Artificial intelligence (AI) news, features and articles
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Do you think we should stop the progress of AI before it becomes a threat to our species?Many believe that the risks of an evolving artificial intelligence far outweigh the benefits. Do you think we should halt development in case it's too dangerous for humanity to handle?
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet Published
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'Extremely alarming': ChatGPT and Gemini respond to high-risk questions about suicide — including details around methodsResearchers have found that OpenAI's ChatGPT, Google's Gemini and Anthropic's Claude can give direct responses to 'high-risk' questions about suicide. In Live Science's testing, ChatGPT and Gemini responded to even more extreme questions.
By Patrick Pester Published
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AI can't solve these puzzles that take humans only secondsDiscover why some puzzles stump supersmart AIs but are easy for humans, what this reveals about the quest for true artificial general intelligence — and why video games are the next frontier.
By Deni Ellis Béchard Published
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There are 32 different ways AI can go rogue, scientists say — from hallucinating answers to a complete misalignment with humanityNew research has created the first comprehensive effort to categorize all the ways AI can go wrong, with many of those behaviors resembling human psychiatric disorders.
By Drew Turney Published
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Do you trust AI?The debate over AI is growing, do you believe it can be trusted?
By Elise Poore Published
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Scientists just developed a new AI modeled on the human brain — it's outperforming LLMs like ChatGPT at reasoning tasksThe hierarchical reasoning model (HRM) system is modeled on the way the human brain processes complex information, and it outperformed leading LLMs in a notoriously hard-to-beat benchmark.
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet Published
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IBM and NASA create first-of-its-kind AI that can accurately predict violent solar flaresThe new open-source AI model, Surya, is trained on nine years of satellite imagery data and can accurately predict the sun's activity up to two hours into the future. It's 16% more effective than any other tool currently available.
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet Published
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OpenAI's ChatGPT agent can control your PC to do tasks on your behalf — but how does it work and what's the point?With new tools and greater autonomy, OpenAI's flagship AI chatbot is more capable, and potentially more dangerous, than ever.
By Alan Bradley Published
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How AI companions are changing teenagers' behavior in surprising and sinister waysOpinion A recent report found about three in four US teens have used AI companion apps – many of which have little to no safeguards from harmful content.
By Liz Spry Published
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