(24 Feb 2023) Artificial intelligence (AI) technology used to transcribe anonymous historic works at Spain’s National Library archives has uncovered a hidden gem — a previously unknown play by one of the nation’s greatest authors, Felix Lope de Vega. Researchers from Vienna and Valladolid universities used AI to transcribe 1,300 anonymous manuscripts and books…
(22 Dec 2022) Abstract: The aim of the paper is to define Artificial Intelligence (AI) for librarians by examining general definitions of AI, analysing the umbrella of technologies that make up AI, defining types of use case by area of library operation, and then reflecting on the implications for the profession, including from an equality,…
Researchers are excited but apprehensive about the latest advances in artificial intelligence. (8 Feb 2023) When Nature asked researchers about the potential uses of chatbots such as ChatGPT, particularly in science, their excitement was tempered with apprehension. “If you believe that this technology has the potential to be transformative, then I think you have to be…
Edtech giants and plucky start-ups are vying to create potentially lucrative tools to combat the use of AI in assessments, but will they cause more problems than they solve? (6 Feb 2023) Trying to detect academic writing generated by artificial intelligence (AI) poses an altogether different challenge, according to Dr Foltýnek. “There is…
The library is training state-of-the-art AI models on a half-millennium of Swedish text to support humanities research in history, linguistics, media studies and more. (23 Jan 2023) For the past 500 years, the National Library of Sweden has collected virtually every word published in Swedish, from priceless medieval manuscripts to present-day pizza menus. …
(31 Jan 2023) The recent release of AI technology that generates new text has raised serious questions among the research community. For one, “Can ChatGPT be named an author of a research paper?” The resounding answer from arXiv leaders and advisors is, “No.” A computer program cannot, for example, take responsibility for the contents of…
(25 Jan 2023) Over the past two weeks, CNET has become the poster child of artificial intelligence (AI) gone wrong. First, the website was caught publishing articles produced by an AI under the byline “CNET Money Staff” in an article written by Frank Landymore at Futurism. There was no clear disclosure that it was…
(30 Jan 2023) The IFLA Information Technology Section and IFLA Artificial Intelligence Special Interest Group are pleased to invite you to their mid-term conference hosted by the National Library Board, Singapore. The hybrid event, entitled AI in Focus: Artificial Intelligence and Libraries, will take place on 2 and 3 March 2023 via Zoom and…
(3 Jan 2023) The artificial-intelligence chatbot has surprised users with its ability to write colloquial responses. In this article, The Wall Street Journal opens the ground for college students to share their opinions about this phenomenon. “…These new tools might become the new Google. If the databases are constantly being updated with current news…
(6 Dec 2022) In this article, Dr. Max Roser, the founder and director of Our World in Data, reviews the history of computers and artificial intelligence to see what we can expect for the future. “When you book a flight, it is often an artificial intelligence, and no longer a human, that decides what…