Virtual rewards train evading drones to outmaneuver pursuers and reach base in high-speed game of tag
The rules of tag are simple enough for a playground: catch or be caught. But...
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OpenAI to lease massive new AI data center in US, backed by Nvidia
ChatGPT maker OpenAI will lease a massive new data center in the United States for...
New EU laws make AI content labels compulsory—but might just make it harder to spot deepfakes
As the world is increasingly flooded with deepfakes, the European Union is taking action to...
Physics-informed AI method speeds thermal energy storage design optimization
With intensifying climate change, decarbonizing the global building sector has become a key priority. A...
Engineers make edge AI more efficient by redesigning both algorithm and hardware
Researchers in the Riccio College of Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have demonstrated...
Who gets credit when AI joins the team? Rethinking what it means to own an idea
A few months ago, AI made headlines for cracking a mathematical puzzle that had stumped...
The decades‑old ‘AI alignment problem’ has finally become a reality: Solving it won’t be easy
Human beings have long told versions of the same warning: Be careful what you wish...
Opinion: What does life after AI look like? Cory Doctorow’s guide is an outdated map, lacking answers
A "centaur" is a human helped by a machine: The person sets the direction, the...
AI agents struggle to perform original scientific research
Among the many predictions about the future of artificial intelligence is that models will one...
Better communication could improve human-robot teamwork across real-world tasks
A new paper from Monash University and Australia's national science agency, CSIRO, argues that effective...
From ‘learning’ to ‘thinking,’ AI language has long carried double meanings
Organizations can describe artificial intelligence using familiar words like "thinking," "writing" and "learning." But according...
Google’s Gemini AI assistant reaches one billion users
Google's artificial intelligence assistant Gemini has surpassed 1 billion monthly users, CEO Sundar Pichai announced...
Anthropic unveils AI watermarks to comply with EU law
The American AI company Anthropic announced it will add an invisible watermark to text produced...
‘Forgetful’ AI semiconductor processes recent inputs without separate resets
For the first time, researchers have demonstrated that the "ability to forget" can serve as...
Layoffs tied to AI hurt worker productivity, and the reason may surprise managers
Business leaders and investors face a deepening paradox: Companies are pouring more money into artificial...
Extending AI architectures to address continuous scientific problems
Artificial intelligence is proving to be transformative in its ability to work with language and...
A novel chip-on-wafer platform for next-generation AI hardware
A new semiconductor integration platform developed at the Institute of Science Tokyo combines advanced chip...
Why AI may boost carbon emissions instead of cutting them
AI data centers get a bad rap, not least because of concerns that they drive...
Younger, wealthier households are pulling ahead on AI’s benefits
Who's using AI at home and how do they use it? And is it making...
Scientists develop ‘RoboDojo,’ a unified platform to evaluate embodied AI
The Multimedia Laboratory (MMLab) at The University of Hong Kong (HKU) has spearheaded the development...
Experts explain why we don’t need more data centers to build better AI
Sending data centers into space. Building them at the bottom of the ocean. Converting California...
Spotify to launch badge identifying AI music
Streaming giant Spotify said Tuesday it would launch a new "AI Persona" badge in mid-September,...
Should people marry AI agents?
The widespread use of conversational platforms such as ChatGPT and Gemini is raising important new...
With a feel for physics, AI models simulate a wider range of real-world scenarios
Artificial intelligence models are jacks of many trades, including writing, generating images, and creating 3D...