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Machine learning & AI
The rapid embrace of AI in China, its biggest testing ground, may shape how AI is used globally
On a recent weekday, around 50 people gathered outside the headquarters of a Chinese mobile internet company, waiting to get help with installing an artificial intelligence assistant.
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Energy & Green Tech
This AI can read rivers almost anywhere in America, and utilities are paying close attention
Hydrology experts at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) used artificial intelligence and a physics-based understanding of streamflow to create a model that provides highly accurate ...
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US to assess new AI models before their release
The US government on Tuesday announced in a policy shift that it will have access to tech giants' new AI models to evaluate them before they are released.
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AI galaxy hunters could be adding to the global GPU crunch
NASA announced that it will launch the Nancy Grace Roman space telescope into orbit in September 2026, eight months ahead of schedule. The new space telescope is expected to deliver 20,000 terabytes of data to astronomers ...
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A simple physics-inspired model sheds light on how AI learns
Artificial intelligence systems based on neural networks—such as ChatGPT, Claude, DeepSeek or Gemini—are extraordinarily powerful, yet their internal workings remain largely a "black box." To better understand how these systems ...
May 5, 2026
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Security
AI fails to make inroads with cybercriminals, study finds
Cybercriminals have been struggling to adopt AI in their work, reports the first-of-its-kind study that analyzed a dataset of 100 million posts from underground cybercrime communities. The study is published on the arXiv ...
May 4, 2026
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Security
No digital content is safe from generative AI, researchers say
A research team led by Virginia Tech cybersecurity expert Bimal Viswanath has found a critical blind spot in today's image protection techniques designed to prevent bad actors from stealing online content for unauthorized ...
May 4, 2026
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Beyond borders: Metaverse manufacturing envisions AI-linked local production built on digital twins
Over the past decades, technological advances have fueled great innovation in a wide range of fields. Emerging and rapidly developing technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI) systems, three-dimensional (3D) and ...
Computer Sciences
When AI can't count—and what researchers are doing about it
Today, artificial intelligence can describe images, recognize objects, and explain complex relationships. The pace of development is remarkable: So-called vision-language models (VLMs) combine text and image understanding ...
May 4, 2026
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Consumer & Gadgets
What does it mean to train an AI to speak like you?
Ultra-personalized artificial intelligence for assisted communication risks muting aspects of the user's identity and occasionally breaches privacy, according to a new study from a Cornell Tech doctoral student who trained ...
May 4, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
Novel approach to training AI saves energy, improves speed, and minimizes data sent across networks
In a novel attempt to improve how large language models learn and make them more capable and energy-efficient, Stevens Institute of Technology researchers have devised an algorithm that improves AI data sharing, boosts performance ...
May 4, 2026
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Security
Mythos AI is a cybersecurity threat, but it doesn't rewrite the rules of the game
The cybersecurity community went on alert when Anthropic announced on April 7, 2026, that its latest and most capable general-purpose large language model, Claude Mythos Preview, had demonstrated remarkable—and unintended—capabilities. ...
May 4, 2026
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Electronics & Semiconductors
AI data center boom is leaving consumer electronics short of chips—even though they don't use the same kinds
The boom in data center construction is taking up much of the supply of high-tech components, especially processor and memory chips. This demand is squeezing consumer device makers, which are having trouble acquiring enough ...
May 4, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
Wind energy and scenic landscapes: Balancing beauty and power through better planning
Wind turbines supply a particularly large amount of electricity in winter—precisely when demand is high. Nevertheless, expansion is stagnating in many regions of Europe. One of the main reasons is that wind turbines can clash ...
May 4, 2026
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Security
Think online ads are harmless? They could be revealing your private life, say researchers
A new study has uncovered a significant and largely invisible privacy risk in the online advertising ecosystem: the ads you see may be enough to reveal sensitive personal information.
May 4, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
Human-guided AI system could strengthen advanced reactor monitoring and control
Nuclear reactors generate reliable, low-carbon electricity by using heat from nuclear fission to turn turbines. These steady energy producers are a crucial component of clean power generation. Nuclear engineers are responsible ...
May 2, 2026
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Electronics & Semiconductors
A new type of optical chip cuts static power while enabling electrical reprogramming
As technology advances, and the demand for faster, higher-bandwidth, and more energy-efficient data processing continues to grow, scientists and engineers search for ways to improve electronic systems. One avenue they have ...
May 1, 2026
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Software
Which pothole to fix? AI team helps company develop city system
Artificial intelligence (AI) experts from The University of Texas at Dallas have partnered with a Japanese company through its Irving, Texas-based subsidiary to help local governments prioritize road repairs. The system builds ...
May 1, 2026
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Consumer & Gadgets
'Just looping you in': Why letting AI write our emails might actually create more work
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May 1, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
Pentagon signs classified AI deals with tech giants, snubs Anthropic
The Pentagon on Friday announced agreements with seven leading artificial intelligence companies to deploy their technology on classified military networks, a move that pointedly excludes Anthropic amid its ongoing dispute ...
May 1, 2026
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Computer Sciences
End of black box AI? Scientists develop blueprint for transparent system that reveals how it learns and makes decisions
Artificial intelligence that cannot explain how it makes decisions—often called "black box" AI—could soon be replaced by more transparent systems, research suggests. A study by Loughborough University, published in Physica ...
Apr 30, 2026
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Computer Sciences
What skills do people need to successfully program with AI?
The new trend of "vibe coding" allows people to program software without writing a single line of code. Now, a new study by ETH Zurich published in the Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing ...
Apr 30, 2026
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Automotive
Why pedestrian deaths keep rising: AI spots rare crash patterns where targeted fixes could save lives
On average, car crashes cause more than 40,000 deaths per year in the United States. Technologies like seat belts, advanced airbags, and automated braking systems have improved car driver and passenger safety, but pedestrian ...
Apr 30, 2026
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Business
Collective intelligence framework shows how human-AI teams may make better decisions
As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes embedded in critical decisions about health, safety, finance, and governance, a key challenge is no longer whether people and AI will collaborate, but rather how to structure this collaboration ...
Apr 30, 2026
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Computer Sciences
Solving the 'Whac-a-mole dilemma': A smarter way to debias AI vision models
In today's hospitals and clinics, a dermatologist may use an artificial intelligence model for classifying skin lesions to assess if the lesion is at risk of developing into a cancer or if it is benign. But if the model is ...
Apr 30, 2026
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