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Paralysed people are already using brain-computer interfaces to turn their thoughts into text. But there are risks to this technology.
The virtual world still runs on a very physical network – and states are waking up to the strategic implications.
Biases contained within historical datasets makes addressing what underpins automated decisions difficult – defining what is ‘fair’ is key.
AI-powered cyber-security: the rise of new frontier platforms like Mythos highlights nuclear arsenals’ potential weak spots, and complicates the gambles inherent in nuclear deterrence.
Today’s AI systems are powerful, and it’s natural to see them as having humanlike intelligence. Shaking that illusion is important – and difficult to do.
In Darlington, residents have raised worries about noise, privacy and theft over the new drone delivery service.
Taking regular breaks from technology seems like a good idea. A digital wellbeing expert explains if that’s backed by science.
America was once the global leader in rare earth element production, but as processing moved to China, the US lost capacity and expertise. It can get them back.
Hasty adoption of AI may erode the scientific culture and human relationships that sustain rigorous research.
What is emerging is not the end of trust but its reconfiguration.
The era of fully automated research has arrived.
Automated speech recognition is a powerful tool – but it comes with a host of assumptions.
Japan has long been the global leader in the development and deployment of care robots.
Mythos’ dramatic hacking abilities are as much a reflection of the precarious state of digital defenses as a revolutionary tech breakthrough.
Data centers need powerful chips, while smartphones need chips that are energy efficient. A supply chain scholar explains why chipmakers’ focus on the former comes at the expense of the latter.
Geofencing warrants round up the location data of everyone in a specific place and time, whether or not they had any connection to a crime – a test of the Fourth Amendment in the digital age.
The incident is being treated as an embarrassment. It’s something more serious: a failure of the very standards the revised policy must uphold.
The rapid expansion of critical mineral extraction is trading away human and ecological well-being for technological breakthroughs. There are ways to fix this.
Combining AI with quantum computing could enable doctors and researchers to analyze the human body at an unprecedented molecular level, unlocking breakthroughs in personalized medicine. Yet significant quantum technology hurdles remain before this vision becomes reality.
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Professor of Information Systems, Michigan State University
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Teaching Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, and Associate Director, UMBC Cybersecurity Institute, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School; University of Toronto
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Director of the Center for National Security Initiatives and Professor of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder
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Researcher, Digital Wellbeing, Western Sydney University
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Affiliated Faculty Member, Institute for Computational and Data Sciences, Penn State
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Associate Professor of Information Science, University of Colorado Boulder
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Professor of Philosophy and Director of Applied Ethics Center, UMass Boston
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Professor of Advanced Technology Transitions, Arizona State University
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Professor of Statistics and Professor of EECS, University of Michigan
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Industry Professor of Emerging Technology and Co-Director, Human Technology Institute, University of Technology Sydney
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Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Applied Ethics and CyberSecurity, Griffith University
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University Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Iowa State University
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Senior Lecturer in Economics, Lancaster University Management School, Lancaster University
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Affiliate, Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University