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fAIrify – Reducing BIAS in AI Models
May 16, 2025
Winner of the Junior Academy Challenge – Fall 2024 "Ethical AI" Sponsored by The New York Academy of Sciences Published May 16, 2025 By Nicole PopeAcademy Education Contributor Team members: Emma L. (Team Lead) (New Jersey, United States), Shubh J. (California, United States), Darren C. (New York, United States), Aradhana S. (Pennsylvania, United States), Shreshtha B. (Kuwait), Jemali D. (New York, United States) Mentor: Abdul Rauf (Pakistan) Artificial Intelligence (AI) is evermore present in our...
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From Tools to Meta Humans: Talking to AI
May 2, 2025
In the final installment of this year’s distinguished lecture series hosted by The New York Academy of Sciences’ Anthropology Section, an expert panel discussed the intersection of anthropology, technology, and ethics. Published May 2, 2025 By Brooke ElliottEducation Communications Intern Webb Keane, PhD, presents during the From Tools to Metahumans: Talking to AI event at The New York Academy of Sciences on April 7, 2025. Keynote speaker Webb Keane, PhD, the George Herbert Mead Distinguished...
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The Academy Recognizes Yann LeCun for Advancing AI
May 1, 2025
Yann LeCun, VP and Chief AI Scientist at Meta, was one of three Honorees recently recognized by The New York Academy of Sciences (the Academy) for outstanding contributions to science. Published May 1, 2025 By Nick FettyDigital Content Manager Yann LeCun (right) poses with his wife Isabelle during the Soirée. Yann LeCun was recently recognized by The New York Academy of Sciences, for his pioneering work in machine learning, computer vision, mobile robotics, and computational...
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Exploring 100 Years of Artificial Intelligence
April 18, 2025
The past, present, and future of artificial intelligence (AI) were discussed as part of the latest installment in the Tata Knowledge Series on AI & Society. Published April 18, 2025 By Nick FettyDigital Content Manager Nick Dirks (left), President and CEO of The New York Academy of Sciences, and Alok Aggarwal, PhD, CEO and Chief Data Scientist of Scry AI. Photo by Nick Fetty/The New York Academy of Sciences. The future implications for the growth...
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New Paper Highlights Urgent Need for “Attention Sanctuaries”
March 20, 2025
Concern about increasing screen time on mental health calls for creating “digital-free” spaces to mitigate rising levels of anxiety, depression and social isolation. New York, NY | March 20, 2025 – With more school districts now implementing no cell-phone policies in their classrooms to refocus students’ attention on their schoolwork, a new study by leading scholars Professor D. Graham Burnett of Princeton University and Eve Mitchell of the Strother School of Radical Attention calls for...
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Doomers, Bloomers, and Zoomers: Clinton & Hoffman Weigh in on AI’s Future
January 31, 2025
Where do you stand on AI—optimist or skeptic? A high-stakes conversation on AI’s promise, risks, and the global race for leadership in this game-changing technology. Published January 31, 2025 By Brooke Grindlinger, PhDChief Scientific Officer LinkedIn co-founder and bestselling author Reid Hoffman (right) in conversation with former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (left) at 92NY in New York City on January 28, 2025, discussing his new book Superagency: What Could Possibly Go Right with...
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From Neural Networks to Reinforcement Learning to Game Theory
November 14, 2024
Academics and industry experts shared their latest research and the broader potential of AI during The New York Academy of Sciences’ 2025 Machine Learning Symposium. Published November 14, 2024 By Nick FettyDigital Content Manager Pin-Yu Chen, PhD, a principal research scientist at IBM Research, presents during the Machine Learning Symposium at the New York Academy of Medicine on Oct. 18, 2024. Photo by Nick Fetty/The New York Academy of Sciences. The New York Academy of...
