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Simulated smart speaker interactions were used to test how altered moods might influence people’s trust in autonomous products. | Getty Images

Jan 4, 2021

A team of researchers study trust in autonomous products

Artificial Intelligence, Technology & Society

Researchers trained the learning robot — the goalie — to block more than 90% of the shooter robot’s attempts. | Image courtesy of Dorsa Sadigh

Nov 20, 2020

To cooperate better, robots need to think about hidden agendas

Artificial Intelligence, Technology & Society, Transportation & Robotics

Scholars were able to determine that Texas high school history books mostly focus on white men. | TONL

Nov 18, 2020

AI uncovers who gets attention in high school textbooks

Artificial Intelligence, Technology & Society

How can AI influence medicine and biology? | Stocksy/Sergio Marcos

Nov 3, 2020

Daphne Koller: How machine learning is transforming drug discovery

Artificial Intelligence, Health

How are we training our health care AI? Too many algorithms rely on datasets from the same states. | Getty Images/Nomadsoul1

Oct 6, 2020

Exploring the geographic bias in medical AI Tools

Artificial Intelligence, Health, Technology & Society

The complexity of bedside care | iStock/Jennifer Kosig

Sep 9, 2020

AI-controlled sensors could save lives in ‘smart’ hospitals and homes

Artificial Intelligence, Computation & Data, Health

A new interactive tool uses AI techniques to automatically measure who is on cable news and what they talk about. | Shutterstock/Conchi Martinez

Aug 27, 2020

A team of researchers launch an AI-powered TV news analyzer

Artificial Intelligence, Technology & Society

Life in a screen-time world. | AdobeStock/local_doctor

Aug 20, 2020

Byron Reeves: What our screens tell us about us

Artificial Intelligence, Technology & Society

In comparing conventional holography with a camera-in-the-loop neural approach, the latter significantly improves image quality. | Image courtesy of HAI

Aug 20, 2020

Using AI to Revolutionize Real-Time Holography

Artificial Intelligence, Computation & Data

An AI-based robotics system could help predict and prevent falls. | Unsplash/Lindsay Henwood

Aug 10, 2020

Building a wearable that can catch you when you stumble

Artificial Intelligence, Health, Technology & Society

Can an AI system help students learn open-ended tasks like coding? | Photo by Linda A. Cicero

Aug 10, 2020

How an AI-based “Super Teaching Assistant” could revolutionize learning

Artificial Intelligence, Technology & Society

Research shows advanced AI systems can learn linguistic principles on their own, similar to how human children learn languages. | iStock/z_wei

Aug 6, 2020

How AI systems use Mad Libs to teach themselves grammar

Artificial Intelligence, Technology & Society

Could great storytelling help us meet our fitness goals? | Unsplash

Aug 6, 2020

A fitness app with a story to tell: Can narrative keep us moving?

Artificial Intelligence, Technology & Society, Transportation & Robotics

How can we train AI systems while using less energy? | Stocksy/Jetta Productions

Jul 10, 2020

AI’s carbon footprint problem

Artificial Intelligence, Computation & Data, Environment

Building systems that meet the exceptionally high level of safety expected of commercial air transport is challenging. | iStock/Helin Loik-Tomson

Jun 30, 2020

Mykel Kochenderfer: AI and safety-critical systems

Artificial Intelligence, Technology & Society

Artificial intelligence’s influence on photography is in its infancy. | Unsplash/Paul Gaudriault

Jun 25, 2020

Pamela Chen: How meme culture and algorithms are reshaping photography

Artificial Intelligence, Technology & Society

From home, research into COVID-19 | iStock/wenjin chen

Apr 9, 2020

Russ Altman: Artificial intelligence takes on COVID-19

Artificial Intelligence, Health, Technology & Society

A vision for artificial intelligence | iStock/Sylverarts

Apr 8, 2020

John Etchemendy: How can we get the most from artificial intelligence?

Artificial Intelligence, Technology & Society

The goal: finding the best method for charging an EV battery in 10 minutes that maximizes the battery’s overall lifetime. | Stocksy/Melanie Kintz

Feb 28, 2020

How we could supercharge battery development for electric vehicles

Artificial Intelligence, Energy, Environment

An artist’s interpretation of space trash objects orbiting the Earth | Adobe Stock/dottedyeti

Feb 13, 2020

Simone D’Amico: “The Swarm” is coming to an orbit near you

Artificial Intelligence, Technology & Society, Transportation & Robotics

The stakes are high: Better education is key to solving big societal challenges, like poverty alleviation. | Stocksy/MaaHoo Studio

Jan 10, 2020

Emma Brunskill: Amped-up education with AI

Artificial Intelligence, Computation & Data, Technology & Society

In a society where AI powers important decision-making, how do we minimize undesirable outcomes? | Illustration by Sarah Rieke

Nov 22, 2019

A new algorithm trains AI to avoid bad behaviors

Artificial Intelligence, Computation & Data

The challenge is to avoid false alarms without overlooking something harmful. | iStock/tarras79

Oct 29, 2019

Ross Shachter: Can AI improve mammography?

Artificial Intelligence, Computation & Data, Health

Reading between the lights of a satellite image. | Image courtesy of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Oct 7, 2019

Could machine learning put impoverished communities back on the map?

Artificial Intelligence, Technology & Society