Hidden goals can undermine AI teamwork, study finds

Hidden goals can undermine AI teamwork, study finds

Large language models (LLMs), the computational models that underpin conversational agents such as Gemini and ChatGPT, are now widely used by people worldwide to rapidly find information, summarize documents and generate texts for specific purposes. Some computer scientists are now combining two or more of these models to create multi-agent systems, which prompt multiple artificial intelligence (AI) agents to interact, cooperate and/or compete w…

Study shows adaptive decision support can fight over-reliance on AI

By Anne J. Manning, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied SciencesImage: Cash Macanaya - UnsplashFrom doctors diagnosing symptoms to judges intervening in court cases, humans make complex decisions every day. Increasingly, artificial intelligence tools are being used to help in those decisions.There’s an insidious downside to this type of “help.” Research shows that over-reliance on AI for decision-making can lead to worse or…