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AI is giving bad advice to flatter its users, says new study on dangers of overly agreeable chatbots
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Artificial intelligence chatbots are so prone to flattering and validating their human users that they are giving bad advice that can damage relationships and reinforce harmful behaviors, according to a new study that explores the dangers of AI telling people what they want to hear.
The study, published last week in the journal ... (full story)
What to know about the safety system that failed to prevent the deadly runway collision at LaGuardia
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The systems in place at New York's LaGuardia Airport to prevent ground collisions failed to keep an Air Canada jet from smashing into a fire truck that had just pulled out on the runway as the plane was landing.
The National Transportation Safety Board will determine what went wrong before March 22’s crash that killed both ... (full story)
What men and women think about gender and pay, according to a new AP-NORC poll
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NEW YORK (AP) — Most working women in the U.S. believe they are disadvantaged when it comes to earning competitive wages, but many men have a different view, according to a new AP-NORC poll.
Equal pay emerged as a major source of concern for working women in the poll and an area where men and women are far apart in their p ... (full story)
Teens get probation after using AI to create fake nudes of classmates
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LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — Two teenage boys who used artificial intelligence to create fake nude photos of their classmates at an exclusive private school in Pennsylvania received probation March 25 after dozens of victims described the images' traumatizing effect on them.
The boys were 14 at the time. They admitted this month ... (full story)
Perfect homework, blank stares: Why colleges are turning to oral exams to combat AI
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The assignment involves no laptop, no chatbot and no technology of any kind. In fact, there's no pen or paper, either.
Instead, students in Chris Schaffer’s biomedical engineering class at Cornell University are required to speak directly to an instructor in what he calls an “oral defense.”
It's a testing m ... (full story)