AI can now attend a meeting and write code for you – here's why you should be cautious

Microsoft Copilot can summarise meetings and even formulate arguments. But as good as that sounds, we shouldn’t blindly trust its accuracy.

Simon Thorne, Senior Lecturer in Computing and ​Information Systems, Cardiff Metropolitan University • conversation
Jan. 2, 2024 • ~6 min

Leveraging language to understand machines

Master's students Irene Terpstra ’23 and Rujul Gandhi ’22 use language to design new integrated circuits and make it understandable to robots.

Lauren Hinkel | MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab • mit
Dec. 22, 2023 • ~7 min

AI could improve your life by removing bottlenecks between what you want and what you get

Life is full of hidden bottlenecks that result from logistical trade-offs between efficiency and your unique needs and desires. AI promises to change this taken-for-granted equation.

Bruce Schneier, Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School • conversation
Dec. 21, 2023 • ~10 min

2023: A Big Year for Artificial Intelligence
VOA Learning English • voa
Dec. 20, 2023 • ~6 min

ChatGPT and its AI chatbot cousins ruled 2023: 4 essential reads that puncture the hype

Common misperceptions about AI chatbots are that they know something about the world, can make decisions, are a replacement for search engines and operate independent of humans.

Eric Smalley, Science + Technology Editor • conversation
Dec. 20, 2023 • ~7 min

A flexible solution to help artists improve animation

This new method draws on 200-year-old geometric foundations to give artists control over the appearance of animated characters.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
Dec. 20, 2023 • ~7 min

Image recognition accuracy: An unseen challenge confounding today’s AI

“Minimum viewing time” benchmark gauges image recognition complexity for AI systems by measuring the time needed for accurate human identification.

Rachel Gordon | MIT CSAIL • mit
Dec. 15, 2023 • ~11 min

Google's Gemini: is the new AI model really better than ChatGPT?

While the current version of Gemini isn’t mind blowing, later iterations are likely to be much more powerful.

Michael G. Madden, Established Professor of Computer Science, University of Galway • conversation
Dec. 15, 2023 • ~7 min

How Will Europe’s New Artificial Intelligence Rules Affect the World?
VOA Learning English • voa
Dec. 12, 2023 • ~5 min

Google's Gemini AI hints at the next great leap for the technology: analysing real-time information

Learning about the world from live events is the next step for AI.

Lars Erik Holmquist, Professor of Design and Innovation, Nottingham Trent University • conversation
Dec. 11, 2023 • ~5 min

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