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Creative AIs Depend on Creative Humans

In the near future, it may be the other way around.

January 17, 2024

Stop Worrying About Deepfakes

Where many see the death of reality on the internet, this hacker-turned-Notre Dame professor sees communion.

December 20, 2023

When AI Hallucinates

Let’s not praise inaccuracy as creativity.

November 21, 2023

Resurrecting an Extinct Animal as a Robot

A soft robot replica solves a mystery about the evolution of movement.

November 21, 2023

Cryptographers Solve Decades-Old Privacy Problem

We are one step closer to fully private internet searches.

November 17, 2023

The Physical Process That Powers a New Type of Generative AI

Some modern image generators rely on the principles of diffusion to create images. There may be a better alternative.

October 18, 2023

A Window on the Mind, Through the Ear

New earbuds can listen to your brain activity and monitor your health.

October 12, 2023

A Wild Idea to Protect the Great Barrier Reef

Ships carry mist-making machines that cause clouds to block the sun. It could work.

October 11, 2023

The Wisdom of a Brainless Robot

How a soft-bodied machine uses physical intelligence to navigate.

September 11, 2023

Is That Really Your Boss on the Phone?

Deepfakes are taking old scams to the next level.

Building Superintelligence Is Riskier Than Russian Roulette

Why the “hard problem” of AI—controlling our superintelligent creations—is impossible.

August 2, 2023

Requiem for the Foghorn

Across the US and around the world, foghorns have disappeared from the coastal landscape.

July 14, 2023