Machine learning & AI
In controlled safety tests described earlier this year, researchers asked AI models to solve a series of simple math problems. Partway through the exercise, the instructors warned the bots that if they tried to solve the ...
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Engineering
Corrosion is a major concern for aging steel bridges because progressive material loss can affect their long-term serviceability and, in severe cases, structural safety. Visual inspection remains indispensable for assessing ...
Sep 15, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
A former Google DeepMind employee warned that rapidly advancing artificial intelligence could become uncontrollable and has "the potential to kill us all," adding to a growing list of industry insiders sounding the alarm.
Sep 15, 2026
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Internet
The European Union is set to propose curbing access to social media, video-sharing platforms, chatbots and online games for children younger than 15, according to a draft legal document seen by AFP.
Sep 15, 2026
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Consumer & Gadgets
As artificial intelligence (AI)-powered chatbots become more popular and more humanlike in the way they communicate, users are increasingly turning to them as trusted sources of information on topics ranging from personal ...
Sep 15, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
As the rapid development of artificial intelligence triggers a renewed debate about its risks, the United States and China keep racing to develop increasingly powerful models.
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Energy & Green Tech
Can computers use less energy without compromising performance? That's what computer scientists Ben van Werkhoven and Rob van Nieuwpoort from the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS) are studying.
Sep 15, 2026
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Hi Tech & Innovation
From friendship networks and the internet to connections in the brain and trade relationships between countries, networks are everywhere. Physicists at Leiden study the fundamental principles underlying all these networks, ...
Sep 15, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
The world's biggest AI companies are working to create a standards body, ChatGPT maker OpenAI said Tuesday, as fears rise about the dangers of AI and pressure mounts to create a safer version of the technology.
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Consumer & Gadgets
AI-generated texts are increasingly perceived as human, but people can still recognize human writing as such. However, this distinction becomes much more difficult once AI is explicitly instructed to come across as human. ...
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