The world economy’s resilience is deceptive and has become so dependent on AI that a sharp downturn in the technology’s boom would endanger global markets’ stability, Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, chief economist for the International Monetary Fund (IMF), said at the World Economic Forum on 19 January.
A new study is showing that though AI is being used more to produce creative content, AI’s creativity, especially when given free reign, leaves a lot to be desired.
Duke University’s new AI can penetrate chaotic or complex systems that have thousands of variables to distill simple, easily understood rules and compact equations that show how the systems work.
Meta Platforms has signed contracts to buy four gigawatts (GW) of nuclear power from two research companies that have not yet received approval from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to build a reactor.
This year, AI will erase jobs at a growing pace but not improve companies’ efficiency, productivity, or profitability until later, economists expect.
Logical Intelligence, a Silicon Valley venture created last August, is claiming its new “energy-based” approach to AI design and training is more accurate than the best-known large language models (LLMs) while also using less power.
Will politicians and those in jurisprudence act rationally to compensate and protect people from ongoing rampant exploitation by the AI industry?
Many spectacular visuals of the early 2000s Lord Of The Rings movie trilogy were only made possible via digital character and other computer-generated effects developed specifically for that ambitious undertaking.
Choosing whether or not to bring children to term based on their genetic attributes is set to go mainstream in 2026.
After speaking with 500 AI experts, educators, and students in 50 countries, and reviewing relevant studies, researchers at the Brookings Institution's Center for Universal Education have reached a conclusion: AI in schools carries serious risks for students.