OpenAI raises $122 billion in boosted funding round
OpenAI on Tuesday said that the startup was valued at $852 billion in a freshly...
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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).
Photon framework scales AI vulnerability discovery
Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Center for Artificial Intelligence Security Research (CAISER) is shining a light...
Human creativity still resists automation: Artists rank highest, with unguided AI coming in last
New research confirms it: the creativity of artificial intelligence (AI) is a myth. Although current...
Microsoft takes over a Texas AI data center expansion after OpenAI backs away
Microsoft is taking over a data center construction project in Texas after OpenAI declined to...
Can AI understand literature? Researchers put it to the test
Even with all the recent advances in the ability of large language models (like ChatGPT)...
Brain-inspired AI hardware helps autonomous devices operate efficiently and independently
The human brain constantly makes decisions. It requires minimal power to move bodies in a...
AI system learns to prevent warehouse robot traffic jams, boosting throughput 25%
Inside a giant autonomous warehouse, hundreds of robots dart down aisles as they collect and...
Video-based AI gives robots a visual imagination
In a major step toward more adaptable and intuitive machines, Kempner Institute Investigator Yilun Du...
ChatGPT’s taste for literary nonsense sparks alarm
OpenAI's GPT models can often be fooled into declaring that "pseudo-literary" nonsense is great, a...
AI tech recognizes human actions from just a few example videos
Typically, AI requires massive amounts of training data to understand complex human actions. However, in...
AI model excels in single image reflection removal
Capturing a picturesque scene through reflective materials, such as glass, often results in an unintended...