Guarded optimism about the promise of AI seems better than giving in to despondency or hunting for a pause button that isn't there. (more…)

With 2020 (finally) drawing to a close, it’s a good time to reflect on what happened with AI in the this most weird year. Above is a wordcloud of the most common words used in titles of articles we’ve curated in our ‘Last Week in AI’ newsletter over this ... (more…)

Sam Altman thinks the technology underpinning his company’s most famous product could bring about the end of human civilization. (more…)

A team from Facebook AI Research (FAIR) and New York University (NYU) School of Medicine has developed deep-learning models that use chest X-rays to predict COVID-19 patient prognosis. In a comparison study, the models outperformed human radiologists, and... (more…)

Whether it’s winning at games like Go or keeping watch for Russian influence operations, the best AI-powered systems require humans to play an active role in their creation, tending and operation. (more…)