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EPFL professor Robert West and invited professor Ágnes Horvát discuss how the rise of AI is transforming the dissemination and production of scientific knowledge.This post was originally published on this site

When people encounter racism or discrimination, they don’t all respond in the same way. Some calmly challenge the remark, some file a complaint, others confront the offender aggressively—and many say nothing at all.This post was […]

In the publishing industry, there’s a common belief that men won’t read novels about women, but new research out of Cornell finds just the opposite.This post was originally published on this site

In 2024, artificial intelligence (AI) voice assistants worldwide surpassed 8 billion, more than one per person on the planet. These assistants are helpful, polite—and almost always default to female.This post was originally published on this […]

There’s been much published about the Cambridge-Somerville Youth Study, which looked at the impact of intervention on delinquency in young Massachusetts boys. The groundbreaking research followed up with study participants for decades after the fact […]

The use of gender-inclusive language may not in itself help women in the workplace, a new study shows. Researchers could not find that its use in English and German had an impact on the short-term […]

A new survey shows that there is a clear difference between girls and boys when it comes to well-being at school. “Girls are happier than boys. This applies both in class and at school in […]

Generative deep learning models are artificial intelligence (AI) systems that can create texts, images, audio files, and videos for specific purposes, following instructions provided by human users. Over the past few years, the content generated […]

If you really like holding hands and saying “I love you” but your partner doesn’t, your relationship is still probably better off than if both of you had a modest interest in expressing affection.This post […]

A few thousand years ago, sugar was unknown in the western world. Sugarcane, a tall grass first domesticated in New Guinea around 6000BC, was initially chewed for its sweet juice rather than crystallized. By around […]