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How Countries Are Preparing Their Workforce for AI
AI is becoming an integral part of daily life, impacting everything from communication and advertising to education. As artificial intelligence reshapes industries, countries around the globe are grappling with how to prepare their workforces for the inevitable changes. New research from the University of Georgia examines how different nations are addressing workforce training and education…
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Human-AI Collectives Lead to Most Accurate Medical Diagnoses: New Study
Hybrid diagnostic collectives consisting of human experts and artificial intelligence systems significantly outperform traditional diagnosis methods, according to an international study led by the Max Planck Institute for Human Development. Diagnostic errors remain a critical challenge in medical practice. While AI systems, especially large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT-4, Gemini and Claude 3, offer innovative…
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AI Perceived More Negatively Than Climate or General Science, Study Finds
With the emergence of ChatGPT and other AI technologies in late 2022, public interest in artificial intelligence has surged. A recent study by researchers from the Annenberg Public Policy Center (APPC) of the University of Pennsylvania sheds light on how Americans perceive AI and its scientists. The findings, published in PNAS Nexus, reveal that AI…
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MIT Engineers Uncover Bias in Large Language Models
MIT researchers have uncovered a critical flaw in large language models (LLMs) that biases them towards information at the beginning and end of documents while overlooking the middle. This tendency, known as “position bias,” was identified through an innovative theoretical framework aimed at enhancing the reliability and accuracy of these models. In practical terms, this…
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New Study Reveals How Your AI Queries Impact Carbon Emissions
In an era increasingly reliant on artificial intelligence, a new study by German researchers has revealed a surprising environmental cost: some AI prompts can lead to 50 times more CO₂ emissions than others. Researchers from the Hochschule München University of Applied Sciences measured the carbon emissions of 14 different large language models (LLMs) using a…
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AI Could Speed Up Development of New Therapeutic Proteins
University scientists and industry experts have collaborated to make a groundbreaking achievement in protein engineering. A team from the University of Sheffield and AstraZeneca has developed a new artificial intelligence approach that promises to revolutionize the field, potentially speeding up the development of new medicines. This innovative AI method, named MapDiff, significantly outperforms existing techniques…
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AI Uncovers Gene Sets Underlying Complex Diseases
In a promising development for the future of medical research, biophysicists at Northwestern University have created an innovative computational tool that uncovers gene combinations responsible for complex diseases such as diabetes, cancer and asthma. This breakthrough, made possible by a generative artificial intelligence (AI) model known as the Transcriptome-Wide conditional Variational auto-Encoder (TWAVE), could lead…
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New AI Model Revolutionizes Infectious Disease Forecasting
Researchers at Johns Hopkins and Duke universities have developed a cutting-edge AI tool that significantly outperforms current models in predicting the spread of infectious diseases, a breakthrough that could transform how public health officials manage outbreaks. The tool, named PandemicLLM, leverages advanced generative AI techniques, similar to those used in ChatGPT, to enhance prediction accuracy.…
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How AI Tools Like ChatGPT Boost Creativity
A landmark study led by Tulane University researchers demonstrates that generative AI tools — such as ChatGPT — can significantly amplify employees’ creativity, contingent upon their ability to critically engage with their own work. The research, set for publication in the Journal of Applied Psychology, is among the first field experiments to explore how large…
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New AI Transforms Radiology With Unprecedented Speed and Accuracy
Northwestern Medicine has unveiled a first-of-its-kind generative AI system that promises to revolutionize the field of radiology by significantly boosting productivity, rapidly identifying life-threatening conditions and offering a potential solution to the global radiologist shortage. This breakthrough, detailed in a study published in JAMA Network Open, has far-reaching implications for the health care industry. “This…
