AI is Going Just Great

Kurt Rathmann told his big-name investors he had developed groundbreaking AI to do the books for small businesses. In reality, humans did most of the work.

Records obtained by Motherboard show the police department used sub-par images in almost half of its facial recognition searches, increasing the chance of misidentifying suspects.

This investigation examines the Home Office’s response to suspected cheating in the Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC).

Algorithmic auditing, a burgeoning industry, lacks the necessary incentives to function as a check on AI applications.

A Google search summary of measures to be carried out after a seizure left out the words "do not", resulting in instructions that could well kill a person. Soft Linden, the director of informa...

After its triumph on Jeopardy!, IBM’s AI seemed poised to revolutionize medicine. Doctors are still waiting

A sweeping drug addiction risk algorithm has become central to how the US handles the opioid crisis. It may only be making the crisis worse.

First attempts last year to record and identify faces of drivers as they zip along the highway at the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge have failed, according to an internal Metropolitan Transportation Auth…

Facebook said the onion-seed ad had been removed for breaking its rules on "products with overtly sexual positioning."

Facebook's censors are digging deep -- flagging the word "hoe" in a western New York gardening group because they apparently confused the tool for a disparaging term for women.

Experts say the MIDAS false fraud fiasco is only one of the most glaring examples of government \

The long read: Josiah Elleston-Burrell had done everything to make his dream of studying architecture a reality. But, suddenly, in the summer of 2020, he found his fate was no longer in his hands

Computer algorithms that scan everything from terror watch lists to eviction records spit out flawed tenant screening reports. And almost nobody is watching

When Arkansas started using an algorithm for a crucial health service, the program’s recipients struggled to understand what happened.

One of the results of my recent post-election “news ecosystem” effort was the presence of YouTube. Beyond YouTube’s role in hosting videos…

Businesses that rush to use AI to write content or computer code, often have to pay humans to fix it.

This study explores the neural and behavioral consequences of LLM-assisted essay writing. Participants were divided into three groups: LLM, Search Engine, and Brain-only (no tools). Each completed...

A growing number of young Thais are turning to AI tools such as ChatGPT for answers about their future,

With the Qing Ming Festival approaching, some funeral companies are using AI to create life-like avatars of the dead. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Outlet calls story, created by freelancer working with one of the newpaper’s content partner, a ‘learning moment’

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A survey of nearly 500 AI researchers indicated that the vast majority of them think that pursuing "scaling" won't achieve AGI.

The hottest use of AI right now? Dora the Explorer feet mukbang; Peppa the Pig Skibidi toilet explosion; Steph Curry and LeBron James Ahegao Drakedom threesome.

fly.pieter.com was initially made in just 30 minutes with AI tools and is now generating thousands of dollars a month. The future of AI-assisted game development will not be that simple.

More students are hiding their secret weapon from parents and teachers, racking up top grades while AI chatbots do the work.

Accepting AI-written code without understanding how it works is growing in popularity.

With the release of new AI models that are better at coding, developers are increasingly using AI to generate code. One of the newest examples is the

OpenAI is betting big on ChatGPT, which is generating at least $4 billion in annualized revenue. But that’s not the only application the AI firm is hoping will make big bucks. If you saw our story last month detailing OpenAI’s financial projections, you might have noticed an intriguing reference ...

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