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Artificial intelligence (AI) is a label that can cover a huge range of activities related to machines undertaking tasks with or without human intervention. Our understanding of AI technologies is largely shaped by where we encounter them, from facial recognition tools and chatbots to photo editing software and self-driving cars. If you think of AI, ...
U.S. President Joe Biden released a wide-ranging and ambitious executive order on artificial intelligence (AI) — catapulting the U.S. to the front of conversations about regulating this technology. In doing so, the U.S. is leapfrogging over other states in the race to rule over this technology. Europe previously led the way with its AI Act, ...
When faced with a choice of either crashing into a young person or a group of adults, what will a self-autonomous vehicle choose? And who is ultimately responsible for this choice — the driver or the car manufacturer? Who provides the ethical framework on which to base decisions for the self-driving car? On what basis ...
In the near future, when you apply for a job or join a new team at work, a machine using artificial intelligence, rather than a human, may assess your personality traits to see if you are suitable. Realizing that people could manipulate conventional personality tests, a team of computing and psychology researchers from Macquarie, CSIRO, ...
Google was forced to shut down its artificial intelligence (AI) ethics board just a few days after its formation. Some of its employees and activist groups had complained that one of the panel’s members was too conservative. The controversy The Advanced Technology External Advisory Council (ATEAC) formed by Google was initially comprised of eight experts ...
In a move that validates the wisdom and ingenuity of ancient civilizations, a group of researchers from the Institute of Logic and Computation at TU Wien, Austria, is using Indian religious texts, written in Sanskrit, to teach ethics to AI. The texts, called the Vedas, are believed to have been written down about 4,000 years ago. ...