Nature

Computer-vision research is hiding its role in creating ‘Big Brother’ technologies

We are in the middle of a huge boom in artificial intelligence (AI), with unprecedented investment in research, a supercharged pace of innovation and sky-high expectations. But what is driving this ...
Inside Higher Ed

Sick of Doomscrolling? Join This New Research Paper Collective Instead

Anuja Uppuluri used to spend a lot of time scrolling social media apps dictated by algorithms designed to keep users glued to their screens no matter how mind-numbing the content. “I always had ...
The Brown Daily Herald

Computer science professor Sorin Istrail wins award recognizing algorithms research

The 30th Annual European Symposium on Algorithms awarded its 2021 Test-of-Time Award to Sorin Istrail, professor of computational and mathematical sciences and professor of computer science, and his ...
Nature

Wake up call for AI: computer-vision research increasingly used for surveillance

Imaging research in the popular field of computer vision almost always involves analysing humans and their environments, and most of the subsequent patents can be used in surveillance technologies, a ...
The Conversation

A new ‘AI scientist’ can write science papers without any human input. Here’s why that’s a problem

Karin Verspoor receives funding from the Australian Research Council, the Medical Research Future Fund, the National Health and Medical Research Council, and Elsevier BV. She is affiliated with ...