Over the last few decades, there's been a heavy emphasis on techniques that fall under the concept of "proactive policing." These generally involve identifying the areas of a city that have the ...

A viral YouTube experiment has triggered fresh alarm across the AI and robotics community after an AI-controlled robot fired at a human following a manipulated prompt. Although the weapon involved was ...

YOU’RE PROBABLY TEMPTED TO TAKE YOUR PETS WITH YOU. BUT WITH RISING TEMPERATURES, IT’S ALWAYS CRUCIAL TO THINK TWICE BEFORE LEAVING THEM IN THE VEHICLE. THE NEBRASKA HUMANE SOCIETY DEMONSTRATED THAT ...

Researchers at a Chinese university last month allegedly handed over control of a satellite to an artificial intelligence (AI) program for 24 hours, showing how far the country will go to find ways to ...

In order to make smart decisions at work, we need data. Where that data comes from and how we analyze it depends on a lot of factors — for example, what we’re trying to do with the results, how ...

Three U.S.-based economists are sharing this year's Nobel memorial prize for their work on "natural experiments" which get around the need for controlled experiments. During the pandemic, we've heard ...

Editor’s note: This is part of a series called “The Day Tomorrow Began,” which explores the history of breakthroughs at UChicago. Learn more here. A field experiment is a research method that uses ...