Like having a personal healthcare coach in your pocket
New apps for cancer patients, cannabis users, others make use of algorithms that continually customize support
Harvard Gazette
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April 9, 2025 • ~6 min
April 9, 2025 • ~6 min
What is reinforcement learning? An AI researcher explains a key method of teaching machines – and how it relates to training your dog
Computing pioneer Alan Turing suggested training machines with rewards and punishments. Two computer scientists put the idea into practice in the 1980s and set the stage for the likes of ChatGPT.
Ambuj Tewari, Professor of Statistics, University of Michigan •
conversation
April 7, 2025 • ~7 min
April 7, 2025 • ~7 min
How rat watching can yield benefits for people
New AI method lets researchers get better handle on brain-behavior link, may offer insights into disorders like autism
Harvard Gazette
• harvard
March 25, 2025 • ~6 min
March 25, 2025 • ~6 min
What are AI hallucinations? Why AIs sometimes make things up
When AI systems try to bridge gaps in their training data, the results can be wildly off the mark: fabrications and non sequiturs researchers call hallucinations.
Katelyn Mei, Ph.D. Student in Information Science, University of Washington •
conversation
March 21, 2025 • ~7 min
March 21, 2025 • ~7 min
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