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To revist this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories. David Cox, the co-director of a prestigious artificial intelligence lab in Cambridge, Massachusetts, was scanning an online computer science bibliography in December when he noticed something oddâhis name listed as an author alongside three researchers in China whom he didnât know on two papers he didnât recognize. At first, he didnât think much of it. The name Cox isnât uncommon, so he figured there must be another David Cox doing AI research. âThen I opened up the PDF and saw my own picture loo...
To revist this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories. It took about 50 years for computers to eviscerate humans in the venerable game of chess. A standard smartphone can now play the kind of moves that make a grandmasterâs head spin. But one artificial intelligence program is taking a few steps backward, to appreciate how average humans playâblunders and all. The AI chess program, known as Maia, uses the kind of cutting-edge AI behind the best superhuman chess-playing programs. But instead of learning how to destroy an opponent on the board, Maia focuses on predicting ...
To revist this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories. Artificial intelligence is hardly confined by international borders, as businesses, universities, and governments tap a global pool of ideas, algorithms, and talent. Yet the AI programs that result from this global gold rush can still reflect deep cultural divides. New research shows how government censorship affects AI algorithms—and can influence the applications built with those algorithms. Margaret Roberts, a political science professor at UC San Diego, and Eddie Yang, a PhD student there, examined AI language algorithm...
To revist this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories. Civil rights activists have successfully pushed for bans on police use of facial recognition in cities like Oakland, San Francisco, and Somerville, Massachusetts. Now, a coalition led by Amnesty International is setting its sights on the nation’s biggest city—New York—as part of a drive for a global moratorium on government use of the technology. Amnesty’s #BantheScan campaign is backed by Legal Aid, the New York Civil Liberties Union, and AI for the People, among other groups. After New York, the group plans to targe...