Institute for Experiential AI at Northeastern University

With the increasing integration of #AI in #videogames, the risk of harm continues to rise. How can #ResponsibleAI help the #gaming industry navigate these complex ethical issues? Check out this new paper from members of our Responsible AI Practice, including Cansu Canca, Ph.D., Laura Haaber Ihle, and Annika M Schoene, about the need for #RAI in this field in ACM, Association for Computing Machinery’s special issue on ethical games: https://bit.ly/3zij5Io Get in touch to see how our institute can help implement Responsible AI into your organization: https://bit.ly/47nIr4n #AInews #artificialintelligence #research #tech

We are proud to collaborate with The Burnes Center for Social Change and The Governance Lab on the “Rebooting Democracy in the Age of AI” Lecture Series! This year’s series kicks off tomorrow, Sept. 12, 2024 as Burnes Center Director and Core Faculty Member Beth Simone Noveck chats with Digital Democracy and CalMatters' Dave Lesher. Register to tune in: https://bit.ly/4efVk2u #AI #artificialintelligence #AIevents #AInews #AIseminars #tech #democracy #socialchange

🚨 Despite growing attention to responsible #AI, major failures keep happening.   A recent court ruling found that an algorithm illegally denied #Medicaid benefits to more than 20,000 people—a stark reminder of the ongoing risks in AI implementation.   HAPPENING TODAY: Join us for “An Ethics Ecosystem for AI and Big Data: Why, What, How,” where we’ll explore these ethical breakdowns and, more importantly, how to avoid them. Learn the roadmap to #ResponsibleAI, so your systems don’t make the same mistakes.   🗓️ When: Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024, 1-2 PM ET 🔗 Register here: https://bit.ly/3AJw3zd   Be part of the solution—don't wait until the next crisis hits. Find out how our Responsible AI Practice can help implement #RAI at your organization: https://bit.ly/3XhbT8H   #data #AIethics #EthicalAI #bigdata #DataScience

⏳ We’re just ONE MONTH AWAY from “The State of AI in Precision Health,” our marquee #AIconference happening Oct. 10 at Northeastern University in Boston and online! Wondering what you can expect? 🤔 Swipe through 👉 for insights from Samuel Scarpino, Eugene Tunik, Raimond Winslow and Usama Fayyad about the important issues we’ll explore and the incredible speakers who will be joining us. Don’t miss this opportunity to network with leaders across #industry, #research and #academia and shape the future of #AI, #health, and #lifesciences. Seats are limited - register ASAP! https://bit.ly/4edd1Q8 #SAIPH2024 #artificialintelligence #AInews #AIevents #genAI #drugdiscovery #tech #networking

Honoring her decades of work studying emotions, Northeastern University Distinguished Professor Lisa Feldman Barrett received a lifetime achievement award from the Association for Psychological Science (APS)! Lisa, a core faculty member at our institute, was recognized with the William James Fellow Award, given to APS members for “significant intellectual contributions to the basic science of psychology.” Read more about Lisa’s career in #psychology in this story from Northeastern Global News: https://bit.ly/3zg1LDT Check out Lisa’s talk and extended Q&A on “Emotion AI: Separating Facts from Fiction” from our Expeditions in Experiential AI Seminar Series: https://bit.ly/47jDGsw #AI #artificialintelligence #emotionAI #research #emotions #neuroscience #tech #AInews

Do large language models "understand" in the usual sense of the word?   At #KDD2024 in Barcelona, our Director of Research and event co-organizer Ricardo Baeza-Yates raised questions about #LLMs, the possibilities of #AI and how #ResponsibleAI can limit harm as he led a special “Responsible AI Day” and moderated a panel on #generativeAI.   Read Ricardo’s takeaways from this renowned #datascience and #ML conference, including thoughts on #AIregulation, #genAI and more: https://bit.ly/3ToxOIN #artificialintelligence #AInews #AIevents #AIconference #RAI #tech #machinelearning

This is a pivotal moment for AI in precision health.   In fact, our director of AI + Health Eugene Tunik points out the industry is "in a watershed time." So, what are the biggest challenges and opportunities at the intersection of #AI and #health, #drugdiscovery, #medicine and #lifesciences?    Find out how we will bring together industry and research leaders to explore these pressing issues at our “The Future of AI in Health & Life Sciences Education Workshop” on Oct. 9, and “The State of AI in Precision Health” conference on Oct. 10 in this Northeastern University Global News story by Cesareo Contreras, with insights from Samuel Scarpino, Eugene Tunik, Raimond Winslow, and Usama Fayyad: https://bit.ly/3MDoe0N #SAIPH24 #artificialintelligence #AInews #AIevents #AIconference #healthcare #tech #precisionhealth

Mozilla recently recognized our Director of Responsible AI Practice Cansu Canca, Ph.D. as one of this year’s Rise25 honorees, highlighting her efforts “leading the next wave of AI” and ensuring “the future of AI is responsible, trustworthy, inclusive and centered around human dignity.” Read more about the importance of Cansu’s work as part of our Responsible AI Practice, and what it means to be ethical with #AI in this story from Northeastern University Global News: https://bit.ly/4d1JJTz Check out more from this year’s Rise25 Awards ceremony in this blog post from Mozilla: https://mzl.la/47iM7nU #ResponsibleAI #artificialintelligence #AInews #AIawards #AIevents #tech #research #RAI #ethics #philosophy #Mozilla

Congratulations to Core Faculty Member Sarah Ostadabbas on her $600,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for collaborative research on #aging and #virtualreality alongside the University of Rhode Island! As part of the NSF’s Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Core Programs, this joint project is investigating how aging impacts the ability to use emerging human-computer interaction #tech, like #VR. Check out more achievements from our faculty and researchers, including Sarah, here: https://bit.ly/4fFSpBZ #AI #artificialintelligence #research #NSF #computerscience #engineering #AInews

How can #AI and #networkscience help tackle major societal challenges like #climatechange, #epidemic forecasting, and more? Check out the latest episode of our Executive Director Usama Fayyad’s “Legends of Data & AI” Podcast with Network Science Institute Director Alessandro Vespignani to learn about opportunities at the intersection of AI, network science, and #machinelearning: https://bit.ly/3ZcRBhP Northeastern University #artificialintelligence #AIpodcast #AInews #tech #science #data #forecasting