I used AI chatbots as a source of news for a month, and they were unreliable and erroneous
It was cute. But it was still a lie. Gemini invented a news outlet that...
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AI shouldn’t try to be your friend, according to new research
Would you follow a chatbot's advice more if it sounded friendly?
Apple chooses Google’s Gemini AI to power Siri
Apple will rely on Google to help finish its efforts to smarten up its virtual...
Novel AI method sharpens 3D X-ray vision
X-ray tomography is a powerful tool that enables scientists and engineers to peer inside of...
From brain scans to alloys: Teaching AI to make sense of complex research data
Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly used to analyze medical images, materials data and scientific measurements,...
Are we giving AI a pulse through language?
Think, know, understand, remember.
Model steering is a more efficient way to train AI models
Training artificial intelligence models is costly. Researchers estimate that training costs for the largest frontier...
Humanoid robots or human connection? What Elon Musk’s Optimus reveals about our AI ambitions
When Elon Musk talks about robotics, he rarely hides the ambition behind the dream.
Can we prevent AI from acting like a sociopath?
Artificial intelligence boosters predict that AI will transform life on Earth for the better. Yet...
Google teams up with Walmart and other retailers to enable shopping within Gemini AI chatbot
Google said Sunday that it is expanding the shopping features in its AI chatbot by...
AI toys look for bright side after troubled start
Toy makers at the Consumer Electronics Show were adamant about being careful to ensure that...
AI pendants back in vogue at tech show after early setback
Pendants and brooches packed with artificial intelligence abounded at the Consumer Electronics Show, using cameras...
Did that lamp just fold the laundry? Alumni rethink home robotics
When Aaron Tan began his Ph.D. in mechanical and industrial engineering at the University of...
Brew, smell, and serve: AI steals the show at CES 2026
AI took over CES 2026, powering coffee machines to brew the perfect espresso, a device...
Elon Musk’s xAI to build $20 billion data center in Mississippi
Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company xAI is set to spend $20 billion to build a...
Chinese AI unicorn MiniMax soars 109 percent in Hong Kong debut
Shares in Chinese AI startup MiniMax soared 109% as it went public in Hong Kong...
From climbing vacuums to cyber pets: Some highlights of CES 2026
CES 2026 offered a glimpse of a future that feels straight out of a sci-fi...
Discrete spatial diffusion models data while obeying scientific principles
Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory have developed a new approach that addresses the limitations...
AI data centers could stabilize the power grid
The rapid development and widespread use of artificial intelligence (AI) systems is posing new challenges...
Q&A: How AI could optimize the power grid
Artificial intelligence has captured headlines recently for its rapidly growing energy demands, and particularly the...
Grok turns off AI image generation for non-payers after nudes backlash
Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok has turned off its image creation feature for non-paying users...
AI gobbling up memory chips essential to gadget makers
As devices from toys to cars get smarter at the Consumer Electronics Show, gadget makers...
Startups go public in litmus test for Chinese AI
Leading Chinese artificial intelligence startup Zhipu AI soared as it went public in Hong Kong...
Google, Character.AI agree to settle suits involving teen suicide
Google and startup Character.AI have settled lawsuits filed by families accusing artificial intelligence chatbots of...