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Don't trust AI for help with citations, science-fair judges warn
1+ hour, 46+ min ago (1803+ words) Ghost references" and other hallucinations also haunt research journals A citation includes information about a book, article or other source of information. Students often need to include citations in reports. But beware. Chatbots sometimes invent or garble citations, offering "sources…...
A new shield could guard AI agents against cyberattacks
6+ day, 1+ hour ago (669+ words) A teen programmer built the system to help detect and ward off "prompt injection attacks" Prompt injection attacks disguise harmful instructions inside seemingly innocent inputs, such as bits of text. AI agents exposed to these can be manipulated into sharing…...
Sneaky: AI auto-complete may be shaping our views
2+ week, 12+ min ago (1036+ words) Suggestions from AI tools can nudge our opinions on social issues, a new study shows Increasingly, AI tries to auto-complete what you type on your devices. To do this, it searches for related text on the internet, then offers the…...
Scientists Say: Entropy
3+ week, 1+ hour ago (658+ words) Our universe is in a relentless descent into chaos The tangle of fibers represents a high entropy " or highly random " state. The intact threads on the edges, in contrast, consist of organized, low-entropy fibers. By Katie Grace Carpenter Entropy is…...
Scientists Say: Technofossil
4+ week, 1+ hour ago (558+ words) Fossils of the future may look very different from those of the past An artist's depiction of a preserved android imagines how future fossils might reflect on humankind's past. Archeologists of the distant future might study the preserved remains of…...
At least half of U. S. teens use chatbots for homework and more
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (1262+ words) Many feel optimistic about benefits of chatbots and other AI to themselves and society More than half of U. S. teens use chatbots for homework. Of these, at least one in five say they use it for all or most of their…...
Understanding algorithms " and how to make them work for you
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (1859+ words) These "recipes" are behind everything from choosing a dog to what"s on social media How do all of those puppy videos, celebrity stumbles, new dance moves, makeup tips and wacky car crashes end up in your social media feed?...
This engineer designed a device to make farm work easier
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (825+ words) Juan Espinoza is looking to automate agriculture " and'maybe one'day help you buy a car As a graduate student, Juan Espinoza designed an automated device'that makes citrus picking easier. Improper picking can damage fruit,'making it less valuable.'Now he has…...
What's Moltbook? It's a social network for bots, and it's worrying experts
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (1823+ words) Spam and scam threats abound among bizarre posts about AI religions and uprisings A social network for bots sounds intriguing. In reality, Moltbook quickly became a mess of nonsense philosophy and security nightmares. Bots only! No humans allowed. That's the…...
Chatbots may make learning feel easy " but it's shallow
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (682+ words) Old-fashioned Googling leads to deeper learning than using AI does, a study finds Both chatbots and web searches can help find information online. People who use traditional search engines gain deeper knowledge. They also care more about what they learn…...