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Can scientists build a lie detector for AI chatbots?

Northeastern professor David Bau is studying how to make AI more interpretable and developing tools to make it easier to tell when it lies.
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Northeastern students shrink digital literacy gap for Oakland seniors

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After weeks of AI doomsday warnings, experts want to shift the debate

The most pressing concerns linked to artificial intelligence are much more grounded in the present, Northeastern experts say. 
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This AI-powered chip can offer a deeper look at faulty brain activity

A Northeastern professor is developing a low-power implant that uses machine learning to analyze brain signals in real time.
Someone types on a laptop displaying streaks of colorful, blurred text, evoking the speed and complexity of AI systems processing data.

Finding the right AI models for specific tasks using LLMs as a ‘judge’

This student used large language models as a “judge” to evaluate customers’ problems with some of the most popular AI models.
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Meet the professor who thinks generic AI models should become obsolete

David Ayman Shamma, who has researched AI for more than two decades, said all-purpose AI models may soon outgrow their usefulness.
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AI chatbots linked to psychological harm, Northeastern study finds

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