Consumer Electronics

Prosthetics are a fact of life today. It’s estimated that more than 50 million people globally—some 2 million of them in the United States—have lost a limb, and most could benefit or already do benefit […]

Google on Wednesday unveiled its latest lineup of Pixel phones, with slimmer cameras that include more a powerful zoom and artificial intelligence features designed to help users accomplish things with fewer taps and swipes.This post […]

The widespread use of conversational platforms such as ChatGPT and Gemini is raising important new ethical, anthropological and legal questions regarding the potential risks, misuses and shortcomings of artificial intelligence (AI). In discussing their personal […]

A teenager joins an online video chat. Within seconds, artificial intelligence analyzes their face and gives them a score out of 10 for “attractiveness.” They are compared in real time with another user who scores […]

People become more suspicious of a humanoid robot that makes errors, especially when the robot is an expressive conversation partner.This post was originally published on this site.

Last year, Melanie Walsh, a University of Washington assistant professor in the Information School, wrote an article examining how 300 popular children’s books gendered their animal characters. Of the 13 most common animals, most were […]

You search online for a pair of sneakers. Minutes later, similar shoes appear on social media feeds. A shopping site offers a limited-time discount and suggests a matching jacket. This is no longer just an […]

People gave the highest ratings to AI-generated stories they were told had been written by humans and were unable to tell the difference between human- and AI-created stories, according to new research published in Judgement […]

From doctors diagnosing symptoms to judges intervening in court cases, humans make complex decisions every day. Increasingly, artificial intelligence tools are being used to help with those decisions.This post was originally published on this site.

The human eye, as good as it is, misses out on so much of the world because it is limited in what it can perceive. It can’t see X-rays, ultraviolet rays or infrared light. While […]