{"id":844863,"date":"2025-05-01T04:11:51","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T09:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/01\/the-download-stereotypes-in-ai-models-and-the-new-age-of-coding\/"},"modified":"2025-05-01T04:11:51","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T09:11:51","slug":"the-download-stereotypes-in-ai-models-and-the-new-age-of-coding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/01\/the-download-stereotypes-in-ai-models-and-the-new-age-of-coding\/","title":{"rendered":"The Download: stereotypes in AI models, and the new age of coding"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Plus: Meta has launched its very own AI app<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n

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This is today’s edition of\u00a0The Download<\/a><\/em>,\u00a0our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology.<\/em><\/p>\n

This data set helps researchers spot harmful stereotypes in LLMs<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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What\u2019s new? <\/strong>AI models are riddled with culturally specific biases. A new data set, called SHADES, is designed to help developers combat the problem by spotting harmful stereotypes and other kinds of discrimination that emerge in AI chatbot responses across a wide range of languages.<\/p>\n

Why it matters: <\/strong>Although tools that spot stereotypes in AI models already exist, the vast majority of them work only on models trained in English. They identify stereotypes in models trained in other languages by relying on machine translations from English, which can fail to recognize stereotypes found only within certain non-English languages. To get around these problematic generalizations, SHADES was built using 16 languages from 37 geopolitical regions. Read the full story<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2014Rhiannon Williams<\/em><\/p>\n

MIT Technology Review Narrated: The second wave of AI coding is here<\/strong><\/p>\n

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A string of startups are racing to build models that can produce better and better software. They claim it\u2019s the shortest path to AGI.<\/p>\n

This is our latest story<\/a> to be turned into a MIT Technology Review Narrated podcast, which we\u2019re publishing each week on Spotify<\/a> and Apple Podcasts<\/a>. Just navigate to MIT Technology Review Narrated on either platform, and follow us to get all our new content as it\u2019s released.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The must-reads<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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I\u2019ve combed the internet to find you today\u2019s most fun\/important\/scary\/fascinating stories about technology.<\/em><\/p>\n

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1 Meta has launched its standalone AI app to rival ChatGPT\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>
The Meta AI app combines its AI assistant with a social media feed. (The Verge<\/a>)
+ It\u2019s primarily designed around voice conversations. <\/em>(Bloomberg<\/a> $)
+ Targeted ads are sure to follow. <\/em>(TechCrunch<\/a>)<\/p>\n

2 Amazon won\u2019t display tariff-induced price rises after all<\/strong>
Jeff Bezos quickly sought to reassure Donald Trump it wasn\u2019t happening. (WSJ<\/a> $)
+ Big Tech\u2019s market value has plummeted since Trump\u2019s inauguration. <\/em>(Economist<\/a> $)
+ Tech leaders\u2019 fealty to Trump is not being repaid in kind. <\/em>(Fast Company<\/a> $)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

3 OpenAI has rolled back an update that made ChatGPT super chatty<\/strong>
Users complained it had suddenly become too sycophantic. (Ars Technica<\/a>)
+ Sam Altman acknowledged the problem. <\/em>(Bloomberg<\/a> $)<\/p>\n

4 Huawei is rushing to fulfil chip orders from Chinese clients\u00a0<\/strong>
Now Nvidia is no longer available, Huawei is happy to step up. (FT<\/a> $)
+ The UK\u2019s semiconductor industry is quietly bouncing back. <\/em>(The Conversation<\/a>)<\/p>\n

5 The Gates Foundation is under threat<\/strong>
The foundation is struggling with the Trump administration\u2019s massive cuts to foreign aid. (NYT<\/a> $)<\/p>\n

6 We\u2019re living in a new era of deepfake fraud
<\/strong>Fraudsters are manipulating video calls in real time. (404 Media<\/a>)
+ An AI startup made a hyperrealistic deepfake of me that\u2019s so good it\u2019s scary. <\/em>(MIT Technology Review<\/a>)<\/p>\n

7 What happens when we burn forever chemicals?
<\/strong>Citizens in Connecticut are paying the price. (Undark<\/a>)
+ The race to destroy PFAS, the forever chemicals. <\/em>(MIT Technology Review<\/a>)<\/p>\n

8 The number of digital creators in the US has exploded
<\/strong>They\u2019re the fastest-growing sector of the country\u2019s internet-dependent jobs. (Axios<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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9 Why ChatGPT sounds so American
<\/strong>A new study sheds light on why the chatbot lacks linguistic nuance. (Fast Company<\/a> $)<\/p>\n

10 The viral ice bucket challenge is back<\/strong>
More than a decade after it first swept the internet. (WP<\/a> $)<\/p>\n

Quote of the day<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not interested in reading something that nobody said.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014Emily M Bender, a computational-linguistics professor at the University of Washington, tells the Atlantic<\/a> why she refuses to use AI text generators.<\/p>\n

One more thing<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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How close are we to genuine \u201cmind reading?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Technically speaking, neuroscientists have been able to read your mind for decades. It\u2019s not easy, mind you. First, you must lie motionless within a fMRI scanner, perhaps for hours, while you watch films or listen to audiobooks.<\/p>\n

If you do elect to endure claustrophobic hours in the scanner, the software will learn to generate a bespoke reconstruction of what you were seeing or listening to, just by analyzing how blood moves through your brain.<\/p>\n

More recently, researchers have deployed generative AI tools, like Stable Diffusion and GPT, to create far more realistic, if not entirely accurate, reconstructions of films and podcasts based on neural activity. So how close are we to genuine \u201cmind reading?\u201d Read the full story<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u2014Grace Huckins<\/em><\/p>\n

We can still have nice things<\/strong><\/p>\n

A place for comfort, fun and distraction to brighten up your day. (Got any ideas? <\/em>Drop me a line<\/em><\/a> or <\/em>skeet ’em at me<\/em><\/a>.)<\/em>+ Finally, some good news\u2014Valerie the miniature dachshund<\/a> has been rescued after spending 529 days in the Australian wilderness.
+ If you\u2019re a parent or teacher who\u2019s having to put up with constant shouts of \u201csix seven,\u201d rest assured you\u2019re not alone<\/a>.
+ How is The Legend of Zelda\u201d Majora\u2019s Mask<\/em><\/a> <\/em>a quarter of a century old!?
+ Meanwhile in the UK, we\u2019re turning our front lawns into meadows<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\n Rhiannon Williams<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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