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Deepfake videos create false memories – but so do fake articles

21 July 2023

After watching deepfake movie clips that inserted Will Smith into The Matrix or put Chris Pratt in the role of Indiana Jones, 70 per cent of people thought the movie remakes actually existed

AIs trained on AI-generated images produce glitches and blurs

18 July 2023

Using AI-generated images to train AI quickly creates a loop where the results get worse in either quality or visual diversity

Hollywood actors strike over use of AI in films and other issues

14 July 2023

The US actors’ union is striking over disagreement with Hollywood studios about using AI to create "digital twins" of actors, and the results could determine the viability of acting as a career

Using bigger AI training data sets may produce more racist results

13 July 2023

Contrary to Silicon Valley wisdom, training AIs on larger data sets could worsen their tendency to replicate societal biases and racist stereotypes

Distributing AI projects across multiple data centres could make them more environment-friendly

Shifting where data is processed for AI can reduce environmental harm

13 July 2023

A scheduling algorithm can help redistribute AI workloads among data centres to minimise the environmental impact on regions experiencing water shortages or fossil fuel pollution

Drones with AI targeting system claimed to be 'better than human'

4 July 2023

An artificial intelligence targeting system is better than humans at identifying valid targets, claim its makers, though the full results are classified

W63DR9 Creech and Nellis Airmen coordinated a training flight together on the Nevada Test and Training Range, July 15, 2019. Aircrew with the 66th Rescue Squadron conducted training exercises and integrated with the MQ-9 Reaper aircrew to document the Reaper in flight. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Haley Stevens)

AI recap this month: Drone 'kills' operator; DeepMind's speed up

29 June 2023

Research into AI is experiencing a boom, so we have rounded up the best of news from the past month to help you keep up to date

A law for AI hiring tools is about to come into effect in New York

AI hiring tools to be audited for sexism and racism under New York law

29 June 2023

A New York City law is requiring companies to show that the AI-powered tools they use in hiring and promotion are not biased. Critics say it lets most employers off the hook

The real reason claims about the existential risk of AI are scary

28 June 2023

Claims that superintelligent AI poses a threat to humanity are frightening, but only because they distract from the real issues today, argues Mhairi Aitken, an ethics fellow at The Alan Turing Institute

Robotic dog spots invasive fire ant nests better than humans

9 June 2023

Robotic dogs do better than humans at identifying nests of invasive fire ants. The robots could be useful in helping eradicate an invasive species that packs a venomous sting