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As the Use of AI Spreads, Congress Looks to Rein It In
There’s bipartisan agreement in Washington that the US government should do more to support development of artificial intelligence technology. The…
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GitHub’s Commercial AI Tool Was Built From Open Source Code
“I’m generally happy to see expansions of free use, but I’m a little bitter when they end up benefiting massive…
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Need to Fit Billions of Transistors on a Chip? Let AI Do It
Artificial intelligence is now helping to design computer chips—including the very ones needed to run the most powerful AI code.…
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The Pentagon Scrubs a Cloud Deal and Looks to Add More AI
Late in 2019, the Pentagon chose Microsoft for a $10 billion contract called JEDI that aimed to use the cloud…
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This AI Helps Police Monitor Social Media. Does It Go Too Far?
Since 2016, civil liberties groups have raised alarms about online surveillance of social media chatter by city officials and police…
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A Global Smart-City Competition Highlights China’s Rise in AI
Four years ago, organizers created the international AI City Challenge to spur the development of artificial intelligence for real-world scenarios…
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Alondra Nelson Wants to Make Science and Tech More Just
The pandemic taught us a lesson that we needed to learn again, says Alondra Nelson: Science and technology have everything…
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Google Launches a New Medical App—Outside the US
Billions of times each year, people turn to Google’s web search box for help figuring out what’s wrong with their…
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This Agency Wants to Figure Out Exactly How Much You Trust AI
Harvard University assistant professor Himabindu Lakkaraju studies the role trust plays in human decisionmaking in professional settings. She’s working with…
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An Algorithm That Predicts Deadly Infections Is Often Flawed
A complication of infection known as sepsis is the number one killer in US hospitals. So it’s not surprising that…
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