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 Generative Discrimination: What Happens When Generative AI Exhibits Bias, and What Can Be Done About It As generative Artificial Intelligence (genAI) technologies proliferate across sectors, they offer significant benefits but also risk exacerbating discrimination. This chapter explores how genAI intersects with non-discrimination laws, identifying shortcomings and suggesting improvements. It... Vision-Language Models under Cultural and Inclusive Considerations Large vision-language models (VLMs) can assist visually impaired people by describing images from their daily lives. Current evaluation datasets may not reflect diverse cultural user backgrounds or the situational context of this use case. To address this problem, we create a survey to determine... AI Agents That Matter AI agents are an exciting new research direction, and agent development is driven by benchmarks. Our analysis of current agent benchmarks and evaluation practices reveals several shortcomings that hinder their usefulness in real-world applications. First, there is a narrow focus on accuracy without... More featured content News Articles Experts alone can’t handle AI – social scientists explain why the public needs a seat at the table AI helps robots manipulate objects with their whole bodies 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 For minorities, biased AI algorithms can damage almost every part of life MIT researchers combine deep learning and physics to fix motion-corrupted MRI scans How machine learning models can amplify inequities in medical diagnosis and treatment Mobile robots get a leg up from a more-is-better communications principle AI model can help determine where a patient’s cancer arose Worldcoin is scanning eyeballs to build a global ID and finance system. Governments are not impressed New method simplifies the construction process for complex materials A ‘black box’ AI system has been influencing criminal justice decisions for over two decades – it’s time to open it up More news