AI ‘brain fry’ is real: Stress, fatigue, and errors, study shows
Using AI tools at work can make your job faster and easier, but if you use too many AI tools at once and/or rely too much on said AI tools, it can also make you…
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Poems can hack ChatGPT? A new study reveals dangerous AI flaw
Forcing an “AI” to do your will isn’t a tall order to fill—just feed it a line that carefully rhymes and you’ll get it to casually kill. (Ahem, sorry, not sure what came over me…
ChatGPT’s new Study Mode makes me actually use my brain. I love it!
It should come as no surprise that students the world over are using ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence chatbots to cheat. On homework, on tests, and on anything else you care to mention. After all,…
I love how ChatGPT’s new Study Mode makes me actually use my brain
It should come as no surprise that students the world over are using ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence chatbots to cheat. On homework, on tests, and on anything else you care to mention. After all,…
ChatGPT gets ‘study mode’ to guide students without spoon-feeding answers
OpenAI has launched a new “study mode” for ChatGPT that’s designed to help students better understand complex topics—but instead of dishing out direct answers, study mode employs the Socratic method to ask questions and guide…
Humans are really bad at detecting fake AI images, study shows
According to a new research paper by Microsoft’s AI for Good Lab, humans are surprisingly (or maybe not-so-surprisingly) bad at detecting and recognizing AI-generated images. The study collected data from an online “Real or Not…
Amazon’s Fire TV Sticks used for ‘industrial scale’ piracy, study reveals
According to a report by Enders Analysis, Amazon streaming devices such as the Fire TV Stick are increasingly being used for piracy. Research shows that more than half of all people in the UK who…
AI therapy bots fuel delusions and give dangerous advice, Stanford study finds
The Stanford study, titled “Expressing stigma and inappropriate responses prevents LLMs from safely replacing mental health providers,” involved researchers from Stanford, Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Minnesota, and the University of Texas at Austin.…
Death by GPS: Study finds blindly following navigation can be fatal
Scientists from the USA and Bremen have investigated how and why people suffer “death by GPS”–and what this actually means. Ultimately, the study aims to make navigation systems safer and help prevent such tragedies. Classic…
Study: People who use emojis feel closer to each other
If you ever find yourself second-guessing the urge to add emojis to a text message, consider this: There may be a social significance to that impulse. A new study from the University of Texas shows…