AI could supercharge human collective intelligence in everything from disaster relief to medical research

AI could help augment human intelligence in areas such as disaster relief.

Taha Yasseri, Workday Chair of Technology and Society, Sociology, Trinity College Dublin • conversation
March 3, 2025 ~6 min

AIs flunk language test that takes grammar out of the equation

Humans understand that ‘red ball’ makes sense but ‘ball red’ does not. Large language models? Not so much.

Rutvik Desai, Professor of Psychology, University of South Carolina • conversation
Feb. 26, 2025 ~8 min


Our research on dark web forums reveals the growing threat of AI-generated child abuse images

There has been an 830% rise in online child sexual abuse imagery since 2014 – and AI is fuelling this further.

Samantha Lundrigan, Professor of Investigative Psychology and Public Protection, Anglia Ruskin University • conversation
Feb. 20, 2025 ~7 min

Forcing UK creatives to ‘opt out’ of AI training risks stifling new talent, Cambridge experts warn

The UK government’s proposed ‘rights reservation’ model for AI data mining tells British artists, musicians, and writers that “tech industry profitability is

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Feb. 20, 2025 ~6 min

Like human brains, large language models reason about diverse data in a general way

A new study shows LLMs represent different data types based on their underlying meaning and reason about data in their dominant language.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
Feb. 19, 2025 ~8 min

Enzymes are the engines of life − machine learning tools could help scientists design new ones to tackle disease and climate change

Enzymes significantly speed up the chemical reactions that keep you alive. Researchers are using AI to create new ones to tackle modern challenges.

Sam Pellock, Postdoctoral Scholar in Biochemistry, University of Washington • conversation
Feb. 13, 2025 ~9 min

DeepSeek: how China’s embrace of open-source AI caused a geopolitical earthquake

A big bet on open-source technology has enabled China to rapidly scale its AI innovation while Silicon Valley remains limited by corporate structures.

Peter Bloom, Professor of Management, University of Essex • conversation
Feb. 12, 2025 ~39 min

Teenagers turning to AI companions are redefining love as easy, unconditional and always there

Young people have led makeovers of the concept of love before. But relationships with AI chatbots leave out the compromises and effort of real relationships.

Anna Mae Duane, Professor of English, University of Connecticut • conversation
Feb. 12, 2025 ~9 min


Legal fight against AI-generated child pornography is complicated – a legal scholar explains why, and how the law could catch up

US law tries to strike a balance between free speech and protecting people from harm. When it comes to child pornography, AI makes that task all the more difficult.

Wayne Unger, Assistant Professor of Law, Quinnipiac University • conversation
Feb. 11, 2025 ~8 min

What electric fish can teach scientists about NeuroAI

Modeling their behaviors may help in development of new AI systems

Harvard Gazette • harvard
Feb. 10, 2025 ~7 min

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