Imagine going to your doctor and getting a medical diagnosis from a large language model (LLM) like ChatGPT. It may seem futuristic, but it is closer than most people realize. “This kind of agentic AI [artificial intelligence] is the next big thing,” says Associate Professor Vijay Mago, director of the DaTALab at York University and […]
Space is infamously inhospitable to life, but what is less universally understood is that it is also inhospitable to many technologies. The same high-energy radiation exposure that poses health risks to astronauts from solar particle events also renders the chip in a smartphone, a technology used by billions of people on Earth every day, useless. […]
As artificial intelligence (AI) advances – particularly large language models (LLMs) which are increasingly integrated into social, governmental and economic systems – discriminatory stereotypes and biases persist. These prejudices reflect and reinforce historical and systemic inequalities embedded in massive datasets that models like OpenAI’s Generative Pre-trained Transformer (GPT) and Google’s Gemini learn from. York University […]
There is a well-thumbed novel on Pina D’Agostino’s bookshelf that keeps her up at night, but also propels her forward. It is Nobel Prize-winning writer Kazuo Ishiguro’s futuristic fiction Klara and the Sun, in which an anxious generation of parents buy humanoid robots to act as “artificial friends” for their lonely kids. The more privileged […]
In today's interconnected world, global cooperation is crucial for addressing cross-border challenges. It is evident in progress made on climate change, health crises and economic development, often as a result of international frameworks built on shared resources, common rules and mutual support. York University researchers are calling for such a coordinated global action to govern […]
Marketing Professor Markus Giesler of York University’s Schulich School of Business analyzes how technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) influence consumer behaviour and buying choices, and what it means for free will, whether purchasing a shiny new pair of shoes or the next vacation destination. His work has been published in top-tier academic journals and media […]
Laugh out loud. Bust a gut. Crack a witticism. Can artificial intelligence (AI) and social robots be programmed to understand the complexities and nuances of human humour and laughter? Will robots of the future understand they should not laugh at a funeral or the difference between slapstick and satire? These are the sorts of questions […]
As artificial intelligence (AI) weaves its way into many aspects of people’s lives, often in unknown ways, it also raises the risk of hackers exploiting AI’s vulnerabilities and causing real harm. While that might not seem like a big deal when talking about writing assistance or entertainment, such as the use of GenAI for a […]
Talk to any researcher in the artificial intelligence (AI) space and their excitement for the possibilities of how it could transform many aspects of health care is palpable, and for good reason. They are developing ethical AI tools that can be integrated into clinical elements in ways that could bring us that much closer to […]
THROUGH THE YORK-LED CONNECTED MINDS: Neural and Machine Systems for a Healthy, Just Society initiative, five teams from York University and Queen’s University received $1.5 million each to tackle everything from artificial intelligence- (AI) driven communication technologies for Canadians with speech impairments to wearable electroencephalogram (EEG) devices to better monitor epilepsy. The new funding further […]