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Computer Sciences

Improving AI-generated images, pixel by pixel

If you have ever used an artificial intelligence text-to-image generator like ChatGPT or Google Gemini, you may have encountered a common but maddening problem: The image looks nearly perfect, but when you ask the AI to fix ...

Energy & Green Tech

Virtual modeling reveals safety measures for battery-powered mining systems

The mining industry is shifting toward battery-powered equipment to improve efficiency, but lithium-ion batteries pose risks due to their high energy density. They can fail, overheat and, in some cases, catch fire, releasing ...

Computer Sciences

Q&A: How AI came to model the 'messy' human mind

Generative artificial intelligence models are rooted in ideas of mid-20th-century engineers who thought some amount of irrationality was essential for a machine that could think like a human, contends Benjamin Lindquist, ...

Computer Sciences

Strand AI on a desert island, and it starts playing and inventing games

AI agents tend to do things when we give them specific commands, such as analyzing data and answering questions. But what would they do if left to their own devices?

Computer Sciences

Can AI understand space, time and pain?

Artificial intelligence can do remarkable things, but how much does it actually understand about the world? Researchers have found that surprisingly specific information can be extracted from the inner workings of large language ...

Electronics & Semiconductors

Tiny droplets form soft networks for brain-inspired computing

Inside the human brain, billions of individual neurons connect to form a vast network capable of rapidly processing information and electrical signals. A team of researchers and engineers at Penn State is taking inspiration ...

Computer Sciences

Can scientists build a lie detector for AI chatbots?

Ask an AI chatbot for some medical advice and it might recommend you head to the hospital when all you really have is indigestion. One of the biggest issues with AI chatbots today is that they can still share false information, ...

Computer Sciences

The tests that grade AI may be getting it wrong

Before a new AI model reaches the public, its developers run it through a battery of tests known as "benchmarks," which score it on everything from reasoning ability to how safe it is for people to use. Billions of investment ...

Computer Sciences

Researchers teach neural networks to add clouds and snow to images

Nikita Belyakov and Svetlana Illarionova, researchers from the Skoltech AI Center, presented a new method for semantic segmentation of multispectral data, which can be used to recognize clouds, shadows, and snow patches in ...

Consumer & Gadgets

Scientists study the hidden cost of Netflix's autoplay

Autoplay, a feature that automatically begins the next episode or movie without user input, has become a staple of modern streaming platforms like Netflix. But how much is this convenience truly costing us in terms of control ...

Computer Sciences

AI model mimics human goal-setting through game creation

While we are remarkably capable of generating our own goals, beginning with child's play and continuing into adulthood, we don't yet have computer models for understanding this human ability.

Computer Sciences

New study identifies differences between human and AI-generated text

A team of Carnegie Mellon University researchers set out to see how accurately large language models (LLMs) can match the style of text written by humans. Their findings were recently published in the Proceedings of the National ...

Computer Sciences

New report explores merging Web 3.0 with AI technologies

The Surrey Academy for Blockchain and Metaverse Applications (SABMA), a pioneering institution within the University of Surrey, is proud to announce the release of its groundbreaking report: Web 3.0 Protocol-as-Platform: ...

Computer Sciences

High-speed face tracking enhances augmented reality experiences

Augmented reality (AR) has become a hot topic in the entertainment, fashion, and makeup industries. Though a few different technologies exist in these fields, dynamic facial projection mapping (DFPM) is among the most sophisticated ...

Engineering

New technique aims to make food deliveries more efficient

North Carolina State University researchers have developed a new technique to improve the efficiency of food-delivery operations. The technique accounts for the location of food distribution sites and delivery locations to ...

Software

Contextual analysis for recommending code reviewers

Code review is essential in software development, playing a vital role in enhancing product quality by catching mistakes early on. An integral part of this procedure is choosing the right reviewers to examine modifications ...