Artificial Intelligence Content

AI: A Tectonic Shift in Human Society

Andy Fell — October 08, 2024 - 3:59pm

The first time most people could communicate with a computer that responded like a real person was in 2022 when OpenAI publicly launched ChatGPT. Just two months later, the app set the record for the fastest-growing user base with 100 million monthly active users.

From Viruses to Galaxies, How Machine Learning Helps Scientific Discovery

Andy Fell — October 03, 2024 - 3:52pm

Peruse any news media outlet and you’ll probably find an article touting or warning about the potential impacts of artificial intelligence (AI) on society. With the advent of publicly accessible generative AI models like ChatGPT, the field is having its moment in the sun like never before.

Can Autonomous Vehicles Dream of Electric Traffic?

Andy Fell — August 08, 2024 - 2:10pm

An engineering professor at the University of California, Davis, is striving to make autonomous vehicles, or AVs, safer by changing how researchers train them.

According to Professor Junshan Zhang of the �°��ϲ��Ļ��Ϣ Davis Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, AVs struggle when confronted with unforeseen events, such as a car driving on the wrong side of the road.

Big Data Comes to Dinner

Jocelyn C Anderson — April 29, 2024 - 9:01am

Learn how �°��ϲ��Ļ��Ϣ Davis leverages artificial intelligence to transform food and agriculture, ensuring sustainability and health from seeds to stomachs.

Unravelling AI Bias to Build Fair and Trustworthy Algorithms

Andy Fell — March 08, 2024 - 3:02pm

In 2017, Ian Davidson, a professor of computer science at �°��ϲ��Ļ��Ϣ Davis, was on sabbatical as a fellow of the Collegium de Lyon in France. The institute brings together intellectuals, philosophers, artists and academics from all over the world to live together for one year to "think about great things."

Can AI Be Too Good to Use?

Andy Fell — December 12, 2023 - 2:00pm

Much of the discussion around implementing artificial intelligence systems focuses on whether an AI application is “trustworthy”: Does it produce useful, reliable results, free of bias, while ensuring data privacy? But a new paper published Dec. 7 in Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence poses a different question: What if an AI is just too good?

AI Institute for Food Systems Showcases Projects in DC

Andy Fell — October 31, 2023 - 12:36pm

Professor Ilias Tagokopoulos, director of the AI Institute for Food Systems and associate director Steve Brown recently had the opportunity to present the institute’s work to federal officials and congressional staffers at two events in Washington, D.C..

‘Unfold’ Podcast Episode Examines Voice Artificial Intelligence

Amy M Quinton — September 19, 2023 - 10:00am

�°��ϲ��Ļ��Ϣ Davis researchers say most of us speak differently when talking to our devices. Our social behavior may even be changing when talking with voice artificial intelligence.

Using AI to Analyze Wildfire Impacts

Katherine E Kerlin — March 29, 2023 - 11:40am

A new �°��ϲ��Ļ��Ϣ Davis project applies artificial intelligence to analyze wildfire impacts on natural ecosystems.

How Artificial Intelligence May Improve Food Safety

Andy Fell — February 24, 2023 - 12:02pm

Artificial intelligence could be a valuable tool for the future of food safety. New research out of �°��ϲ��Ļ��Ϣ Davis finds that a technique using AI and optical imaging can quickly and accurately identify bacteria in food, making it a promising approach for preventing foodborne outbreaks and illnesses.