Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour is a potent reminder that the internet is not real life
Swift performs at Gillette Stadium on May 19, 2023, in Foxborough, Mass., during her Eras Tour. Scott Eisen/TAS23 via Getty...
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How swarming animals can help humans and AI make better decisions
Starling murmurations form as daylight fades over their roosting sites. Shutterstock / Albert BeukhofThe word swarm often carries negative connotations...
B.C. labour dispute: It’s time for an industrial inquiry commission into ports and automation
Striking International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada workers march to a rally as gantry cranes used to load and unload...
AI can help detect breast cancer. But we don’t yet know if it can improve survival rates
ShutterstockAround one in seven Australian women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their life, with 20,000 new breast cancers...
3 ways higher education can become more hopeful in the post-pandemic, post-AI era
The future of education is about more than technology. (Pexels/Emily Ranquist) We live at a time when universities and colleges...
Giving AI direct control over anything is a bad idea – here’s how it could do us real harm
NicoElNino / ShutterstockThe release of the advanced chatbot ChatGPT in 2022 got everyone talking about artificial intelligence (AI). Its sophisticated...
How you can future-proof your career in the era of AI
You may find yourself working alongside AI, not necessarily replaced by it. Andrey Popov/ShutterstockEver since the industrial revolution, people have...
Oppenheimer’s warning lives on: international laws and treaties are failing to stop a new arms race
Getty ImagesJ. Robert Oppenheimer – the great nuclear physicist, “father of the atomic bomb”, and now subject of a blockbuster...
ChatGPT isn’t the death of homework – just an opportunity for schools to do things differently
Daisy Daisy/ShutterstockChatGPT, the artificial intelligence (AI) platform launched by research company Open AI, can write an essay in response to...
A ‘black box’ AI system has been influencing criminal justice decisions for over two decades – it’s time to open it up
Shutterstock/OrlaJustice systems around the world are using artificial intelligence (AI) to assess people with criminal convictions. These AI technologies rely...
