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.
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Is ChatGPT Corrupting Peer Review? Telltale Words Hint at AI Use
A study of review reports identifies dozens of adjectives that could indicate text written with the help of chatbots.
"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
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-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
Tech company policies have put a chill on independent AI research, says open letter.
The Growing Environmental Footprint Of Generative AI
AI runs on power-hungry equipment that uses millions of gallons of fresh water. Policymakers are weighing the costs.
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.
Commission Gears Up to Confront the Risks Generative Artificial Intelligence Poses to Science
AI Tools As Science Policy Advisers? The Potential and the Pitfalls
Large language models and other artificial-intelligence systems could be excellent at synthesizing scientific evidence for policymakers - but only with appropriate safeguards and humans in the loop.
Scientists Are Trying to Teach AI How to Smell
A team from the US taught a neural network how to map and describe popular smells, with the hopes of digitizing them someday.
Quantum Information Science is Rarely Taught in High School - Here's Why That Matters
Quantum Information Science is Rarely Taught in High School - Here's Why That Matters
A former physics teacher says America could lose its technological edge if it doesn't do a better job of teaching quantum information science - starting in high school.
Viewpoint: Will AI Help Big Tech Dominate Science?
Only a very few global actors like Microsoft, Google and Apple may end up dominating the AI market, due to their scale and market power. How this will shape the future of science, the source of AI's power, has only begun to be discussed.
Riding the Whirlwind: BMJ's Policy on Artificial Intelligence in Scientific Publishing
Riding the Whirlwind: BMJ's Policy on Artificial Intelligence in Scientific Publishing
BMJ will consider content created with artificial intelligence only if the use is clearly described and reasonable
Artificial intelligence (AI) can rival human knowledge, accuracy, speed, and choices when carrying out tasks. The latest generative AI tools are trained on large quantities of data and use machine learning techniques such as logical reasoning, knowledge representation, planning, and natural language processing. They can produce text, code, and other media such as graphics, images, audio, or video. Large language models (LLMs), which are a form of AI, are able to search, extract, generate, summarise, translate, and rewrite text or code rapidly. They can answer complex questions (called prompts) at search engine speeds that the human mind cannot match.
AI is transforming our world, and we are not yet fully able to comprehend or harness its power. It is a whirlwind sweeping up all before it. Availability of LLMs such as ChatGPT, and growing awareness of their capabilities, is challenging many industries, including academic publishing. The potential benefits for content creation are clear, such as the …
Commission's Research Directorate to Develop a New Artificial Intelligence in Science Policy
Commission's Research Directorate to Develop a New Artificial Intelligence in Science Policy
The European Commission is to add a new unit with a brief to set down guidelines for the use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) in science, according to a leak on the upcoming restructuring of the research and innovation directorate general, DG RTD.
If AI Becomes Conscious: Here's How Researchers Will Know
Many researchers say that AI systems aren’t yet at the point of consciousness, but that the pace of AI evolution has got them pondering: how would we know if they were? A checklist derived from six neuroscience-based theories could aid in the assessment.
Deepfakes and Scientific Knowledge Dissemination
Deepfakes and Scientific Knowledge Dissemination
Science misinformation have significant public policy repercussions. Artificial intelligence-based methods of altering videos and photos (deepfakes) lower the barriers to the mass creation and dissemination of realistic, manipulated digital content.
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