In stress-testing AI models, it’s not hard to push them to the brink and make them threaten to harm humans.
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The strong bonds that users are forming with their AI chatbots rest on the human imagination at work.
Internet companies have long enjoyed immunity for hosting other people’s content. AI chatbots are changing the legal equation.
How do we make a complex piece of tech easy to understand? An analogy helps – as long as it’s not misleading.
Research reveals why simple prompts can bypass AI safeguards.
It’s no surprise these lifelike AI companions are attractive to lonely people. But for some, these relationships are harmful and even dangerous.
Attributing human characteristics to artificial intelligence is more harmful than beneficial.
AI models are not politically neutral nor free from bias. In fact, it may not even be possible for them to be unbiased.
Big tech wants generative AI systems to seem like neutral, reliable tools – but the reality is far more complicated.
Students use AI for everyday tasks, but its adoption in universities has barely started.
What would Jesus do? Chatbots generated by artificial intelligence bring a new kind of challenge to religion.
Unusual words or punctuation may serve as ‘tells’ that something has been written by a chatbot. But even with that knowledge, most people struggle to discern human writing from AI-generated text.
Language technologies are being adapted for health across Africa. But most of these tools never make it beyond the lab or they are limited in their language options.
In early July, Grok’s update went awry and Elon Musk’s chatbot generated anti-Semitic comments. Is Grok an AI tool of techno-fascism?
As AI-powered chatbots become more popular, AI-human relationships are a new and growing phenomenon.
AI developers have many levers they can use to steer chatbots into certain behaviours.
Mental health chatbots promise therapy at your fingertips, but can AI ease anxiety and depression, or are we confusing conversation with care?
Companies are increasingly routing customers to chatbots. New research looks into whether customers prefer human or chatbots agents more, and under which circumstances.
What if instead of trying to detect and avoid AI glitches, we deliberately encouraged them instead?
AI tools that provide information to you also gather lots of information from you and may provide it to third parties.
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Senior Research Scientist at the Australian E-Health Research Centre, CSIRO
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Senior Lecturer in Business Information Systems, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor of Linguistics and Director of Language Lab, The University of Western Australia
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Director, Centre for Professional and Applied Ethics, University of Manitoba
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Principal Research Scientist, Australian eHealth Research Centre, CSIRO
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Professor in Business Information Systems, University of Sydney
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Assistant Professor in Health Ethics, Simon Fraser University
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Professor of Creative Pedagogies, Edinburgh Napier University
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Associate Dean, Interaction, Technology and Information, RMIT University
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Professor in Information and Communication Technology Policy, Concordia University
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Professor Emerita of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross
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