Artificial Intelligence

The government hasn’t done enough to regulate AI, most Americans say in a new Penn survey

Shawn Patterson Jr. of the Annenberg Public Policy Center and Matthew Levendusky of the School of Arts & Sciences, the Annenberg School for Communication, and APPC are quoted in a story spotlighting an APPC study on public opinion about AI and its government regulation.

Sen. David McCormick tours AI-powered biotech labs at Penn to promote AI and federal funding admit NSF turmoil

“U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick, R-Pa., toured a University of Pennsylvania research laboratory Friday to highlight how artificial intelligence can supercharge advances in biomedical and drug development.”

Many Americans pessimistic about AI’s impact—and want more regulation

Results of a survey from Penn’s Annenberg Public Policy Center find that only 17% of Americans believe AI will have a positive impact on the United States over the next decade, while 42% expect its effects to be negative.

AI doctors should be licensed. Here’s a framework to do that

Alon Bergman of the Perelman School of Medicine created a framework with competencies that AI doctors must possess to be licensed.

New AI method tackles one of science’s hardest math problems

Researchers in the School of Engineering and Applied Science have developed a smarter AI method for solving notoriously difficult inverse equations, which help scientists uncover hidden causes behind observable effects.

Cloak wins $75,000 Perlman Grand Prize in Venture Lab Startup Challenge

Cloak, the winner of Venture Lab’s 10th annual Startup Challenge, is founded by Rishi Ambavanekar Tyler Sacharow, and works with publishers, ranging from news to novels to screenplays, to protect content against AI scraping.

‘Think outside the bots’: How to stop AI from turning your brain to mush

According to Wharton School researchers, “cognitive surrender” is when people trust AI over their own thinking and intuition even when the AI is wrong.

The most important skill in the AI era? Taste, says a Wharton expert

Ethan Mollick of the Wharton School says, as the AI shift happens, “having a sense of style actually matters.”

Penn researchers are using AI and social media to assess drug side effects

Neil Sehgal of the School of Engineering and Applied Science authored a study using AI to mine Reddit threads to evaluate the safety and side effects of prescription drugs.

Why the AI job apocalypse (probably) won’t happen

The A.I. test for Ethan Mollick of the Wharton School is: Is it better than your best available human?

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