Artificial intelligence sparks debate at COP30 climate talks in Brazil
At the U.N. climate talks in Brazil, artificial intelligence is being cast as both a hero worthy of praise and a villain that needs policing.
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At the U.N. climate talks in Brazil, artificial intelligence is being cast as both a hero worthy of praise and a villain that needs policing.
Over the past 50 years, geographers have embraced each new technological shift in geographic information systems (GIS)—the technology that turns location data into maps and insights about how places and people interact—first ...
The era has arrived in which artificial intelligence (AI) autonomously imagines and predicts the structures and properties of new materials. Today, AI functions as a researcher's "second brain," actively participating in ...
As students settle into the new school year, one question looms large: How will artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT affect their learning? Seeking answers, a team from Johns Hopkins recently introduced a chatbot into ...
When I first realized the scale of the challenge posed by neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), I felt simultaneously humbled and motivated. These disorders ...
As people embrace ChatGPT and other large language models, University of Michigan anthropologist Webb Keane says it's easy for people to imbue AI with a human, or even god-like, authority.
Many properties of the world's most advanced materials are beyond the reach of quantitative modeling. Understanding them also requires a human expert's reasoning and intuition, which can't be replicated by even the most powerful ...
These days, it's not unusual to hear stories about people falling in love with artificial intelligence. People are not only using AI to solve equations or plan trips, they are also telling chatbots they love them—considering ...
What if plants could speak when they were thirsty? Agriculture, in essence, is a dialog among crops, soil and climate. Yet drought, the most insidious stressor, remains largely silent until its damage is visible.
Every day, new tunnels are being built through rock across the country. The completed tunnels are safe, but the construction phase presents challenges.