Algorithms are a staple of modern life. People rely on algorithmic recommendations to wade through deep catalogs and find the best movies, routes, information, products, people and investments. Because people train algorithms on their decisions – for example, algorithms that make recommendations on e-commerce and social media sites – algorithms learn and codify human biases.
App-based online dating has been part of our lives for a decade now.
What was once an exciting, novel way to meet a potential partner or hookup has become the norm. Millions of users are looking for connections online. But it seems the excitement has worn off. Articles and memes routinely pop up around the fact that dating apps have become as much of a slog as old-fashioned
Elon Musk’s decision to gut Tesla’s electric-vehicle charging team is scrambling plans for rolling out new fast-charging stations and may delay President Joe Biden’s efforts to
Generative artificial intelligence tools will soon be used by California’s government.
Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration announced Thursday the state will partner with five companies to develop and test generative AI tools that could improve public service.
California is am
Since ChatGPT debuted in late 2022, sparking a frenzy of artificial intelligence development, artists have faced a dilemma. In order to build an audience for their work, they need to share it online. But by sharing it online, they risk having it used by tech companies, which train their AI models on the art without the artist’s consent, and without compensation.
It will likely be a long time before motorsports organizations like NASCAR see self-driving cars compete, but that doesn’t mean artificial intelligence has no place in the sport.
At General Motors’ Charlotte Technical Center in North Carolina, a team of software and automotive experts harness AI to give GM racers an advantage in NASCAR, IndyCar, IMSA, and other races. The technology is used during races to do everything from delivering real-time transcriptions of driver
After decades of research and development, the U.S. military is officially using laser weapons in combat zones overseas.
The U.S. Army recently disclosed that the service had not only deployed a pair of 20-kilowatt palletized high-energy laser (P-HEL) systems—built on Virginia-based defense contractor BlueHalo’s Locust Laser Weapon System—abroad
Nuclear energy is responsible for 19% of U.S. electricity production, fourth in line behind natural gas, coal, and renewable energy sources such as wind. All three of those other sources seem to have a better future than the stagnant nuclear power business, which has seen only three new reactors built in the past 20 years.
This week, a two-year-old company, Nano Nuclear Energy, is expected to go public on Nasdaq with a plan to solve what ails the nuclear power business.
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How the Department of Homeland Security uses AI
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which employs 260,000 people, is res
New York City’s watchdog agency has launched an investigation into allegations that the city’s police department improperly used its official social media accounts to target public officials and private citizens.
The city Dep