AI will let us read ‘lost’ ancient works in the library at Herculaneum for the first time
On 19 October 1752, a discovery was made 20 metres underneath the town of Resina, near Naples in Italy. Peasants...
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Drowning in ‘digital debt’? AI assistants can help – but we must use them carefully
Stokkete/UnsplashIn recent days, the “right to disconnect” has entered Australia’s legislative agenda. It refers to employees’ rights to refuse unreasonable...
From Coke cans to shoes to menus: what’s behind the rise in personalised products?
Customised shoes, personalised drinks and specialised menu offerings. In a world where carbon copies of products are everywhere, retailers have...
To protect user privacy online, governments need to reconsider their use of opt-in policies
Almost every website — both for-profit and not-for-profit — commodifies user data. (Shutterstock)Internet users — almost all of us —...
The rise of robo-retail: Who gets left behind when retail is automated?
Canada’s first robotic cafe, RC Coffee, opened in Toronto in October 2020. The flagship location of the coffee chain revived...
AI tools produce dazzling results – but do they really have ‘intelligence’?
Sam Altman, chief executive of ChatGPT-maker OpenAI, is reportedly trying to find up to US$7 trillion of investment to manufacture...
Our robot harvests cotton by reaching out and plucking it, like a lizard’s tongue snatching flies
Cotton in bloom in Oklahoma. John Elk/the image Bank via Getty ImagesCotton is one of the most valuable crops grown...
Artificial intelligence needs to be trained on culturally diverse datasets to avoid bias
There is a growing need to address diversity in the datasets used to train artificial intelligence. (Shutterstock)Large language models (LLMs)...
Four ways AI could help us respond to climate change – despite how much energy it uses
Metamorworks/ShutterstockAdvanced AI systems are coming under increasing critcism for how much energy they use. But it’s important to remember that...
Which day of the week gets the most people to vote? We analysed thousands of international elections to find out
In the aftermath of elections, one of the issues usually discussed in the media is the amount of people who...
