By Yuxuan Wu, PhD Candidate, University of Birmingham
The possibility of AI automating healthcare work has provoked intense debates, but despite the pace of innovation, here’s why it’s not there yet.
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By Sara Bannerman, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Communication Policy and Governance, McMaster University
Canada’s three main political parties — the Liberals, Conservatives and NDP — have banded together to avoid privacy laws aimed at protecting voter data.
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By François Leroy, Postdoctoral Researcher in Ecology, The Ohio State University
Farming areas that use lots of fertilizers and pesticides stood out for the swift and accelerating decline of their bird populations.
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By Andres Bustamante, Associate Professor of Education, University of California, Irvine
Aria Gastón-Panthaki, Graduate Student Researcher, University of California, Irvine
Use of generative artificial intelligence technology is already widespread in K-12 schools and higher education. Now, AI technologies such as conversational agents and tablet-based assessments are starting to make their way toward early childhood education.
One concern with AI in a prekindergarten setting is that the technology will replace or disrupt…
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By Brendan Cantwell, Professor of Higher, Adult, and Lifelong Education, Michigan State University
The Trump administration is leaning away from dramatic funding cuts and settlements with universities, and more toward standard tactics to try to limit funding.
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By Brett Whalen, Professor of History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
There has never been a singular Christian perspective on how religion, power and politics ought to relate to each other – not even in medieval ‘Christendom.’
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By Jon R. Lindsay, Associate Professor of Cybersecurity and Privacy and of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology
Anthropic’s Claude is helping the US military choose targets to strike in Iran, but responsibility for the accuracy, strategy and ethics of the decisions rests with humans.
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By André O. Hudson, Dean of the College of Science, Professor of Biochemistry, Rochester Institute of Technology
Petrochemicals derived from oil and fossil fuels underlie the production of many consumer goods − and many you wouldn’t know from looking at the final product.
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By Arryn Robbins, Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Richmond
Eben W. Daggett, Affiliated Faculty of Psychology, New Mexico State University
Michael Hout, Associate Dean of Research and Professor of Psychology, New Mexico State University
People and computers perceive the world differently, which can lead AI to make mistakes no human would. Researchers are working on how to bring human and AI vision into alignment.
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By Claudio Villanueva, Professor of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles
GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy aid in weight loss by suppressing appetite. Researchers are looking next at how the body expends energy – including through fat.
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