Can generative AI help build a global hive mind?
Collective Superintelligence will use emerging generative AI technologies to connect large human groups into real-time deliberative systems.Read More
Starliner Faces an Indefinite Wait in Space While NASA Investigates Its Faults
The space agency has pushed back the spacecraft’s return to an unspecified date in July, to give it more time to look into the problems that beset the vehicle on its journey into orbit.
Why Lam Research funds startups to disrupt the semiconductor industry | Audrey Charles interview
Lam Research recently held its Lam Capital Venture Competition contest at its headquarters in Fremont, California. I attended the event to get a flavor for the startups in the semiconductor and semiconductor manufacturing equipment space. It turned out there was a vibrant atmosphere at the event, which was sponsored by Lam Capital. The first time …
ChatGPT is biased against resumes with credentials that imply a disability—but it can improve
While seeking research internships last year, University of Washington graduate student Kate Glazko noticed recruiters posting online that they’d used OpenAI’s ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence tools to summarize resumes and rank candidates. Automated screening has been commonplace in hiring for decades. Yet Glazko, a doctoral student in the UW’s Paul G. Allen School of …
The Studio Executive Who Wants Hollywood to Get Real About Bad Storytelling
As the entertainment industry rebounds, Kamala Avila-Salmon, head of inclusive content at Lionsgate, wants to make sure it comes back healthier than before.
Prying open the AI black box
Meet SQUID, a new computational tool. Compared with other genomic AI models, SQUID is more consistent, reduces background noise, and can yield better predictions regarding critical mutations. The new system aims to bring scientists closer to their findings’ true medical implications.
Stand-up comedians test ability of LLMs to write jokes
A small team of AI researchers at Google’s DeepMind project has found that LLMs are not very good at writing jokes that are funny. They asked stand-up comedians to use LLMs to write a stand-up routine for them and posted their findings on the arXiv preprint server.
New medical LLM, PathChat 2, can talk to pathologists about tumors, offer diagnoses
PathChat serves as a consultant, of sorts, for human pathologists to help identify, assess and diagnose tumors and other serious conditions. Read More
US Bans Kaspersky Software
Using a Trump-era authority, the US Commerce Department has banned the sale of Kaspersky’s antivirus tools to new customers in the US, citing alleged threats to national security.
Research into ‘hallucinating’ generative models advances reliability of artificial intelligence
Researchers from the University of Oxford have made a significant advance toward ensuring that information produced by generative artificial intelligence (AI) is robust and reliable.