From ‘BuddhaBot’ to $1.99 chats with AI Jesus, the faith-based tech boom is here
For some evangelical Christians, faith is about having a personal relationship with Jesus. At $1.99...
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AI chatbots offer children harm as if it were help, says activist
The head of a prominent anti-disinformation watchdog has warned of the dangers posed by AI...
A simple baseline for AI forecasting in machine learning
In a recent paper, SFI Complexity Postdoctoral Fellow Yuanzhao Zhang and co-author William Gilpin show...
AI-driven controllers imitating the human brain could strengthen the grid
As traditional power plants are replaced by intermittent sources like solar and wind, maintaining grid...
After Anthropic’s Mythos AI uncovers thousands of zero-day bugs, top US officials huddle with bank CEOs
The heads of America's biggest banks met this week with Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell...
When AI meets muscle: Context-aware electrical stimulation guides humans through new movements
Imagine traveling in a foreign country, reaching for a window you've never seen before, and...
AI is changing more than your writing—it may be shaping your worldview, say researchers
Use of ChatGPT, Claude and other large language models, or LLMs—what most people call "AI"—has...
Could revisiting Asimov’s laws help us avoid AI’s ‘Chernobyl moment?’
The conflict in Iran—but also the war in Ukraine—show not only that AI is radically...
Compression technique makes AI models leaner and faster while they’re still learning
Training a large artificial intelligence model is expensive, not just in dollars, but in time,...
Brain-inspired chip could make some AI tasks up to 2,000 times more energy efficient
A new type of computer chip that uses the physics of materials to process information...
Meta releases first new AI model since shaking up team
Meta on Wednesday released an artificial intelligence model, Muse Spark, it touts as smarter and...
US court expedites Anthropic’s legal battle with Department of War
A US appeals court on Wednesday denied Anthropic's request to put on hold a move...
Using AI models to detect sinkhole trouble
Researchers at the University of Florida are developing artificial intelligence models to pinpoint early signs...
Waiting for DeepSeek: new model to test China’s AI ambitions
For weeks now, the global tech industry has been waiting for a major artificial intelligence...
Fair decisions, clear reasons: Creating fuzzy AI with fairness built in from the start
Although AI is not intentionally biased, it can inherit biases from the data fed into...
Microsoft to invest $10 bn for Japan AI data centers
Microsoft said Friday it will invest $10 billion in Japan over the next four years...
Rivalry and collaboration attitudes: Study finds writers need both to thrive in the age of AI
When a screenwriter told New York University researchers last year that letting AI do her...
New memristor design uses built-in oxygen gradient to bring stability to reinforcement learning
In a recent study published in Nature Communications, researchers created a memristor that uses a...
Living brain cells enable machine learning computations
A research team at Tohoku University and Future University Hakodate has demonstrated that living biological...
‘More is Different’: Research shows scale alone does not explain AI’s power—specialization and cooperation do
One of the most influential scientific and philosophical viewpoints is "More is Different," introduced in...
These AI-powered guide dogs don’t just lead, they talk
Guide dogs are powerful allies, leading the visually impaired safely to their destinations, but they...
AI companions can comfort lonely users but may deepen distress over time
AI companions are always available, never judge, never tire and never demand anything in return....
AI at war: Five things to know about Project Maven
A Pentagon AI program called Project Maven is at the center of the US strikes...
Explainability is a must for older adults to trust AI, study shows
Voice-activated, conversational artificial intelligence (AI) agents must provide clear explanations for their suggestions, or older...