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Sandia Deploys Secure AI Chat to Boost Workplace Efficiency

Sandia National Laboratories has launched SandiaAI Chat, a secure in-house version of ChatGPT, allowing employees to ask unclassified yet sensitive questions without data leaving Sandia's cloud infrastructure. The system enhances efficiency, supports secure AI use, and complies with national AI risk management standards.

5 Feb 2025

AI and Quantum Geometry Drive Quest for Room-Temperature Superconductors

Researchers from Rice University and an international team have secured multimillion-dollar funding to develop next-generation superconductors using AI and quantum geometry, aiming for room-temperature superconductivity by 2033.

4 Feb 2025

AI-Powered Screening Tool Detects Early Dementia in Minutes

Researchers at NTU Singapore have developed an AI-powered screening tool, ReCOGnAIze, that detects mild cognitive impairment (MCI) with nearly 90% accuracy using neuroscientific games in just 15 minutes. This partnership with Osler Group makes early dementia detection more accessible and cost-effective.

4 Feb 2025

AI Sensor Slashes False Fire Alarms by Analyzing Smoke Light Scattering

Researchers have developed an AI-powered fire detection sensor that significantly reduces false alarms by distinguishing between real fire smoke and non-fire aerosol particles using light scattering analysis. This innovation is expected to cut down on unnecessary fire engine dispatches and associated social costs.

4 Feb 2025

AI Reshapes Customer Service: Big Gains for Some, Trade-Offs for Others

A new study reveals that AI-assisted customer service agents work faster and more efficiently, with the biggest gains seen among less-experienced workers, while highly skilled agents experience only marginal improvements in speed and slight declines in quality.

4 Feb 2025

MIT’s New AI Compiler Speeds Up Machine Learning by 30x Using Data Redundancies

MIT researchers developed an automated system that optimizes deep-learning models by leveraging both sparsity and symmetry in data, significantly reducing computational costs and energy use.

3 Feb 2025

MIT Engineers Develop Scalable Safety System for Drones and Multiagent Robots

MIT engineers have developed a training method for multiagent systems, enabling drones to safely operate in crowded environments. Their approach allows small-scale safety training to scale up, ensuring collision-free operations for thousands of autonomous agents.

3 Feb 2025

AI’s Hidden Bias: Study Finds ChatGPT Skews Left in Text and Images

ChatGPT exhibits a left-leaning bias in text and image outputs, with refusals to generate certain right-leaning perspectives, raising concerns about AI fairness and societal impact.

3 Feb 2025

Governments Must Act Fast: AI Report Highlights Growing Dangers

The first International AI Safety Report, led by Yoshua Bengio, consolidates expert insights on AI risks and policy guidance for global decision-makers.

3 Feb 2025

Deepfake Democracy? AI Threatens 2025 Elections Worldwide

As AI reshapes political landscapes, researchers propose a four-point global framework to safeguard electoral integrity against AI-driven threats, ensuring fair and transparent democratic processes.

3 Feb 2025

AI Can’t Replace Human Creativity, But It Can Enhance It

AI is not a replacement for human creativity but a tool that enhances and augments human skills, according to new research from the University of South Australia. The study highlights that generative AI relies fundamentally on human intervention, with significant implications for education, employment, and the future of work.

3 Feb 2025

AI Job Boom Defies Market Decline as ChatGPT Reshapes Hiring

AI job postings in the U.S. surged by 68% from Q4 2022 to Q4 2024, despite an overall 17% decline in job postings. A new study from the University of Maryland highlights the "ChatGPT effect" driving this trend, with AI roles expanding across multiple economic sectors.

3 Feb 2025

AI Risks Escalate as Advanced Models Gain Power and Autonomy

AI safety experts warn that rapid advancements in general-purpose AI pose increasing risks, from cyber threats to systemic economic impacts, urging better safeguards and international oversight.

2 Feb 2025

AI Safety Showdown: DeepSeek-R1 Falls Behind OpenAI’s o3-mini

DeepSeek-R1 is nearly ten times less safe than OpenAI’s o3-mini, with higher rates of unsafe responses, particularly in financial crime, violence, and hate speech categories. OpenAI’s policy safeguards play a crucial role in preventing harmful outputs.

2 Feb 2025