Emerging Tech

In Massachusetts, the latest piece of technology to take the Internet by storm — ChatGPT— helped craft a bill aimed at regulating AI. But, the lawmaker behind the bill says the tech isn't ready to write laws without help.

Colossal says it has secured $150 million in funding from several venture capital firms, including the United States Innovative Technology Fund and In-Q-Tel — a VC firm funded in part by the CIA — for the dodo comeback.

Responding to concerns about students using chatbot programs like ChatGPT to do their homework for them, OpenAI developed a classifier tool that can, with limited accuracy, identify text generated by an AI chatbot.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has begun a one-year pilot project to deploy smarter technology at the Lincoln and Holland tunnels and the George Washington Bridge to help improve traffic operations.

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology’s newly released framework provides organizations a pathway to use artificial intelligence technology in a way that reduces risk.

While they acknowledge concerns about an AI tool that can write essays for students, professors from the University of Hartford, University of Connecticut and Yale also see its limits and a need to redesign assessments.

Some school districts have already blocked access to the AI chatbot ChatGPT for its potential to facilitate academic dishonesty, but some English teachers say it might still become a useful part of the writing process.

ChatGPT is an AI-powered chatbot created by OpenAI. So what are the opportunities and risks with using this technology across different domains?

Having given ChatGPT a "B to B-" on its answers to questions from his final exam in operations management, Wharton professor Christian Terwiesch remains optimistic about AI's potential use in the classroom.

When tasked with writing a poem, an explanation of how to train a puppy, an explanation of string theory and an email to a parent, the AI chatbot ChatGPT produced imperfect but coherent responses.

The New York Daily News writes that everyone has the right to show their face in public, but having that face be scanned against a giant database by the cops is a concern for anyone with a face.

As teachers and school districts race to catch up with the implications of an essay-writing chatbot, a 17-year-old private high school student in Oakland, Calif., is trying to communicate its potential value.

A New York state Supreme Court justice, following the lead of another justice, has ordered a cryptocurrency mining company in the Falls to stop operating or face fines of $10,000 a day.

A survey of 1,000 U.S. college students found that nearly a third of them had used the AI chatbot ChatGPT to complete written homework assignments, and close to 60 percent use it on more than half of their work.

The Toledo Area Regional Transportation Authority’s membership in NEORide, a regional transit collective, allowed it to more easily take on service and technology improvements like the newly launched TARTA Flex.

Two districts in south Washington state joined several others across the U.S. in banning the artificial intelligence app ChatGPT, and they're using software tools to detect AI-generated writing.

As some K-12 schools have moved to ban a new AI chatbot that can write essays and answer complex questions, higher ed experts are weighing the pros and cons. They all agree on one thing: Education is going to change.

The $11.3 million grant from the Federal Transit Administration will help to convert the state’s diesel ferries to hybrid-electric vessels and make improvements to the Belford Ferry Terminal in Monmouth County.