Website URLs dreamed up by LLMs are the perfect places for scams

If AI systems are viewed as too advanced to control, the companies that build them can’t held liable for the harms they cause.

With AI we have built genies. Old stories told us how this goes.

Nathan E. Sanders and Bruce Schneier say integrating a technology as disruptive as AI responsibly requires deep structural reforms.

InquiryIQ, a previously unreported prototype, tested a model from xAI, maker of Grok, to surface associates, social accounts, and other information about people identified through Clearview.

Will chatbots supplant the advice of imams and priests or help them spread the word?

Asia demonstrates the promise and perils of AI in the public sector

Have we become trapped in thinking that better politics is just a technical fix away?

Research on language processing fluency can help us become aware of our psychological tendencies, and how to use them more productively with gen AI chatbots.

Growing concerns about police use of AI could erode the public’s perception of trust in the legal system.

A new book warns that they could affect youngsters’ development

Autonomous hacking is here. Governments are not ready

The technology is quietly playing a role in every aspect of film-making

The people-versus-state arms race

Britain’s employment courts are clogged with AI cases

An attack by what Ukrainian officials said was a Russian drone with an Nvidia chip presages a dystopian future of weaponry untethered to humans.

Australia’s first AI traffic-light trial could cut delays. It also raises hard questions about fairness, safety and who gets priority on public roads.

Australia largely has enough off-street parking to do away with unsightly kerbside parking – and free up space for bikes, pedestrians and scooters.

For those of us who can’t drive due to disabilities, the drawbacks of these vehicles are vastly outweighed by the possibilities they offer, says freelance writer Gabriel Stewart

A new report finds that driverless vehicles could add tens of thousands of empty miles to city streets daily — and that New York's chronic curb scarcity could make the congestion problem particularly ...

First large-scale trial of AI in judiciary finds 6.3 percent speed-up, fewer appeals

Uncovering ELIZA’s source code reveals hidden lessons

It only took a little prompting to hijack the biggest AI models

Hiring pits AI against AI, but human coding skills and reasoning still matter

AI agents that email people and post on other people's websites are cursed and we shouldn't make them.

Ottawa’s $3-billion National Food Security Strategy funds greenhouses, food terminals and processing plants, but not the advisors who help farmers put any of it to work.

OpenAI’s models were told to find and exploit vulnerabilities. They did — on a company that was never part of the exercise.

AI is transforming Canadian health care, using datasets that underrepresent Black, Indigenous and racialized Canadians.

The one-sidedness of human-AI relationships is a problem. There’s a lot we can receive from an AI companion; there is less we can give.

The film is a chance to examine what research tells us about the roles of play and digital technology in children’s lives, and how parents can support a healthy balance.

Large language models might transform Ontario’s public service. But can they be trusted with our data?

Critics warn Ontario’s new water laws could shift control of public water systems to arms-length corporations, paving the way for private profit at public expense.

Public investment in food retail, distribution and wholesale infrastructure could add urgently needed diversity to Canada’s food landscape.

Writing prompts to generate images combines two literary tasks at once: the realist description of concrete things and the modernist evocation of atmosphere.

AI is often described as if it lives in the cloud. The persistent controversies regarding the Wonder Valley project in Alberta illustrate how false that is.

As AI becomes increasingly embedded in hiring, Canada needs to consider how opportunity is distributed once immigrants enter the labour market.

Resilient urban mobility can be created by giving people options that ensure they can still move around when a shock affects one form of transportation.

AI literacy should help students recognize simulated care, not make simulated care a normal part of schooling.

Some people rely on AI romantic companions for emotional support or private sexual exploration. Some partners experience this as betrayal.

A growing body of research shows electronic monitoring rarely improves performance and reliably increases employee stress and distrust.

In the 1930s a group sprang up in North America that wanted to merge the US with Canada. Elon Musk’s grandfather was a significant figure.

AI is built on a narrow idea of intelligence. Jason Edward Lewis wants to change that

Private money is bringing new ideas—and new concerns—to solar-geoengineering research

Anthems generate emotional responses, tying communities together, and deepfake, inauthentic and foreign-generated videos are part of what’s circulating.

AI scribes are working today and keeping doctors like me in practice. Imperfect as they are, they're far better than a collapsing primary care system.

A preliminary study suggests that blocking off the waterway between Russia and Alaska could help the survival of a key system of ocean currents. But there could be potential unforeseen consequences, p...

Large language models might transform Ontario’s public service. But can they be trusted with our data?

How much should managers let bots do the thinking?

The concept of a ‘discount rate’ helps to explain why humans prioritize what feels good or easy now even when it leads to worse outcomes over time.