The recent launches of two large language models, ChatGPT and Galactica, have led to much interest and controversy amongst the AI community, and beyond. These models, and in particular their potential use for writing scientific articles (and essays), provided the inspiration for this month's discussion. Joining the discussion this time are: Sabine Hauert (University of Bristol), Sarit Kraus (Bar-Ilan University), Michael Littman (Brown University), and Lucy Smith (AIhub). Sabine Hauert: Has anyone had a chance to use any of these new models yet? Sarit Kraus: During the summer I played with the previous version of GPT. Have you tried the latest version, Michael?

It is time, once more, to go traipsing all over the Fortnite: Battle Royale map in search of something weird. So far this season we've found letters and film cameras, but Week 3's challenge should remind any longtime player of one of my favorite challenges from Season 3: the Garden Gnomes. This week the challenge asks us to search 10 Rubber Duckies, offering an equally whimsical if slightly less sinister take on a very similar challenge. Considering the fact that we're looking for floating objects, we should already be able to narrow our search field considerably: we're looking for water. That helps and it doesn't, of course.

Self-driving cars seem an awful lot like magic. So, if you wanted to learn how it all hangs together, where would you even start?

Self-driving cars seem an awful lot like magic. They contain elements of automotive technology, computer vision, artificial intelligence and many other cutting-edge fields of tech. So, if you wanted to learn how it all hangs together, where would you even start? MIT decided to start with… rubber duckies. Letting students loose on actual 3-ton vehicles with the power to kill, maim and otherwise cause a nightmare for lawyers might be a little bit much.