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How to Harness AI's Potential in Research - Responsibly and Ethically

How to Harness AI's Potential in Research - Responsibly and Ethically

Artificial intelligence is propelling advances in all areas of science. But vigilance is needed, warn four researchers at the leading edge.

Cosmos Magazine's AI-Generated Articles Are Bad for Trust in Science

Cosmos Magazine's AI-Generated Articles Are Bad for Trust in Science

Rolling out an AI experiment with a lack of transparency is at best ignorant, and at worst dangerous.

University of Kansas Study Explores the Transformation of Educational System with the Advent of Artificial Intelligence

University of Kansas Study Explores the Transformation of Educational System with the Advent of Artificial Intelligence

Schools are increasingly adopting artificial intelligence (AI) tools in piecemeal fashion. AI has, however, disrupted traditional job markets, and schooling needs to adapt more radically to prepare students for the challenges of the modern age. By studying the challenges and opportunities that emerged with the advent of AI, new research suggests that schools need to change traditional practices, with an improved focus on personalized and project-based learning.

Scientists Are Falling Victim to Deepfake AI Video Scams - Here's How to Fight Back

Scientists Are Falling Victim to Deepfake AI Video Scams - Here's How to Fight Back

Cybercriminals are increasingly singling out researchers, alongside politicians and celebrities. Targeted scientists share tips on how to silence them.

Do Large Language Models Have a Legal Duty to Tell The Truth?

Do Large Language Models Have a Legal Duty to Tell The Truth?

Leading experts in regulation and ethics at the Oxford Internet Institute, have identified a new type of harm created by LLMs which they believe poses long-term risks to democratic societies and needs to be addressed by creating a new legal duty for LLM providers.

Revisiting the 'Research Parasite' Debate in the Age of AI

Revisiting the 'Research Parasite' Debate in the Age of AI

Large language models used in AI bots like ChatGTP have made an old debate about data democracy relevant again.

These AI Firms Publish the World's Most Highly Cited Work

These AI Firms Publish the World's Most Highly Cited Work

US and Chinese firms dominate the list of companies that are producing the most research and patents in artificial intelligence.

ChatGPT for Science: How to Talk to Your Data

ChatGPT for Science: How to Talk to Your Data

Companies are using artificial intelligence tools to help scientists to query their data without the need for programming skills.

Making AI More Open Could Accelerate Research and Tech Transfer

Making AI More Open Could Accelerate Research and Tech Transfer

Combining artificial Intelligence (AI) and open science can accelerate scientific discovery, redefine the boundaries of scientific research and democratise access to knowledge.

Bringing Communities In, Achieving AI for All

Bringing Communities In, Achieving AI for All

For AI tools to help solve social problems, designers and regulators should partner with struggling communities to learn what they need from this technology.

How I'm Using AI Tools to Help Universities Maximize Research Impacts

How I'm Using AI Tools to Help Universities Maximize Research Impacts

Artificial-intelligence algorithms could identify scientists who need support with translating their work into real-world applications and more. Leaders must step up.

How's This for a Bombshell - The US Must Make AI Its Next Manhattan Project

How's This for a Bombshell - The US Must Make AI Its Next Manhattan Project

A new essay on the rise of superintelligent machines pivots from being a warning to humanity to a rallying cry for an industrial complex to bolster American military defence

Scientists Might Have Found a Way to Overcome One of the Biggest Problems with AI

Scientists Might Have Found a Way to Overcome One of the Biggest Problems with AI

Scientists may have created a way to help overcome one of the biggest problems with popular artificial intelligence systems.

EU Missed Artificial Intelligence Targets Due to Horizon Europe Delay, Auditors Find

EU Missed Artificial Intelligence Targets Due to Horizon Europe Delay, Auditors Find

The European Court of Auditors (ECA) has issued a stinging report criticising the European Commission's AI strategy, finding that the EU underspent on AI by €600 million because of a delay in 2021 starting Horizon Europe.

Guidelines for the Use of AI in Science

Guidelines for the Use of AI in Science

Artificial intelligence (AI) generates texts, videos and images that can hardly be distinguished from those of humans. Scientists are also increasingly being assisted by AI. Now, an international working group has developed principles for using AI in research to ensure trust in science.

Will AI Accelerate or Delay the Race to Net-zero Emissions?

Will AI Accelerate or Delay the Race to Net-zero Emissions?

As artificial intelligence transforms the global economy, researchers need to explore scenarios to assess how it can help, rather than harm, the climate.

"AI Is a Tool, and Its Values Are Human Values."

"AI Is a Tool, and Its Values Are Human Values."

Deep learning and artificial intelligence pioneer Fei-Fei Li shares her thoughts on how to keep AI centered on human well-being.

Report Highlights Strategies to Accelerate AI in Research

Report Highlights Strategies to Accelerate AI in Research

There is ample policy and strategic action around generative AI and research but scant exchange of knowledge between the world's countries.

AI Has a Place in Research, but Not in Evaluation of Horizon Europe Proposals, Commission Says

AI Has a Place in Research, but Not in Evaluation of Horizon Europe Proposals, Commission Says

The European Commission wants to encourage researchers to use generative AI, but also warns of risks to the scientific process saying,  "These tools could harm research integrity and raise questions about the ability of current models to combat deceptive scientific practices and misinformation."

Nobel Prize Scientists on AI, Democracy and Critical Thinking

Nobel Prize Scientists on AI, Democracy and Critical Thinking

Nobel prize-winning scientists and a world-leading AI researcher highlighted the dazzling potential of AI to support research, the contributions of science to democracy and the importance of critical thinking in the age of AI, at a Nobel Prize Dialogue held in Brussels this week.

Top AI researchers say OpenAI, Meta and more hinder independent evaluations

Top AI researchers say OpenAI, Meta and more hinder independent evaluations

Tech company policies have put a chill on independent AI research, says open letter.

UK Offers EU Cooperation on Artificial Intelligence Policy and Copyright

UK Offers EU Cooperation on Artificial Intelligence Policy and Copyright

The UK's artificial intelligence minister has offered to work with the EU on regulation, and said that London would likely take an approach to copyright in AI that was "reasonably close" to Brussels.

What the EU's Tough AI Law Means for Research and ChatGPT

What the EU's Tough AI Law Means for Research and ChatGPT

The EU AI Act is the world's first major legislation on artificial intelligence and strictly regulates general-purpose models.

The EU Just Passed Sweeping New Rules to Regulate AI

The EU Just Passed Sweeping New Rules to Regulate AI

The European Union agreed on terms of the AI Act, a major new set of rules that will govern the building and use of AI and have major implications for Google, OpenAI, and others racing to develop AI systems.

Hallucinate, AI, Authenticity: Dictionaries' Words of the Year Make Our Biggest Fears Clear

Hallucinate, AI, Authenticity: Dictionaries' Words of the Year Make Our Biggest Fears Clear

In a world of chatbots and influencers, Merriam-Webster, Cambridge and Collins are in rare agreement.