Do you think a robot should be allowed to lie? A new study published in Frontiers in Robotics and AI investigates what people think of robots that deceive their users. Their research uses examples of robots lying to people to find out if some lies are acceptable – and how people might justify them. Social norms say it […] … learn more→

Your data belongs to you. At least, that’s what the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) law provides. On the one hand, it limits the collection of your data by private companies to what you have consented to. On the other hand, it allows you to request the complete erasure of information about you from […] … learn more→

Artificial intelligence (AI) has provided unlimited access to information in a short time, thus providing convenience in terms of education. With AI, students can collect various secondary information needed for assignments in a faster time than manual article searches . However, AI can also cause several problems, such as the leakage of personal data , technological bias in handling human mentality, and a lack of […] … learn more→

Imagine a group of young men gathered at a picturesque college campus in New England, in the United States, during the northern summer of 1956. It’s a small casual gathering. But the men are not here for campfires and nature hikes in the surrounding mountains and woods. Instead, these pioneers are about to embark on […] … learn more→

Humanoid robots have long been a staple of science fiction, but there is now real progress being made. A range of new models made by or backed by the likes of Boston Dynamics, Tesla and OpenAI are able to walk and move like humans, as well as perform feats of agility and dexterity. But it’s the ability to incorporate artificial […] … learn more→

Language enables people to transmit thoughts to each other because each person’s brain responds similarly to the meaning of words. In our newly published research, my colleagues and I developed a framework to model the brain activity of speakers as they engaged in face-to-face conversations. We recorded the electrical activity of two people’s brains as they engaged in unscripted […] … learn more→

After widespread backlash, Google pulled its “Dear Sydney” Gemini ad from Olympics coverage. The ad featured its generative AI chatbot tool, Gemini, formerly known as Bard. The advertisement featured a father and his daughter, a fan of United States Olympic track and field athlete Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone. The father, despite considering himself “pretty good with words,” uses Gemini to […] … learn more→

New scientific understanding and engineering techniques have always impressed and frightened. No doubt they will continue to. OpenAI recently announced that it anticipates “superintelligence” – AI surpassing human abilities – this decade. It is accordingly building a new team, and devoting 20% of its computing resources to ensuring that the behaviour of such AI systems will be aligned […] … learn more→

The phenomenal growth in artificial intelligence tools has made it easy to create a story quickly, complicating a reader’s ability to determine if a news source or article is truthful or reliable. For instance, earlier this year, people were sharing an article about the supposed suicide of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s psychiatrist as if it were real. It […] … learn more→

Consider a typical morning routine: coffee in hand, you peruse Twitter (now rebranded as X) to catch up on the news. Headlines appear among a flurry of tweets on everything from memes about political leaders to cultural Marxism, free speech, making America great again and draining the swamp. Before your day has even begun, a burst of […] … learn more→