Gods and Robots In this episode of the podcast we shake things up! Neil is on the guest side of the table with his partner Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner to discuss their upcoming project Gods and Robots. Katherine is joined on the host side by friend of the show professor Michael Littman. See... See More Episodes arXiv Whitepapers The Compute Divide in Machine Learning: A Threat to Academic Contribution and Scrutiny? There are pronounced differences in the extent to which industrial and academic AI labs use computing resources. We provide a data-driven survey of the role of the compute divide in shaping machine learning research. We show that a compute divide has coincided with a reduced representation of... Misinformation as a harm: structured approaches for fact-checking prioritization In this work, we examined how fact-checkers prioritize which claims to inspect for further investigation and publishing, and what tools may assist them in their efforts. Specifically, through a series of interviews with 23 professional fact-checkers from around the world, we validated that harm... Carpe Diem: On the Evaluation of World Knowledge in Lifelong Language Models In an ever-evolving world, the dynamic nature of knowledge presents challenges for language models that are trained on static data, leading to outdated encoded information. However, real-world scenarios require models not only to acquire new knowledge but also to overwrite outdated information into... More featured content News Articles Push for AI innovation can create dangerous products Smart textiles sense how their users are moving Stay in the loop. Subscribe to our newsletter for a weekly update on the latest podcast, news, events, and jobs postings. E-mail Leave this field blank Robot overcomes uncertainty to retrieve buried objects Many medications affect more than one target in the body – some drug designers are embracing the ‘side effects’ that had been seen as a drawback Building explainability into the components of machine-learning models Robots play with play dough Seeing the whole from some of the parts Keeping web-browsing data safe from hackers In Farming, a Constant Drive For Technology Do AI systems really have their own secret language? More news