11th March 2024

A new peer-reviewed article has been published in Nature (available via your UEL login) warning of the dangers to scientists of overlooking the limitations of Artificial Intelligence. The authors argue that scientists must "must evaluate these risks now, while AI applications are still nascent, because they will be much more difficult to address if AI tools become deeply embedded in the research pipeline". Source: Nature.

Nature have also published a commentary on the article and associated issues. Source: Nature.

Meanwhile, Ars Technica have published an interview with the researchers. Source: Ars Technica.

Liza Featherstone at The New Republic talks about another area of concern for artificial intelligence: the impact on the climate. Highlighting the water usage needed to maintain data centres, Featherstone points to the difficulties in obtaining information about the resources they consume. Source: The New Republic.

Furthermore, the Climate Action Against Disinformation coalition have released a report on the risks that artificial intelligence poses to the climate. The full report is pubished on the Friends of the Earth website. Source: Friends of the Earth.

Nilay Patel and Emilia David of The Verge take a look at generative AI and romantic chatbots, the trends, the benefits and the "serious pitfalls". Source: The Verge.

Ars Technica features an article by Matt Burgess, originally publised in Wired, that takes a look at the development of "AI worms" that can "spread from one system to another, potentially stealing data or deploying malware in the process". Source: Ars Technica.

Over on Wonkhe, Janice Kay, Chris Husbands and Jason Tangen take a look at how universities should rethink assessment techniques in the light of generative AI developments. Source: Wonkhe.

Reuters reports that Nvidia are being sued by three authors who have claimed it used their copyrighted books without permission to train its NeMo AI platform. Source: Reuters.