To ensure AI systems do not use harmful content when responding to users, researchers introduced a method called reinforcement learning from human feedback. Researchers use highly curated datasets of ...

WHEN I think of migration and its origins, I often reflect on the animal kingdom. I remember watching National Geographic shows that frequently highlighted ...

My colleagues and I at Purdue University have uncovered a significant imbalance in the human values embedded in AI systems. The systems were ...

The landlord had denied an accommodation request for an emotional support dog because of the building’s no-pet policy.

Animal Justice went to court this week in a groundbreaking discrimination case, arguing that ethical veganism is a secular ...

With the inauguration of President Donald Trump, and his agenda of narrow economic nationalism, Europe faces hard choices.

Five elephants at a Colorado zoo may be “majestic” but, since they’re not human, they do not have the legal right to pursue their release, Colorado’s highest court said Tuesday.

The man who hopes to be President Donald Trump’s health secretary says he needs to see data showing vaccines are safe, but he ...

While it’s not certain that a wildlife crossing can save the last red wolves, scientists say that doing nothing will almost ...

Meneses reached out to friends in a panic, and one recommended Dr. Wendy Molaska, who runs a direct primary care clinic in nearby Madison. Patients at these clinics pay a fee of roughly $50 to $100 ...

A 1.4-million-year-old fossil jaw discovered in a South African cave in 1949 has now been identified as that of a previously ...

Every day across the globe, environmental scientists are collecting approximately 274 terabytes of data, a number that is ...