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Social Sciences Feb 23, 2024

Support for increasing low-wage workers' compensation: The role of fixed-growth mindsets

New York City Mayor Eric Adams came in for criticism in early 2022 for suggesting that low-paid workers such as restaurant and retail staff were low-skilled and did not "have the academic skills to sit in the corner office."

Economics & Business Feb 16, 2024

Drowning in 'digital debt'? AI assistants can help—but we must use them carefully

In recent days, the "right to disconnect" has entered Australia's legislative agenda. It refers to employees' rights to refuse unreasonable after-hours contact from their employer.

Plants & Animals Feb 13, 2024

New AI tool helps leverage database of 10 million biology images

Researchers have developed the largest-ever dataset of biological images suitable for use by machine learning—and a new vision-based artificial intelligence tool to learn from it.

Social Sciences Feb 13, 2024

AI 'companions' promise to combat loneliness, but history shows the dangers of one-way relationships

The United States is in the grips of a loneliness epidemic: Since 2018, about half the population has reported that it has experienced loneliness. Loneliness can be as dangerous to your health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day, ...

Economics & Business Feb 6, 2024

New research describes how ADHD gives entrepreneurs an edge

The brains of people with ADHD function in ways that can benefit them as entrepreneurs, according to research from the West Virginia University John Chambers College of Business and Economics.

Archaeology Feb 6, 2024

AI reads ancient scroll buried by Vesuvius eruption

Three researchers on Monday won a $700,000 prize for using artificial intelligence to read a 2,000-year-old scroll that was scorched in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.

Environment Sep 9, 2023

Artificial intelligence technology behind ChatGPT was built in Iowa—with a lot of water

The cost of building an artificial intelligence product like ChatGPT can be hard to measure.

Quantum Physics Jun 24, 2023

Microsoft claims to have achieved first milestone in creating a reliable and practical quantum computer

A team of researchers at Microsoft Quantum has reportedly achieved a first milestone toward creating a reliable and practical quantum computer. In their paper, published in the journal Physical Review B, the group describes ...

Quantum Physics May 26, 2023

Skepticism about Microsoft results regarding robust quantum bits

In March 2022, Microsoft published research results about the realization of a special type of particle that might be used to make particularly robust quantum bits. Researchers at the University of Basel are now calling these ...

Social Sciences Mar 28, 2023

ChatGPT: Student insights are necessary to help universities plan for the future

With the launch of ChatGPT to the public, post-secondary institutions are aware of the seismic impact this could have on both the business and art of education.

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