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Nanomaterials Dec 1, 2023

Researcher develops a chatbot with an expertise in nanomaterials

A researcher has just finished writing a scientific paper. She knows her work could benefit from another perspective. Did she overlook something? Or perhaps there's an application of her research she hadn't thought of. A ...

Social Sciences Nov 23, 2023

Higher levels of financial optimism associated with lower levels of cognitive ability

A behavioral economist at the University of Bath in the U.K. has found evidence linking higher levels of unwarranted financial optimism with lower levels of cognitive ability. In his study, published in the journal Personality ...

Social Sciences Sep 27, 2023

Have you heard about the 'whom of which' trend?

Back in the spring of 2022, professor of linguistics David Pesetsky was talking to an undergraduate class about relative clauses, which add information to sentences. For instance: "The senator, with whom we were speaking, ...

Economics & Business May 26, 2023

How to get people to pay their taxes, according to research

Government officials can do the math and figure out how much taxation they need to cover everything from military defense to bridges, education and Medicare. The snag, as it's been for millennia, comes when they try to get ...

Economics & Business Feb 16, 2023

New UC San Diego model predicts housing prices to fall as much as 18% this year

A new model of forecasting home prices based on consumer demand predicts that prices for housing will decrease by 5% nationally and 12% in San Diego County by the end of this year. The model, which highlights online search ...

Political science Feb 10, 2023

Is ChatGPT 'woke'? AI chatbot accused of anti-conservative bias and a grudge against Trump

Ask ChatGPT about drag queen story hours or former president Donald Trump and conservatives say it spits out answers that betray a distinct liberal bias.

Social Sciences Feb 10, 2023

Commentary: ChatGPT threatens language diversity—more needs to be done to protect our differences in the age of AI

The buzz around artificial intelligence (AI) technologies like ChatGPT is palpable. People are both optimistic and frightened by the possibilities of these tools. Clearly, these technologies will change how people write. ...

Social Sciences Feb 2, 2023

When critical thinking isn't enough: To beat information overload, we need to learn 'critical ignoring'

The web is an informational paradise and a hellscape at the same time.

Social Sciences Jan 31, 2023

Viewpoint: Unlike with academics and reporters, you can't check when ChatGPT's telling the truth

Of all the reactions elicited by ChatGPT, the chatbot from the American for-profit company OpenAI that produces grammatically correct responses to natural-language queries, few have matched those of educators and academics.

Environment Dec 8, 2022

Internet search results could be increasing your carbon emissions

Almost everyone thinks they know how to use Google, and they usually get the answer they want. Many will intuitively know that the query "milk good for you" leads to different results than "milk bad for you." The same goes ...

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