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To protect user privacy online, governments need to reconsider their use of opt-in policies
Internet users — almost all of us — are growing used to seeing requests for consent...
Artificial intelligence needs to be trained on culturally diverse datasets to avoid bias
Large language models (LLMs) are deep learning artificial intelligence programs,...
AI is everywhere – including countless applications you’ve likely never heard of
Artificial intelligence (AI) is seemingly everywhere. Right now, generative AI in...
AI tools produce dazzling results – but do they really have ‘intelligence’?
Sam Altman, chief executive of ChatGPT-maker OpenAI, is reportedly trying to find...
What is doxing, and how can you protect yourself?
The Australian government has brought forward plans to criminalise doxing, bringing...
Our robot harvests cotton by reaching out and plucking it, like a lizard’s tongue snatching flies
Starting in the 1930s, cotton farmers in the U.S. shifted from manual labor to large,...
AI ‘companions’ promise to combat loneliness, but history shows the dangers of one-way relationships
The United States is in the grips of a loneliness epidemic: Since 2018, about half...
Several companies are testing brain implants – why is there so much attention swirling around Neuralink? Two professors unpack the ethical issues
Putting a computer inside someone’s brain used to feel like the edge of science...
We designed wormlike, limbless robots that navigate obstacle courses − they could be used for search and rescue one day
Scientists have been trying to build snakelike, limbless robots for decades
Bringing AI up to speed – autonomous auto racing promises safer driverless cars on the road
The excitement of auto racing comes from split-second decisions and daring passes...
Cult of the drone: At the two-year mark, UAVs have changed the face of war in Ukraine – but not outcomes
Unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, have been central to the war in Ukraine. Some...
AI will let us read ‘lost’ ancient works in the library at Herculaneum for the first time
On 19 October 1752, a discovery was made 20 metres underneath the town of Resina,...
Want to know if your data are managed responsibly? Here are 15 questions to help you find out
As the volume and variety of data about people increases, so does the number of...
How ChatGPT can help you do archival research — but never replace archivists
Archivists assist users like historians, genealogists, students or citizens in locating,...
Meta charging European users to remove ads is a privacy red herring
This November, Meta rolled out a new subscription model for Facebook and Instagram...
How technology can help victims of intimate partner violence
Violence in intimate relationships can take many forms, including physical, sexual,...