Learning to Chat with GPT
Large language models, like ChatGPT, have the incredible ability to grasp language. How exactly does it work, and what can we learn about ourselves through these models?
Event coverage
Coverage begins in 2006 for the ScienceWriters meeting and 2009 for the AAAS meeting. To see programs for past ScienceWriters meetings, go to the ScienceWriters meeting site.
New Alzheimer's drug holds promise, pitfalls for patients
The FDA's July 2023 approval of a new drug to treat Alzheimer's disease marked important progress in a long quest.
How to help research reach the most vulnerable
Scientists note that inclusive science doesn’t just mean diversifying the workforce. It also means producing inclusive outcomes.
At AAAS, a controversial proposal to declare fentanyl a 'Weapon of Mass Destruction'
During a Feb. 17 session on fentanyl at the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting, speakers advanced a controversial proposal to declare fentanyl a “weapon of mass destruction,” at times making assertions unsupported by evidence.
How STEM professors are weaving climate justice into higher education
Researchers from across the U.S. are making climate justice an integral part of higher education, in environmental courses and beyond.
Navigating science diplomacy’s potential and pitfalls
Leveraging science for diplomatic purposes, as opposed to using diplomacy to promote science, could pose risks to scientific integrity and objectivity.
Carbon-capture technology could combat climate change – if it’s safe
At the AAAS annual meeting, researchers discuss the environmental impacts of ocean based carbon-capture technologies, which may help mitigate climate change.
GPT-4 is all talk and not much understanding, says this AI expert
Although it seems they might leave humans in the dust, generative AI systems are still bested by questions that even a child could answer, studies show.