Category: AI
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Generative AI is a minefield for copyright law
Generative AI is a minefield for copyright law Robert Mahari, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); Jessica Fjeld, Harvard Law School, and Ziv Epstein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) In 2022, an AI-generated work of art won the Colorado State Fair’s art competition. The artist, Jason Allen, had used Midjourney – a generative AI system trained on…
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5 questions schools and universities should ask before they purchase AI tech products
5 questions schools and universities should ask before they purchase AI tech products George Veletsianos, University of Minnesota Every few years, an emerging technology shows up at the doorstep of schools and universities promising to transform education. The most recent? Technologies and apps that include or are powered by generative artificial intelligence, also known as GenAI.…
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AI could transform ethics committees
AI could transform ethics committees Simon Kolstoe, University of Portsmouth The role of an ethics committee is to give advice on what should be done in often contentious situations. They are used in medicine, research, business, law and a variety of other areas. The word “ethics” relates to the moral principles governing human behaviour. The task…
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AI bias: the organised struggle against automated discrimination
AI bias: the organised struggle against automated discrimination Philip Di Salvo, University of St.Gallen and Antje Scharenberg, University of St.Gallen In public administrations across Europe, artificial intelligence (AI) and automated decision making (ADM) systems are already being used extensively. These systems, often built on opaque “black box” algorithms, recognise our faces in public, organise unemployment…
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The rise of robo-retail: Who gets left behind when retail is automated?
The rise of robo-retail: Who gets left behind when retail is automated? Published: February 15, 2024 3.54am AEDT Mathew Iantorno Doctoral Candidate in Information, University of Toronto Canada’s first robotic cafe, RC Coffee, opened in Toronto in October 2020. The flagship location of the coffee chain revived the long-dormant retail concept of the automat: a restaurant…
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Writing is a technology that restructures thought — and in an AI age, universities need to teach it more
Writing is a technology that restructures thought — and in an AI age, universities need to teach it more Joel Heng Hartse, Simon Fraser University and Taylor Morphett, Kwantlen Polytechnic University In an age of AI-assisted writing, is it important for university students to learn how to write? We believe it is now more than ever.…
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