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Generative AI is a branch of artificial intelligence that involves training models to generate new and original content, such as images, text, music, and video, based on patterns learned from existing data.

How a Russian Fake News Site Used AI to Mass-Produce Persuasive Lies

AI tools helped a Russian-linked propaganda outlet more than double its article output while maintaining persuasiveness and credibility. This real-world case study reveals how generative AI is already reshaping the scale and style of disinformation campaigns.

1 Apr 2025

MIT and NVIDIA Create Lightning-Fast AI That Generates Ultra-Realistic Images

MIT and NVIDIA researchers have developed HART, a hybrid generative AI model that produces high-quality images nine times faster than standard diffusion models. By combining fast autoregressive methods with detailed diffusion refinement, HART runs efficiently on laptops and phones.

20 Mar 2025

AI Empowers Citizen Scientists While Tackling Health Inequities, Study Finds

A Stanford Medicine study highlights how AI can transform citizen science and promote health equity by making research more inclusive, engaging, and accessible. The paper also warns of ethical risks like bias and privacy, calling for responsible AI use in public health.

16 Mar 2025

Generative AI Transforms Tunnel Safety With Smart Inspections and Autonomous Drones

Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology has developed generative AI-powered inspection technology that creates synthetic images of tunnel damage to address data scarcity and enhance safety inspections. Integrated with autonomous drones, this innovation enables precise, efficient tunnel inspections without relying on large datasets.

12 Mar 2025

AI Breakthrough Snaps Ancient Cuneiform Characters Into Place for Easy Translation

Researchers have developed ProtoSnap, an AI-driven approach that precisely identifies and reproduces cuneiform characters, making ancient script interpretation more accurate and accessible.

4 Mar 2025

AI-Powered Microscopy Turns Optical Flaw into High-Quality Imaging Breakthrough

Scientists have developed a groundbreaking AI-powered technique that transforms a common optical flaw—chromatic aberration—into a tool for high-quality quantitative phase imaging (QPI) using standard microscopes. This method enables single-exposure imaging, making QPI more viable for biomedical applications.

4 Mar 2025

‘Algorhythms’ Summit Will Explore The Future Of Music And AI

Indiana University's "AlgoRhythms" summit explores the intersection of music and AI, featuring industry leaders discussing copyright, innovation, and the creative impact of generative AI.

3 Mar 2025

LLM4SD Reads Decades of Research to Solve Chemistry’s Toughest Questions

LLM4SD is a cutting-edge AI tool that can analyze scientific literature, generate hypotheses, and predict molecular properties with high accuracy, making scientific discovery faster and more transparent. The open-source system also provides explainable insights, unlike traditional black-box validation tools.

25 Feb 2025

AI Copyright Loopholes Threaten UK Creators—Experts Call for Urgent Reform

A new report from Cambridge University warns that allowing AI companies to scrape copyrighted works unless creators actively opt out threatens the UK’s creative industries. Experts urge the government to uphold automatic copyright protections and ensure fair compensation for artists.

20 Feb 2025

AI Screening Tool Doubles Enrollment Speed in Heart Failure Trial

A new study in JAMA led by Mass General Brigham researchers shows that AI can significantly speed up clinical trial enrollment. The AI-assisted screening tool doubled the enrollment rate for a heart failure trial compared to manual methods, reducing costs and accelerating patient access to treatments.

18 Feb 2025

Generative AI in Journalism Sparks Fears of Deception and Bias

Audiences and journalists are increasingly concerned about generative AI’s role in journalism, with fears of deception, bias, and job displacement. A new RMIT-led report highlights the urgent need for transparency and systematic AI-vetting processes in newsrooms.

18 Feb 2025

Psychotherapy Showdown: ChatGPT vs. Therapists—Who Wins?

A study found that ChatGPT-generated therapy responses were rated higher than those written by professional therapists, challenging traditional assumptions about AI in mental health care.

12 Feb 2025

Seeing Isn’t Believing: The Urgent Need for AI Image Detection Skills

Researchers at the University of Miami are teaching students how to detect AI-generated images and videos by spotting inconsistencies, such as unnatural poses, distorted hands, and warped backgrounds, to combat misinformation.

11 Feb 2025

ChatGPT Adoption in Academia Highlights a Stark Gender Productivity Gap

Male researchers experienced a 6.4% higher increase in productivity after ChatGPT’s release compared to female researchers, widening the gender gap in academic publishing. The study highlights differences in AI adoption, efficiency perception, and institutional implications for fairness in faculty evaluations.

11 Feb 2025

Ethical AI Needed as Bias in Large Language Models Threatens Fair Decision-Making

A new study highlights the growing risks of bias in large language models (LLMs) as they become cheaper and widely used, calling for ethical AI policies to ensure fairness and transparency.

5 Feb 2025

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 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

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

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 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