https://techxplore.com/machine-learning-ai-news/ en-us The latest news on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has launched an investigation into ChatGPT creator OpenAI and whether the artificial intelligence company violated consumer protection laws by scraping public data and publishing false information through its chatbot. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-ftc-chatgpt-creator-openai-consumer.html Machine learning & AI Fri, 14 Jul 2023 02:12:48 EDT news608519559 A research team from Skoltech introduced a model to facilitate the planning stage of oil well development. It will help obtain important data about a well—for example, the model can compare a prospective well with those already functioning in the proximity to predict its oil-producing properties and improve well drilling. The study came out in IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-deep-oil.html Energy & Green Tech Thu, 13 Jul 2023 17:03:46 EDT news608486624 Scam calls using AI to mimic voices of people you might know are being used to exploit unsuspecting members of the public. These calls use what's known as generative AI, which refers to systems capable of creating text, images or any other media such as video, based on prompts from a user. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-ai-scam-imitating-familiar-voices.html Security Thu, 13 Jul 2023 15:30:02 EDT news608473628 Artificial intelligence (AI) is all the rage lately in the public eye. How AI is being incorporated to the advantage of our everyday life despite its rapid development, however, remains an elusive topic that deserves the attention of many scientists. While in theory, AI can replace, or even displace, human beings from their positions, the challenge remains on how different industries and institutions can take advantage of this technological advancement and not drown in it. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-displacement-complement-reveal-mixed-bag-responses.html Hi Tech & Innovation Thu, 13 Jul 2023 14:17:00 EDT news608476613 For years, the financial press has helped inform investors of all stripes. Cornell researchers have discovered it can also inform the algorithm behind a new financial predicting model. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-scientists-stock-ai-online-news.html Business Thu, 13 Jul 2023 14:14:46 EDT news608476481 As increasingly capable artificial intelligence (AI) systems become widespread, the question of the risks they may pose has taken on new urgency. Governments, researchers and developers have highlighted AI safety. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-ai-alignment-silicon-valley-favorite.html Security Thu, 13 Jul 2023 14:10:01 EDT news608474205 ChatGPT-maker OpenAI and The Associated Press said Thursday that they've made a deal for the artificial intelligence company to license AP's archive of news stories. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-chatgpt-maker-openai-ap-news-stories.html Internet Thu, 13 Jul 2023 14:05:06 EDT news608475903 The same AI technology used to mimic human art can now synthesize artificial scientific data, advancing efforts toward fully automated data analysis. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-generative-ai-scientists-artificial-automated.html Machine learning & AI Thu, 13 Jul 2023 13:51:54 EDT news608475109 Science fiction's visions of the future include many versions of artificial intelligence (AI), but relatively few examples where software replaces human judges. For once, the real world seems to be changing in ways that are not predicted in stories. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-ai-robot-courtrooms-bad-idea.html Machine learning & AI Thu, 13 Jul 2023 13:50:01 EDT news608474186 Artificial intelligence threatens to dramatically change the work we do and how our workplaces operate. Macquarie University researchers examine some vital ethical questions raised by this new technology. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-ethical-side-ai-impacts-meaningful.html Business Thu, 13 Jul 2023 13:48:04 EDT news608474879 Since the AI chatbot ChatGPT was released in 2020, we've been hearing about the threat posed by artificial intelligence. A statement signed by academic experts and tech industry figures even branded AI an "extinction risk." https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-ai-eventually-extinction-threat-poses.html Computer Sciences Thu, 13 Jul 2023 13:36:23 EDT news608474176 In a new study, deepfake video clips of movie remakes that don't actually exist prompted participants to falsely remember the films—but simple text descriptions of the fake movies prompted similar false memory rates. Gillian Murphy of University College Cork, Ireland, and Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software, and colleagues presented these findings in the open-access journal PLOS ONE. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-deepfake-videos-prompt-false-memories.html Consumer & Gadgets Thu, 13 Jul 2023 12:52:03 EDT news608471521 How does the human brain navigate complex circumstances—say, driving through Harvard Square traffic at 5 p.m.? https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-algorithms-ai-human-like-scientists-fmri.html Computer Sciences Thu, 13 Jul 2023 10:42:01 EDT news608463716 Many scholars, analysts, and other observers have suggested that resistance to innovation is an Achilles' heel of authoritarian regimes. Such governments can fail to keep up with technological changes that help their opponents; they may also, by stifling rights, inhibit innovative economic activity and weaken the long-term condition of the country. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-ai-tocracy-emerges.html Security Thu, 13 Jul 2023 10:36:58 EDT news608463410 Until recently, 3D surface reconstruction has been a relatively slow, painstaking process involving significant trial and error and manual input. But what if you could take a video of an object or scene with your smartphone and turn it into an accurate, detailed model, the way a master sculptor creates masterpieces from marble or clay? Its creators claim that the aptly named Neuralangelo does just that through the power of neural networks—and with submillimeter accuracy. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-neuralangelo-unleashing-digital-michelangelo-smartphone.html Computer Sciences Thu, 13 Jul 2023 10:35:29 EDT news608463322 Filmmakers may soon be able to stabilize shaky video, change viewpoints and create freeze-frame, zoom and slow-motion effects—without shooting any new footage—thanks to an algorithm developed by researchers at Cornell University and Google Research. