WednesdayMar 06, 2024 9:45 am

AI Trounces Humans in Creativity in New Study

New research has found that artificial intelligence (AI) showed a higher creativity level when competing in a series of tests against human participants. The tests, which were designed to evaluate the ability to generate unique solutions, demonstrated that AI could provide more elaborate and original answers. This research highlights AI’s evolving capabilities in creative domains and also recognizes the lack of agency for AI and difficulties in measuring creativity. Despite demonstrating potential as a tool to improve human creativity, concerns remain about the tole of AI and its integration in creative processes in the future. The study was authored by…

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WednesdayMar 06, 2024 9:00 am

D-Wave Quantum Inc. (NYSE: QBTS) and NEC Australia Introduce Quantum Services to Australian Market

D-Wave and NEC Australia announced two new quantum offerings for Australia's commercial sector, federal and state governments, and academia The companies’ new quantum services aim to optimize business operations and can navigate increasingly large datasets to find solutions to real-world problems New offerings include a quantum consultancy service and access to D-Wave’s Leap(TM) real-time quantum cloud service D-Wave Quantum (NYSE: QBTS), a leader in quantum computing systems, software, and services, and NEC Australia recently announced the introduction of two new quantum services to the Australian market, enhancing the quantum computing offerings available to Australia's commercial sector, federal and state governments,…

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MondayMar 04, 2024 9:45 am

Study Shows AI Chatbots Spreading Inaccurate Information about Elections

New research has found that artificial intelligence (AI) tools are producing inaccurate data on elections, including incomplete and/or harmful answers. This research comes as more individuals in America turn to chatbots such as ChatGPT-4 and Gemini for information on presidential primaries. The research was carried out by Proof News, a nonprofit media outlet, and AI Democracy Projects. Concerns have been raised on the arrival of AI-powered tools that could offer voters misleading and false information, and even discourage others from going to the polls. The latest generation of AI tech includes tools that allow users to generate audio, textual and…

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FridayMar 01, 2024 10:15 am

How Prepared Is the US to Deal with Potential Impact of AI on Elections?

For the past couple of months, news cycles worldwide have been filled with stories of increasingly advanced and complex artificial intelligence (AI) tools that use machine learning to achieve incredible feats. However, while this technology will undoubtedly revolutionize industry in a myriad of ways, many experts are worried about the potential impact of AI-generated disinformation during election cycles. Advancements in both software and hardware have allowed startups such as OpenAI and Stability AI as well as established tech companies such as Google and Microsoft to develop increasingly advanced generative AI models. Tools such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT, for instance, can generate…

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