A professor who helped write UC Berkeley’s strict new AI policy says it’s about preserving ‘the value add of a lawyer’

A professor who helped write UC Berkeley’s strict new AI policy says it’s about preserving ‘the value add of a lawyer’

UC Berkeley Law School is implementing a stricter AI policy. The general policy is that students can no longer use AI for activities such as brainstorming. UC Berkeley Law School professor Chris Hoofnagle said it’s about making sure students learn fundamental skills. UC Berkeley Law School’s stricter AI policy forbids students from using it for…

CBA names AI researcher Professor Mary-Anne Williams as Chief AI Scientist

CBA names AI researcher Professor Mary-Anne Williams as Chief AI Scientist

The Sydney-based AAAI Fellow joins the UNSW Business AI Lab to lead a team of Distinguished AI Scientists, in the latest step of Commonwealth Bank’s frontier-AI build-out. Commonwealth Bank of Australia appointed Professor Mary-Anne Williams as its first Chief AI Scientist on Monday, recruiting one of the country’s best-known AI researchers from the University of…

ASU professor is trying to figure out how to better detect AI content using invisible watermark

ASU professor is trying to figure out how to better detect AI content using invisible watermark

The growth of AI-generated media can make it hard to determine what online content is real and what is fake. But a professor from Arizona State University is trying to figure out how to better detect AI content. YZ Yang says his team’s work began several years ago. He contributed to developing a mechanism that…

‘Fun and challenging’: Cornell professor uses typewriters to battle AI

‘Fun and challenging’: Cornell professor uses typewriters to battle AI

A Cornell University instructor has students use typewriters as part of an assignment as her way of battling the encroachment of artificial intelligence into writing assignments. The Associated Press recently profiled German language instructor Grit Phelps and her novel approach which she has employed since 2023. The AP reported: The exercise started in spring 2023…

UI business analytics professor authors new textbook on AI, business, and ethics

UI business analytics professor authors new textbook on AI, business, and ethics

University of Iowa business analytics professor Patrick Johanns published a new textbook with McGraw-Hill titled “AI in Business: Creating Value Responsibly.”  The book will be used in his course to prepare students for the ever-changing realm of business as artificial intelligence grows in prominence.  Johanns’ book, published in January, focuses on the ethical usage and…