Using ChatGPT for accounting? You may want to think againChatGPT is an language model that uses probability to create a text-based answer to your question. But math and accounting hinge on accuracy, not probability. Here's why that matters.October 30, 2023 by Rajiv Rao in Artificial Intelligence
Worried about AI gobbling up your job? Start doing these 3 things nowIf your job relies on a complex set of rules or codes, such as tax accounting or financial analysis, then it might be among the first to go. But don't lose hope yet.October 25, 2023 by Rajiv Rao in Artificial Intelligence
What AI forgets could kill us, but new research is helping it rememberIt's ironic: A better understanding how the human brain makes memories could help us to reduce neural networks' habit of 'catastrophic' forgetting.October 2, 2023 by Rajiv Rao in Artificial Intelligence
How horses can inform the future of robot-human interactionHorses are supremely intelligent, employ largely non-verbal communication, and have served humans for close to 10,000 years -- all highly attractive traits that we seek in robot behavior.September 6, 2023 by Rajiv Rao in Robotics
Partner, helper, or boss? ChatGPT was asked to design a robot and this happenedResearchers who designed and built a tomato-picking robot together with ChatGPT have demonstrated some crucial lessons for the future of human-AI collaboration.August 29, 2023 by Rajiv Rao in Artificial Intelligence
This expert says VR's biggest problem is how we're using itWe should think of VR as more tool than toy, according to VR pioneer Jeremy Bailenson. Here's why.August 28, 2023 by Rajiv Rao in AR + VR
This edible battery could power the world of diagnostics and sustainable energyResearchers have created an edible power resource that could boost healthcare and help preserve the environment.July 22, 2023 by Rajiv Rao in Innovation
This AI-powered app makes identifying birds a breeze (with one tricky exception)Warble, trill, or chirp? The Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Merlin Bird ID app can name that tune.July 19, 2023 by Rajiv Rao in Artificial Intelligence
You can send a hug through the internet with this haptic inventionThe sensation of touch is crucial to human wellbeing. This innovation promises to make physical contact with others possible, even when they're thousands of miles away.June 14, 2023 by Rajiv Rao in Innovation
This army robot dog is part of a bigger battle for brain-machine interface techIt seems like it's only a matter of time until robot armies are deployed on the battlefield, transforming the science and ethics of fighting like never before.June 7, 2023 by Rajiv Rao in Innovation