Tech & Society
Clues to the Secret Identity of Q: AI researchers claim to unmask Q.
Machine learning algorithms may have unmasked the authors behind a sprawling conspiracy theory that has had a wide-ranging impact on U.S. politics.
Tech & Society
Scam Definitely: AI tools to block spam phone calls.
Robocalls slip through smartphone spam filters, but a new generation of deep learning tools promises to tighten the net. Research proposed fresh approaches to thwarting robocalls. Such innovations soon could be deployed in apps.
Tech & Society
Scam Definitely: AI tools to block spam phone calls.
Robocalls slip through smartphone spam filters, but a new generation of deep learning tools promises to tighten the net. Research proposed fresh approaches to thwarting robocalls. Such innovations soon could be deployed in apps.
Tech & Society
Does AI Have a Role in Warfare?
Russian troops have invaded Ukraine, and the terrifying prospect of a war in Europe weighs on my mind. My heart goes out to all the civilians affected, and I hope we won’t see the loss of life, liberty, or property that many...
Tech & Society
Does AI Have a Role in Warfare?
Russian troops have invaded Ukraine, and the terrifying prospect of a war in Europe weighs on my mind. My heart goes out to all the civilians affected, and I hope we won’t see the loss of life, liberty, or property that many...
Tech & Society
Robots Don’t Want Human Jobs: Countries with high automation have more jobs.
Research challenges long-held assumptions about how automation will affect employment. Studies in various countries found that automation is associated with more jobs, fewer working hours , and higher productivity.
Tech & Society
Robots Don’t Want Human Jobs: Countries with high automation have more jobs.
Research challenges long-held assumptions about how automation will affect employment. Studies in various countries found that automation is associated with more jobs, fewer working hours , and higher productivity.
Tech & Society
No Hardhat Required: How AI powered robots are navigating warehouses.
Workers can operate a forklift in their pajamas and never leave their bedrooms, thanks to a new generation of AI-assisted robots. Companies are pairing semi-autonomous vehicles with remote human operators to execute tasks that the vehicles can’t handle on their own.
Tech & Society
No Hardhat Required: How AI powered robots are navigating warehouses.
Workers can operate a forklift in their pajamas and never leave their bedrooms, thanks to a new generation of AI-assisted robots. Companies are pairing semi-autonomous vehicles with remote human operators to execute tasks that the vehicles can’t handle on their own.
Tech & Society
A Kinder, Gentler Language Model: Inside Instruct GPT-3, OpenAI's GPT-3 successor.
OpenAI unveiled a more reliable successor to its GPT-3 natural language model. InstructGPT is a version of GPT-3 fine-tuned to minimize harmful, untruthful, and biased output. It's available via an application programming interface.
Tech & Society
A Kinder, Gentler Language Model: Inside Instruct GPT-3, OpenAI's GPT-3 successor.
OpenAI unveiled a more reliable successor to its GPT-3 natural language model. InstructGPT is a version of GPT-3 fine-tuned to minimize harmful, untruthful, and biased output. It's available via an application programming interface.
Tech & Society
Standards for Hiring Algorithms: Met, Walmart, and more agree to hiring algorithm standards.
Some of the world’s largest corporations will use standardized criteria to evaluate AI systems that influence hiring and other personnel decisions.
Tech & Society
Standards for Hiring Algorithms: Met, Walmart, and more agree to hiring algorithm standards.
Some of the world’s largest corporations will use standardized criteria to evaluate AI systems that influence hiring and other personnel decisions.
Tech & Society
How to Overcome Societal Obstacles: How to break into AI from a disadvantaged background.
The top artificial intelligence companies include many people who earned degrees at elite educational institutions and started their employment with prior work experience. Yet the world is full of people from nontraditional backgrounds.
Tech & Society
How to Keep Up in a Changing Field: How to keep up with a fast-changing industry.
Machine learning changes fast. Take natural language processing. Word2vec, introduced in 2013, quickly replaced one-hot encoding with word embeddings. Transformers revolutionized the field in 2017 by parallelizing the previously sequential training process.
Subscribe to The Batch
Stay updated with weekly AI News and Insights delivered to your inbox