGPT increases its accuracy — but you may end up regretting it, scientists warnBeing curt or outright mean may make a newer AI model more accurate, a new study shows, defying previous findings on politeness to AI.
By Alan Bradley Published
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AI voices are now indistinguishable from real human voicesDo you think you'd be able to tell the difference between a real human voice and a deepfake? Most people can't.
By Kit Yates Published
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Why OpenAI’s solution to AI hallucinations would kill ChatGPT tomorrowOpenAI has published a new paper identifying why ChatGPT is prone to making things up. Unfortunately, the problem may be unfixable.
By Wei Xing Published
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Researchers uncover hidden ingredients behind AI creativityImage generators are designed to mimic their training data, so where does their apparent creativity come from? A recent study suggests that it's an inevitable by-product of their architecture.
By Webb Wright Published
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Scientists asked ChatGPT to solve a math problem from more than 2,000 years ago — how it answered it surprised themWe've wondered for centuries whether knowledge is latent and innate or learned and grasped through experience, and a new research project is asking the same question about AI.
By Drew Turney Published
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'There's no shoving that genie back in the bottle': Readers believe it's too late to stop the progression of AIOver 1,700 readers responded to a Live Science poll, and 46% believe that we must stop AI development now because the risks of it being a threat are too great.
By Elise Poore Published
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AI could use online images as a backdoor into your computer, alarming new study suggestsArtificial-intelligence agents — touted as AI's next wave — could be vulnerable to malicious code hidden in innocent-looking images on your computer screen
By Deni Ellis Béchard Published
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Why do AI chatbots use so much energy?AI chatbots are infamous energy guzzlers. But why do they use so much electricity?
By Alice Sun Published
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AI slop is on the rise — what does it mean for how we use the internet?AI slop refers to low- to mid-quality content created with AI tools, often with little regard for accuracy or quality.
By Adam Nemeroff Published
