On museum walls, in textbooks, and increasingly across social media feeds, artificial intelligence (AI) is breathing life into humanity’s distant ancestors. With a few prompts, AI can conjure scenes of Neanderthals hunting mammoths, tending fires, or raising families beneath icy skies. However, according to new research, these vivid reconstructions may tell us less about Neanderthals—and…
An eight-month study at a US technology company found that generative AI increased the pace, scope and intensity of work, raising concerns about long-term sustainability and burnout As companies encourage employees to use artificial intelligence tools to ease routine tasks and boost productivity, new research suggests the effects may be more complex than anticipated, according…
Credit: Mikael Wallerstedt, Uppsala University Generative AI can be used to combat misinformation. However, it can also exacerbate the problem by producing convincing manipulations that are difficult to detect and can quickly be copied and disseminated on a wide scale. In a new study, researchers have defined seven distinct roles that AI can play in…
When generative AI systems produce false information, this is often framed as AI “hallucinating at us”-generating errors that we might mistakenly accept as true. But a new study argues we should pay attention to a more dynamic phenomenon: how we can come to hallucinate with AI. Lucy Osler, from the University of Exeter, analyses troubling…
A new study by the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), supported by OpenAI, has sought to ease concerns about large-scale job losses due to artificial intelligence.According to the report, generative AI is not triggering mass layoffs in India’s IT sector at present. Instead, it is reshaping how work is organised, improving…
Fewer than half of roles in organizations have been updated to include AI-related skills, according to the study. In organizations struggling to achieve net productivity gains, less than 25% of roles are reported as AI-ready. “AI has been layered onto roles that were never updated to accommodate it,” the report states. Despite these challenges, the…
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The rapid adoption of AI applications, including agents, orchestrators, and autonomous workflows, represents a significant shift in how software systems are built and operated. Unlike traditional applications, these systems are active participants in execution. They make decisions, invoke tools, and interact with other systems on behalf of users. While this evolution enables new capabilities, it…
In the US software industry, almost 30 percent of Python code is now written by AI. This is the conclusion of an analysis by the Complexity Science Hub (CSH) in Vienna in collaboration with Utrecht University. It covers the period from early 2019 to the end of 2024. Europe follows in second place for usage….
A large-scale academic study conducted by researchers from Harvard University, Columbia University, the Technical University of Munich, and Carnegie Mellon University has found that generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) performs on par with human creativity in digital advertising, challenging long-held assumptions about the limits of AI-driven content. The findings, announced by global performance advertising firm Taboola…
