‘Intersectional hallucinations’: why AI struggles to understand that a six-year-old can’t be a doctor or claim a pension
Freeman Studio / ShutterstockWhen you go to the hospital and get a blood test, the results are put in a...
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Verifying facts in the age of AI – librarians offer 5 strategies
The internet is awash in fake news articles and misinformation. franz12/iStock via Getty Images PlusThe phenomenal growth in artificial intelligence...
Data centres are guzzling up too much electricity. Can we make them more efficient?
Maximumm/ShutterstockOur insatiable demand for digital content and services has been driving a rise in energy-hungry data centres. The International Energy...
How AI bots spread misinformation online and undermine democratic politics
In our increasingly digitized world, how do we know whether the accounts we interact with online are other humans or...
AI tutors could be coming to the classroom – but who taught the tutor, and should you trust them?
The government recently announced ambitions to expand the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in New Zealand’s classrooms. But as the...
When it comes to political advertising, is AI ever OK?
The Conversation, Tiktok,Dan Breckwoldt/ShutterstockThe Liberal National Party Queensland (LNP) has recently taken a bold step in its political strategy by...
Social robot or digital avatar, users interact with this AI technology as if it’s real
Humans are interacting more than ever with artificial intelligence (AI) – from the development of the first “social robots” (a...
An academic publisher has struck an AI data deal with Microsoft – without their authors’ knowledge
Chuttersnap / UnsplashIn May, a multibillion-dollar UK-based multinational called Informa announced in a trading update that it had signed a...
AI-powered weather and climate models are set to change the future of forecasting
Humidity forecasts over North America and the northeast Pacific Ocean. Kochov et al. / Nature A new system for forecasting...
Why does the Olympics have an ‘AI agenda’ and what does it mean for the future of sport?
Dotshock / ShutterstockThe 2024 Summer Olympics, kicking off in Paris on July 26, will be novel for more than just...
