• Skywalker Takes to the Sky—and the Ground

    Skywalker Takes to the Sky—and the Ground
    This article is part of our exclusive IEEE Journal Watch series in partnership with IEEE Xplore.A new air-ground vehicle, appropriately named Skywalker, is able to seamlessly transition between ground and air modes, outperforming competing air-ground vehicles in several key performance measures. Skywalker was put to the test in a series of experiments, which were described in a study published 14 March in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. Airborne vehicles are undeniably convenient, offering
  • Robot recruiters: can bias be banished from AI hiring?

    Robot recruiters: can bias be banished from AI hiring?
    A third of Australian companies rely on artificial intelligence to help them hire the right person. But studies show it’s not always a benign intermediary Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastMichael Scott, the protagonist from the US version of The Office, is using an AI recruiter to hire a receptionist.Guardian Australia applies. Continue reading...
  • AI expert Meredith Broussard: ‘Racism, sexism and ableism are systemic problems’

    AI expert Meredith Broussard: ‘Racism, sexism and ableism are systemic problems’
    The journalist and academic says that the bias encoded in artificial intelligence systems can’t be fixed with better data alone – the change has to be societalMeredith Broussard is a data journalist and academic whose research focuses on bias in artificial intelligence (AI). She has been in the vanguard of raising awareness and sounding the alarm about unchecked AI. Her previous book, Artificial Unintelligence (2018), coined the term “technochauvinism” to describe the bli
  • The professor trying to protect our private thoughts from technology

    The professor trying to protect our private thoughts from technology
    Prof Nita Farahany argues in her new book, The Battle for Your Brain, that intrusions into the mind are so close that lawmakers should enact protectionsPrivate thoughts may not be private for much longer, heralding a nightmarish world where political views, thoughts, stray obsessions and feelings could be interrogated and punished all thanks to advances in neurotechnology.Or at least that is what one of the world’s leading brain scientists believes. Continue reading...
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  • Could a chatbot write my restaurant reviews? | Jay Rayner

    Could a chatbot write my restaurant reviews? | Jay Rayner
    Artificial intelligence’s ChatGPT is becoming more sophisticated and polished than ever. In seconds, it will knock out essays, lyrics, poems, almost anything… But could it beat Jay Rayner at his own game?One afternoon an email arrives that threatens to end my career. Or at the very least, it makes me think seriously about what the end of my career might look like. It comes from a woman in Ely called Camden Woollven who has an interest in my restaurant reviews, a taste for the absurd
  • Could a chatbot write my restaurant reviews?

    Could a chatbot write my restaurant reviews?
    Artificial intelligence’s ChatGPT is becoming more sophisticated and polished than ever. In seconds, it will knock out essays, lyrics, poems, almost anything… But could it beat Jay Rayner at his own game?One afternoon an email arrives that threatens to end my career. Or at the very least, it makes me think seriously about what the end of my career might look like. It comes from a woman in Ely called Camden Woollven who has an interest in my restaurant reviews, a taste for the absurd