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AI Compliance Audit Checklist: What to Expect & How to Prepare
FeatureAI Compliance Audit Checklist: What to Expect & How to Prepare As artificial intelligence becomes more deeply embedded in business processes, the regulatory environment is quickly catching up. From data privacy to algorithmic fairness and transparency, businesses that are using AI must now be ready to demonstrate responsible practices through formal AI compliance audits. Whether…
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First AI-powered self-monitoring satellite launched into space
AI-powered satellite launches in just 13 months, using real-time self-monitoring tech to predict system performance in orbit. (CREDIT: Midjourney) A satellite the size of a mini fridge is about to make big changes in space technology—and it’s happening fast. Researchers from UC Davis have created a new kind of satellite system that can monitor and…
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New AI tool boosts accuracy of child abuse detection in hospitals
AI tools help doctors better detect physical child abuse in ERs, reducing diagnostic errors and improving child safety. (CREDIT: CC BY-SA 4.0) Artificial intelligence is changing how doctors detect child abuse in hospital emergency rooms. New research shows that AI tools can better identify when a child has been physically harmed. These tools look beyond…
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1.2 Billion Hours at Stake: Can the US Government Catch Up With AI?
Editorial1.2 Billion Hours at Stake: Can the US Government Catch Up With AI? While the private sector races ahead with AI, automating customer service, optimizing supply chains and rewriting the rules of work, public systems are caught in a high-stakes balancing act. On one hand, there’s mounting pressure to modernize, to keep pace with both…
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To the Dreamers: AI Was Never for Us
EditorialTo the Dreamers: AI Was Never for Us When OpenAI was founded in 2015, it promised something radical: to ensure that artificial general intelligence (AGI) would benefit all of humanity. It began as a nonprofit, anchored in principles of transparency, safety and equity. It claimed to be building not just advanced technology, but a new…
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Thinking AI isn’t so smart after all, Apple study finds
Apple’s new study shows large reasoning models collapse on complex logic puzzles, challenging assumptions about AI’s thinking power. (CREDIT: CC BY-SA 4.0) New research has cast doubt on whether today’s advanced artificial intelligence models are truly capable of deep reasoning. These models—known as Large Reasoning Models, or LRMs—were built to go beyond basic language tasks…
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AI-Driven Intranets: The Future for the Digital Employee Experience
EditorialAI-Driven Intranets: The Future for the Digital Employee Experience Enterprise tech vendors are increasingly embedding AI capabilities into their solutions, predominantly through agent-based architectures. The approach enables rapid deployment of AI features while allowing vendors to capitalize on the AI hype for marketing purposes, and, in many cases, upsell customers on the added functionality. But…
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What Students Might Not be Telling Us About AI Friends
EditorialWhat Students Might Not be Telling Us About AI Friends Certain social media giants seem to be marketing generative AI chatbots as a form of digital companionship, or at least positioning such technology where it can easily be used this way. While some young people may benefit from using this technology to fill voids in…
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AI breakthrough detects brain tumors the size of a pinhead with 97% accuracy
A new AI tool can spot tiny brain tumors that even skilled radiologists sometimes miss. (CREDIT: CC BY-SA 4.0) Tiny brain tumors often hide in plain sight—sometimes no bigger than a grain of rice. These metastases, or secondary cancers that spread from other parts of the body, are especially dangerous. They tend to grow quickly,…
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Generative AI Adoption: Top-Down or Bottom-Up?
FeatureGenerative AI Adoption: Top-Down or Bottom-Up? As generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools such as ChatGPT gain traction, a pivotal question is surfacing across organizations: is AI being adopted as a coordinated business strategy, or simply used informally by employees trying to save time? Executives often speak confidently about “AI transformation,” but on the ground, the…