Chatbots and large language models can execute a seemingly countless number of tasks, from writing emails and reports to generating code and analyzing data. However, they still primarily act only in response to user prompts and rely on their own predictive models to generate text.

For the past 15 years, Christopher Lowry, Ph.D., has led CrowdHydrology, a University at Buffalo citizen-science project that relies on thousands of volunteers to collect water-level observations from streams and other waterways that are not routinely monitored.

In the United States, leading human resources software company Workday is facing a lawsuit over its use of AI-powered job screening tools that allegedly discriminated against applicants based on factors such as age, disability and race.