Artificial intelligence research has a slop problem, academics say: ‘It’s a mess’

AI research in question as author claims to have written over 100 papers on AI that one expert calls a ‘disaster’ ...
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 ...
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Four Students Receive Honorable Mention in CRA Undergraduate Research Awards

Four Northwestern Computer Science students — Nadharm Dhiantravan, Joel Goh, Marko Veljanovski, and Garrett Weil — received honorable mentions in the Computer Research Association (CRA) 2023-2024 ...
Nature

Don’t sleepwalk from computer-vision research into surveillance

The nature of scientific progress is that it sometimes provides powerful tools that can be wielded for good or for ill: splitting the atom and nuclear weapons being a case in point. In such cases, ...
The Conversation

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

Scientific discovery is one of the most sophisticated human activities. First, scientists must understand the existing knowledge and identify a significant gap. Next, they must formulate a research ...

AI research papers are getting better, and it’s a big problem for scientists

Journal editors and peer reviewers are being flooded with AI-generated papers that are almost impossible to detect.
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Academics in meltdown now that they’re responsible for AI hallucinations in their research papers

"So this means you expect every author to check every citation and make sure that every citation is real and accurate?" The ...