Artificial intelligence is here, but the technology faces major challenges in 2023

Although artificial intelligence has been present in our lives for years, 2022 served as a major proving ground for the technology. Between ChatGPT, AI art generation and Hollywood embracing AI, AI found a new kind of foothold––and hype––with the general public. But it also came with a fresh wave of concerns about privacy and ethics. With all that 2022 did to raise the profile of the technology, AI experts at Northeastern University say 2023 will be an equally major year for the future of AI––but it will also face its fair share of challenges. Usama Fayyad, executive director for the Institute for Experiential AI at Northeastern, says the hype around AI wasn't the only thing that defined the technology's trajectory last year. As the public profile of AI grew in 2022, so did the misunderstandings and misinterpretations around it.