AI in Society
AI in Society encompasses the widespread effects of artificial intelligence systems on everyday life, public institutions, labor markets and civic infrastructure. Truncated covers policy debates, ethics research, socioeconomic impacts, labor shifts and regulatory developments.
What Does Modern Healthcare Look Like In The Age Of AI?
Forbes — The standard of care must be rewritten because the evidence behind the current approach has limits.
You can't escape AI, but you can learn to live with it. Wharton Professor Ethan Mollick explains how.
Business Insider — AI is way more capable than you think, says Wharton management prof Ethan Mollick. That means you — and your kids — need to figure out how to adapt.
AI is stealing Indigenous Australian art and churning out ‘Temu slop’, artist says
the Guardian — Chair of National Gallery’s First Nations advisory group says the technology is undermining artists’ agency and the authenticity of their work
The Year Math Changed Forever
The New Yorker — A.I. is solving problems that stumped the field of math for decades. Mathematicians look to Terence Tao for guidance on their altered world.
Can AI Save The Planet? How Nine Innovators Are Fighting Climate Change
Microsoft AI beats doctors in simulated diagnosis test
Fox News — Microsoft's AI diagnostic system identified 83% of complex medical cases in a study, more than doubling the 36% accuracy of generalist doctors.
Digital Agency offers AI app to help draft parliamentary answers
The Japan Times — The artificial intelligence app also helps government officials better understand the intent behind lawmakers’ questions in advance.
Replacing workers with AI? You may come to regret it: Gartner warns 30% of employees who’ve been laid off because of the technology will be rehired by 2029 – and at a far higher cost to the business
IT Pro — New research from Gartner suggests that poor workforce planning means many companies will up rehiring staff
Can Human Gatekeepers Keep Up With AI Generated Science?
IEEE Spectrum — AI can fake a plausible paper at the push of a button. Can detection tools and peer review keep up?
Medicare used AI to pre-approve patient care, and it immediately led to a large drop in medical services
Google Deepmind creates a global map of forests with satellite data and AI
The Decoder — Google Deepmind and the World Resources Institute have released ForTy, a global map that classifies forests and other land into six categories, including primary forest, plantations, and tree crops. The map could help track deforestation under EU rules, but it identifies only about half of planted forests and tree-crop areas, and 60% of plantations.
Is AI your new wingman? How chatbots are transforming dating
the Guardian — Almost 40% of British singles are using AI for romantic advice, from writing messages to assessing potential partners
Google spinoff Isomorphic Labs is in a race to shake up the long, painful road to cancer-beating drugs
Business Insider — Isomorphic Labs, the brainchild of Nobel Laureate Demis Hassabis, has an ambitious mission even by the standards of AI labs: curing cancer.
Who’s responsible when clinical AI goes wrong? AMA weighs in
Fierce Healthcare — Building on its recent guidance for organizations’ use and governance of clinical AI, the American Medical Association on Thursday gave a deeper breakdown of how it believes different parties shoul | The physician association, in a new framework, outlines its views on how different parties should bear responsibility for decisions, actions and failures involving clinical AI.
State of IT jobs: AI boosts salaries but also burnout and the gender gap
CIO — As AI skills drive the tech hiring market, compensation packages are becoming more competitive. But as salaries grow, so does the gender gap and employee burnout.
Nearly 2 out of 3 teens and tweens use AI chatbots, new research shows
Inside Abu Dhabi’s Push for an AI-Native Future
WIRED Middle East — At WIRED Middle East’s Rewired conference, DGE and ADNOC revealed new reports exploring how AI is reshaping government, work and energy.
Generative AI reduces working hours for government staff, survey finds
japantimes.co.jp — Over 50% of the respondents said they were able to reduce working hours by at least one hour per week.
Psychologists issue warning over ‘harmful’ mental health advice from AI chatbots
The Independent — A new survey conducted by the BPS found nine in ten psychologists are concerned over their patients’ use of AI
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