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-software-views-video.html Software Thu, 13 Jul 2023 10:34:03 EDT news608463241 Google launched its AI chatbot Bard in the European Union and several more nations on Thursday, entering a key market in its race against Microsoft-backed ChatGPT after a delay over data privacy concerns. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-google-chatgpt-rival-bard-eu.html Internet Thu, 13 Jul 2023 10:16:48 EDT news608462203 Google's artificial intelligence-powered medical chatbot has achieved a passing grade on a tough US medical licensing exam, but it's answers still fall short of those from human doctors, a peer-reviewed study said on Wednesday. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-google-ai-health-chatbot-medical.html Machine learning & AI Thu, 13 Jul 2023 03:48:48 EDT news608438919 Elon Musk on Wednesday launched his own artificial intelligence company, xAI, as he seeks to compete with OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT—a program he accuses of being politically biased and irresponsible. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-musk-xai-rival-openai-google.html Business Thu, 13 Jul 2023 03:46:27 EDT news608438780 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign researchers have developed a novel method for underwater geolocalization using deep neural networks that have been trained on 10 million polarization-sensitive images collected from locations around the world. This new study, led by electrical and computer engineering professor Viktor Gruev, along with computer science professor David Forsyth, enables underwater geolocalization using only optical data while providing a tool for tethered-free underwater navigation. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-future-underwater-geolocalization-polarization-patterns.html Engineering Mon, 10 Jul 2023 16:16:15 EDT news608224570 Humans make lots of irrational decisions in predictable ways, but what if we're all just doing our best within the limits of our abilities? https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-game-playing-automaton-irrational-human.html Computer Sciences Mon, 10 Jul 2023 15:57:18 EDT news608223426 In a paper published in Machine Intelligence Research, a team of researchers study whether 3D synthetic data can replace real-world videos for association training. Specifically, they introduce a large-scale synthetic data engine named MOTX, where the motion characteristics of cameras and objects are manually configured to be similar to those of real-world datasets. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-synthetic-effective-association-knowledge.html Machine learning & AI Mon, 10 Jul 2023 15:39:04 EDT news608222341 US comedian Sarah Silverman and two other authors have sued Open AI over copyright infringement in the latest pushback by creatives since the company's release of ChatGPT took the world by storm. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-chatgpt-court-ai-copyright.html Machine learning & AI Mon, 10 Jul 2023 15:24:59 EDT news608221497 With great power comes great responsibility. In terms of the internet, power is found in the multitude of information available to users everywhere—but who is responsible for making sure the information out there is good and true? https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-internet-dark-side-machines.html Internet Mon, 10 Jul 2023 15:22:28 EDT news608221342 The world witnessed a monumental face-off between human intelligence and artificial intelligence in March 2016. The computer program AlphaGo honed its skills from a substantial database and emerged victorious against a human opponent in Go, a game renowned for its complexity in calculating countless possible moves. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-advancing-optimal-sampling-zenith-analysis.html Computer Sciences Mon, 10 Jul 2023 14:41:03 EDT news608218861 ChatGPT, the revolutionary new AI chatbot, reflects American norms and values—even when queried about other countries and cultures. The mismatch has been demonstrated in research from the University of Copenhagen. The AI spun web of cultural bias is a major problem according to the study's researchers. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-chatgpt-american-norms-values-reveals.html Machine learning & AI Mon, 10 Jul 2023 14:08:03 EDT news608216881 In an opinion paper published July 10 in the journal Patterns, researchers show that computer programs commonly used to determine if a text was written by artificial intelligence tend to falsely label articles written by non-native language speakers as AI-generated. The researchers caution against the use of such AI text detectors for their unreliability, which could have negative impacts on individuals including students and those applying for jobs. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-gpt-detectors-biased-non-native-english.html Machine learning & AI Mon, 10 Jul 2023 12:28:27 EDT news608210904 Designing reliable aircraft can be both challenging and time-consuming, as it often entails several steps and analyses. Deep learning models could potentially help to speed up aircraft design and deployment, helping developers to identify the most promising solutions or potential flaws with a specific aircraft. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-large-dataset-machine-aerial-vehicle.html Automotive Mon, 10 Jul 2023 12:24:05 EDT news608210640 Setting its sights on evolving graphics processing units in a growing universe of generative AI, Intel announced the release of several papers outlining efforts it is pursuing in what observers say is a multibillion-dollar opportunity in coming years for the semiconductor chip giant. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-intel-high-rendering-graphics-low-power-gpus.html Computer Sciences Mon, 10 Jul 2023 10:30:01 EDT news608203501 A United Nations technology agency assembled a group of robots that physically resembled humans at a news conference Friday, inviting reporters to ask them questions in an event meant to spark discussion about the future of artificial intelligence. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-tech-agency-human-looking-robots-geneva.html Robotics Sat, 08 Jul 2023 06:42:37 EDT news608017351