New AI testing method flags fairness risks in autonomous systems
Artificial intelligence is increasingly being used to help optimize decision-making in high-stakes settings. For instance,...
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‘Moltbook’ risks: The dangers of AI-to-AI interactions in health care
A new report examines the emerging risks of autonomous AI systems interacting within clinical environments....
New app designed to improve conference experience
A new app developed by Yun Huang, associate professor in the School of Information Sciences...
AI systems lack a fundamental property of human cognition: Understanding this gap may matter for safety
When a person reaches across a table to pass the salt, their brain is doing...
AI maps science papers to predict research trends two to three years ahead
The number of scientific papers is growing so rapidly that scientists are no longer able...
AI blueprints can be stolen with a single small antenna
From smartphone facial recognition to autonomous vehicles, artificial intelligence (AI) has long been protected as...
Diffusion-based AI model successfully trained in electroplating
Electrochemical deposition, or electroplating, is a common industrial technique that coats materials to improve corrosion...
VisiPrint system generates realistic 3D-print previews from two images
Designers, makers, and others often use 3D printing to rapidly prototype a range of functional...
Anthropic releases part of AI tool source code in ‘error’
Anthropic accidentally released part of the internal source code for its AI-powered coding assistant Claude...
Combining the robot operating system with LLMs for natural-language control
Over the past few decades, robotics researchers have developed a wide range of increasingly advanced...
OpenAI raises $122 billion in boosted funding round
OpenAI on Tuesday said that the startup was valued at $852 billion in a freshly...
Self-driving cars may need to adapt to share roads safely with runners, study reveals
A new study on how runners may choose to interact with self-driving cars is challenging...
Chip-scale light technology could power faster AI and data center communications
Researchers at Trinity have developed a new light-based technology on a tiny chip that could...
Exploring AI’s growing role in scientific peer review
James Zou is a computer scientist at Stanford University who has been exploring how large...
AI turns simple text into realistic building designs
When working on projects, architects must quickly turn rough concepts into visual representations. Text-to-image models...
OpenClaw’s creator says 2026 could be the year of general AI agents
Peter Steinberger's artificial intelligence agent tool OpenClaw has taken the tech world by storm with...
Robots with different bodies can now share skills: What intention-based learning changes
Robots are increasingly being used in manufacturing, agriculture and health care. But programming a team...
HEAPGrasp: A faster, smarter way for robots to handle tricky objects
The fields of manufacturing, logistics, and even restaurants are increasingly moving toward automation, with robots...
Life with AI causing human brain ‘fry’
Heavy users of artificial intelligence report being overwhelmed by trying to keep up with and...
Dubious AI detectors drive ‘pay-to-humanize’ scam
Feed an Iranian news dispatch or a literary classic into some text detectors, and they...
AI benchmark helps robots plan and complete their chores in the real world
No matter how sophisticated they are, robots can often be indecisive and struggle with multi-step...
Why AI still can’t beat a new video game
For decades, video games have served as a proving ground for artificial intelligence. From early...
AI is giving bad advice to flatter its users, says new study on dangers of overly agreeable chatbots
Artificial intelligence chatbots are so prone to flattering and validating their human users that they...
‘Manners for machines’: How new rules could stop AI scrapers destroying the internet
Australians are among the most anxious in the world about artificial intelligence (AI).