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15 Years of Advancing Machine Learning Research
September 16, 2024
The New York Academy of Sciences has been at the forefront of machine learning and artificial intelligence since hosting the first Machine Learning Symposium nearly two decades ago. Published September 16, 2024 By Nick FettyDigital Content Manager In today’s digital age, an abundance of reliable data is readily available at our fingertips. This is, in part, because of significant advances in the field of machine learning in recent years. The New York Academy of Sciences...
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The Ethics of Developing Voice Biometrics
August 29, 2024
Various ethical considerations must be applied to the development of artificial intelligence technologies like voice biometrics to ensure disenfranchised populations are not negatively impacted. Published August 29, 2024 By Nitin Verma, PhDAI & Society Fellow Nitin Verma, PhD, (left) conducts an interview with Juana Caralina Becerra Sandoval at The New York Academy of Sciences' office in lower Manhattan.Photo by Nick Fetty/The New York Academy of Sciences. Juana Catalina Becerra Sandoval, a PhD candidate in the...
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Have We Passed the Turing Test, and Should We Really be Trying?
August 22, 2024
The 70th anniversary of Turing’s death invites us to ponder: can we imagine AI models that will do well on the Turing test? Published August 22, 2024 By Nitin Verma, PhDAI & Society Fellow Alan Turing (1912-1954) in 1936 at Princeton University.Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. Alan Turing is perhaps best remembered by many as the cryptography genius who led the British effort to break the German Enigma codes during WWII. His efforts provided crucial...
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May 16, 2025 ·
Social media harm abatement: Mechanisms for transparent public health assessment
Contributors: Nathaniel Lubin| Yuning Liu| Amanda Yarnell| S. Bryn Austin| Zachary J. Ward| Ravi Iyer| Jonathan Stray| Matthew Lawrence| Alissa Cooper| Peter Chapman|
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May 13, 2025 ·
A real‐time defect detection algorithm for steel plate surfaces: the StarNet‐GSConv‐RetC3 detection transformer (SSR‐DETR)
Contributors: Zhuguo Zhou| Yujun Lu| Liye Lv|
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May 11, 2025 ·
Neural pathways underlying the production of pitch and rhythm in aphasia
Contributors: Anni Pitkäniemi| Teppo Särkämö| Sini‐Tuuli Siponkoski| Noelia Martinez‐Molina| Alicia Lucendo‐Noriega| Nella Moisseinen| Sari Laitinen| Essi‐Reetta Särkämö| Martin Hartmann| Petri Toiviainen| Aleksi J. Sihvonen|
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Social media use, online experiences, and loneliness among young adults: A cohort study
Contributors: Timothy Matthews| Louise Arseneault| Bridget T. Bryan| Helen L. Fisher| Rebecca Gray| Joanne Henchy| Terrie E. Moffitt| Candice L. Odgers|
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May 05, 2025 ·
Engineering artificial microbial consortia for personalized gut microbiome modulation and disease treatment
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April 29, 2025 ·
The role of artificial intelligence in general, and large language models specifically, for understanding addictive behaviors
Contributors: Christian Montag| Haibo Yang| Anise M. S. Wu| Raian Ali| Jon D. Elhai|
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April 10, 2025 ·
E‐coaching for parents of children with autism spectrum disorder: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial
Contributors: Chloé Peter| Evelyne Antonietti| Maria‐Paraskevi Antoniou| Elvire Bucaille| Joana Almeida Osório| Sabine Manificat| Borja Rodríguez‐Herreros| Nadia Chabane|
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March 30, 2025 ·
Call production and wingbeat coupling is flexible and species‐specific in echolocating bats
Contributors: Hangjing Xia| Nina Ma| Aoqiang Li| Jinhong Luo|
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Shared autonomy between human electroencephalography and TD3 deep reinforcement learning: A multi‐agent copilot approach
Contributors: Chun‐Ren Phang| Akimasa Hirata|
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February 12, 2025 ·
Toward a computational understanding of bribe‐taking behavior
Contributors: Shiwei Qiu| Yancheng Tang| Hongbo Yu| Hanbo Xie| Jean‐Claude Dreher| Yang Hu| Xiaolin Zhou|
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