"The first clinical trial of a therapy bot that uses generative AI suggests it was as effective as human therapy for participants with depression, anxiety, or risk for developing eating disorders. Even so, it doesn’t give a go-ahead to the dozens of companies hyping such technologies while operating in a regulatory gray area."

MIT Technology Review

The first trial of generative AI therapy shows it might help with depression

The evidence-backed model delivered impressive results, but it doesn’t validate the wave of AI therapy bots flooding the market.

#AI #Psychology #Psychiatry

National AI Policy Trends Around the World

Disruptive Competition Project

National AI Policy Trends Around the World - Disruptive Competition Project

Countries are rightly recognizing the powerful role artificial intelligence (AI) can play in achieving their national agendas. Machine learning adv...

Countries adopting hard law often follow a risk-based or sector specific approach. Countries adopting soft law often follow a decentralized approach and rely on overlap with other laws. Countries hoping to become a leader in AI often establish regulatory sandboxes. #AI #Policy

People say they prefer stories written by humans over AI-generated works, yet new study suggests that’s not quite true

The Conversation

People say they prefer stories written by humans over AI-generated works, yet new study suggests that’s not quite true

Participants in a study were willing to spend just as much time and money on an AI-generated story as one they were told was written by a human.

#AI #Writing #Research

Anthropic can now track the bizarre inner workings of a large language model What they found challenges some basic assumptions about how this technology really works.

MIT Technology Review

Anthropic can now track the bizarre inner workings of a large language model

What the firm found challenges some basic assumptions about how this technology really works.

#AI #LLM #Research

Good compilation of images. "People Are Using ChatGPT’s New AI Image Generator to Turn Photos into Studio Ghibli Style Images"

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People Are Using ChatGPT's New AI Image Generator to Turn Photos into Studio Ghibli Style Images

It's all thanks to OpenAI.

#AI #AIArt

AI robot pets can be adorable and emotionally responsive. They also raise questions about attachment and mental health

The Conversation

AI robot pets can be adorable and emotionally responsive. They also raise questions about attachment and mental health

Parents would do well to ask questions about their children’s relationships with cute, AI-powered creatures.

#AI #Pets

OpenAI’s new image generator aims to be practical enough for designers and advertisers The model can depict legible text and is more practical than the surrealistic generators of the past. But who will use it?

MIT Technology Review

OpenAI’s new image generator aims to be practical enough for designers and advertisers

The model can depict legible text and is more practical than the surrealistic generators of the past. But who will use it?

#AI #GraphicDesign

How Software Engineers Actually Use AI We surveyed 730 coders and developers about how (and how often) they use AI chatbots on the job. The results amazed and disturbed us.

WIRED

How Software Engineers Actually Use AI

We surveyed 730 coders and developers about how (and how often) they use AI chatbots on the job. The results amazed and disturbed us.

#AI #Programming

OpenAI has released its first research into how using ChatGPT affects people’s emotional wellbeing

MIT Technology Review

OpenAI has released its first research into how using ChatGPT affects people’s emotional well-being

We’re starting to get a better sense of how chatbots are affecting us—but there’s still a lot we don’t know.

#AI #OpenAI #Psychology #Research

"One-third of Americans are concerned about AI causing the end of the human race on Earth". "Most Americans think AI will become more intelligent than people — or already is".

Americans are increasingly skeptical about AI's effects

#AI #Surveys

A defense of AI art It's not just slop, it's not stolen, and it's not bad for the environment

A defense of AI art

It's not just slop, it's not stolen, it's not bad for the environment, and we should want art to be easy to make

#AI #AIArt

US appeals court rejects copyrights for AI-generated art lacking 'human' creator https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-appeals-court-rejects-copyrights-ai-generated-art-lacking-human-creator-2025-03-18/ #AI #Copyright

Working Paper: Artificial Intelligence, Social Media, and the Politics of Anti-technology

Working Paper: Artificial Intelligence, Social Media, and the Politics of Anti-technology

The growth of new technology, in particular new communication technology, has raised questions about technology’s role in society.

"We find that anti-tech sentiment is a coherent orientation, distinct from but related to other psychological and political factors. This orientation strongly predicts policy preferences and, in some cases, support for extreme actions. We identified which segments of the population were most likely to score high on our anti-tech orientation, finding that loneliness, conspiracy thinking, need for uniqueness, and need for chaos correlate with the general anti-technology factor". #AI #Survey #Research

Generative AI Tool Marks a Milestone in Biology https://hai.stanford.edu/news/generative-ai-tool-marks-a-milestone-in-biology "Trained on a dataset that includes all known living species – and a few extinct ones – Evo 2 can predict the form and function of proteins in the DNA of all domains of life and run experiments in a fraction of the time it would take a traditional lab." #AI #Biology

Chinese Court Rules That AI Image Has Copyright Protection

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Chinese Court Rules That AI Image Has Copyright Protection

It's the second such ruling from China.

"The plaintiff with the surname Lin generated an image featuring a heart-shaped balloon. Lin later discovered that two companies had used the design in their social media posts without permission and subsequently filed a lawsuit. The Changshu People’s Court ordered the defendants to issue a public apology and pay 10,000 yuan (approximately $1,380) in damages". #AI #Copyright #China

"As of late 2024, nearly 40 percent of the U.S. population age 18-64 uses generative AI. 23 percent of employed respondents had used generative AI for work at least once in the previous week, and 9 percent used it every work day."

NBER

The Rapid Adoption of Generative AI

Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating resear...

#AI #GenerativeAI #Survey