Tag: AI

House Oversight Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Advances in AI

The U.S. House Oversight and Accountability Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation subcommittee holds a hearing at 2:00 p.m. ET on March 8 on “Advances in AI: Are We Ready For a Tech Revolution?” MIT Center for Deployable Machine Learning Director Dr. Aleksander Madry, Special Competitive Studies Project Chair Dr. Eric Schmidt, and IBM Quantum…


The Question of College

Commentary Student debt debates have among other things enlivened conversation about the nation’s long-standing emphasis on college. With so many graduates unable to repay the cost of their education, questions naturally have arisen about whether college effectively serves the economy’s skills needs and, accordingly, whether many now in college might do better with some other…


Capitol Report: DOJ: No Immunity for Trump Over J6 Events; Biden Exercises Veto Power for First Time as President

The Department of Justice says former President Donald Trump will not have absolute immunity from civil lawsuits in connection to the Jan. 6 Capitol breach. The Senate passed a bill to declassify intelligence on the origin of COVID-19. What are lawmakers saying, and how is the White House responding? A House Republican says some countries use…


Smartphones, AI Changing Modern Warfare Model: Analysis

News Analysis Modern warfare is shifting dramatically with the universal use of smartphones and the internet, and the application of artificial intelligence (AI) to weaponry. From the use of social media for documentation and propaganda purposes, to the rapid development of drones and AI, the world is grappling with the practical and ethical implications of…


Ground Breaking Study on AI Reveals Worlds Response to New Tech

Fear and worry are the dominant emotions of Australians towards artificial intelligence (AI) despite the technology’s increasing popularity and capability, a study by the University of Queensland has revealed. Published on Feb. 22, the study is the first deep-dive global examination of the public’s attitudes towards AI use. It surveyed more than 17,000 people from…


Scientists Work to Teach Robots How to Have More Heart

Computer scientists in Indiana are training robots to comprehend human emotions, nonverbal cues, tone of voice, subconscious movements and gestures, and eye movements in pursuit of teaching them to become more heart-smart, not just head-smart. Aniket Bera, an Assoc. Prof. of computer science at Purdue University’s College of Science and an expert in emotional computing—the…


‘Do Anything Now’ Frees ChatGPT From Political Straitjacket—but Accuracy Is a Concern

Conservatives, libertarians, and others worry that the new ChatGPT AI chatbot is designed to make people conform to elite liberal opinion–yet creative Internet users have already learned how to trick the system into shedding that bias, though sometimes at the expense of the truth. ‘Do Anything Now,’ or DAN, is an approach for jailbreaking ChatGPT….


ChatGPT’s Alter-Ego ‘Do Anything Now’ Frees AI From Restrictions—but Accuracy Is a Concern

News Analysis Conservatives, libertarians, and others worry that the new ChatGPT AI chatbot is designed to make people conform to elite liberal opinion–yet creative Internet users have already learned how to trick the system into shedding that bias, though sometimes at the expense of the truth. ‘Do Anything Now,’ or DAN, is an approach for…


AI Deepfake ‘News Anchors’ Used in Pro-China Videos on Social Media: Report

Artificial intelligence-generated deepfake news anchors are being used by Chinese state-aligned actors to promote pro-China propaganda videos on social media, according to a new report published on Feb. 7. The detailed report (pdf) by U.S.-based research firm Graphika marks the first time it has observed “state-aligned influence operation actors using video footage of AI-generated fictitious people in their operations.”…


The Future of Tech: Part 2

Commentary Part I discussed tech opportunities in areas like 5-G, cloud computing, healthcare, and finance, especially in insurance. This article examines opportunities for tech in meeting two huge issues facing the world’s economies. One is the growing number of older retirees in populations, and the other is the ever-present anxiety over climate change. Whether all the…