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The authors compare current machine learning algorithms with a new Explainable AI algorithm that produces a human-comprehensible decision tree alongside predictions.

The authors compare air quality in the presence and absence of a living wall in a high school hallway in Brooklyn, NY.

Here, the authors sought to identify a method to optimize the lift generated by an airfoil based solely on its shape. By beginning with a Bernoullian model to predict an optimized wing shape, the authors then tested their model against other possible shapes by constructing them from Styrofoam and testing them in a small wind tunnel. Contrary to their hypothesis, they found their expected optimal airfoil shape did not result in the greatest lift generation. They attributed this to a variety of confounding variables and concluded that their results pointed to a correlation between airfoil shape and lift generation.

In this study, we investigated how the complexity of a query can influence tool-use hallucinations in large language models that were tasked with setting an appointment. Using explainable AI (XAI) as a tool to test the hypothesis, we analyzed trends in hallucination rates by the type of query and saw results that when complexity and ambiguity of the query increased (such as asking for multiple days or unclear time ranges), the model was more likely to make errors due to misunderstanding time-related data from tool outputs. This shows that making large language models (LLMs) understand what seems logical to a human is still difficult, especially in complex tasks, and that knowing what causes these errors can help build more trustworthy AI systems.

Lung cancer is highly fatal, largely due to late diagnoses, but early detection can greatly improve survival. This study developed three models to enhance early diagnosis: an MLP for clinical data, a CNN for imaging data, and a hybrid model combining both.

Various methods exist to mitigate bias in AI models, including "Constitutional AI," a technique which guides the AI to behave according to a list of rules and principles. Lo, Poosarla, Singhal, Li, Fu, and Mui investigate whether constitutional AI can reduce bias in AI outputs on political topics.

The authors investigate how well AI-detection machine learning models can detect real versus AI-generated art across different art styles.

The authors looked at energy efficient ways to generate small nitrogenous compounds.

Using the data provided by the University of Twente High School Project on Astrophysics Research with Cosmics (HiSPARC), an analysis of locations for possible high-energy cosmic ray air showers was conducted. An example includes an analysis conducted of the high-energy rain shower recorded in January 2014 and the use of Stellarium™ to discern its location.

Did the COVID-19 pandemic and travel restrictions improve air quality? The authors investigate this question in New York City using existing pollution data and forecasting trends.