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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

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With AI exploiting businesses’ data, when do we get paid and by whom?

10 May 2023

Businesses are increasingly feeling hard done by when it comes to artificial intelligence exploiting their data. It is time we figured out who is going to foot the bill

Ukraine is building an AI to help triage shrapnel injuries

3 April 2023

With Russia's invasion ongoing, Ukraine is looking for ways that artificial intelligence can help treat the wounded

ChatGPT outperforms humans at labelling some data for other AIs

29 March 2023

OpenAI’s ChatGPT labelled text samples used in AI training with more accuracy than people did. The approach could automate some of the human labour involved in AI development

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Why we need to slow down the AI chatbot revolution

22 February 2023

Rushing the release of AI chatbots for search is a risky experiment fuelled by greed.

Understanding human intentions will be the next big breakthrough in AI

14 February 2023

With the recent news that the ChatGPT AI can pass a theory of mind test, how far away are we from an artificial intelligence that fully understands the goals and beliefs of others?

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Can AI curate art better than a human?

7 February 2023

An exhibition of art curated by AI and humans questions the impact AI has on visual culture and how audiences perceive creative content

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AI is no better at detecting covid-19 than simple symptom survey

3 January 2023

Artificial intelligence that analyses the sound of a cough to detect covid-19 had been reported to be 99 per cent accurate, but a comprehensive analysis shows it’s only about 60 per cent accurate

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Deepfake detector spots fake videos of Ukraine's president Zelenskyy

7 December 2022

A deepfake detector designed to identify unique facial expressions and hand gestures could spot manipulated videos of world leaders such as Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Vladimir Putin