AI bias: the organised struggle against automated discrimination
varuna/ShutterstockIn public administrations across Europe, artificial intelligence (AI) and automated decision making (ADM) systems are already being used extensively. These...
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In 2024, we’ll truly find out how robust our democracies are to online disinformation campaigns
I'm Friday / ShutterstockDisinformation, sharing false information to deceive and mislead others, can take many forms. From edited “deepfake” videos...
AI could transform ethics committees
Freedomz / ShutterstockThe role of an ethics committee is to give advice on what should be done in often contentious...
We’ve been here before: AI promised humanlike machines – in 1958
Frank Rosenblatt with the Mark I Perceptron, the first artificial neural network computer, unveiled in 1958. National Museum of the...
Algorithms are pushing AI-generated falsehoods at an alarming rate. How do we stop this?
Tero Vesalainen/ShutterstockGenerative artificial intelligence (AI) tools are supercharging the problem of misinformation, disinformation and fake news. OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini,...
Mounting research shows that COVID-19 leaves its mark on the brain, including with significant drops in IQ scores
Research shows that even mild COVID-19 can lead to the equivalent of seven years of brain aging. Victor Habbick Visions/Science...
Where does lightning strike? New maps pinpoint 36.8 million yearly ground strike points in unprecedented detail
Lightning strikes near St. George, Utah. jerbarber/iStock/Getty Images PlusIt’s been a warm day, maybe even a little humid, and the...
The ghosts of the past: Pop music is haunted by our anxieties about the future
Wax figures of the Beatles in Madame Tussauds Berlin represent the pop stars in their youth — the two surviving...
What happens when we outsource boring but important work to AI? Research shows we forget how to do it ourselves
ShutterstockIn 2009, an Air France jet crashed into the ocean, leaving no survivors. The plane’s autopilot system shut down and...
So, you’ve been scammed by a deepfake. What can you do?
Tero Vesalainen/ShutterstockEarlier this month, a Hong Kong company lost HK$200 million (A$40 million) in a deepfake scam. An employee transferred...
