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Business
Platforms that rank the latest LLMs can be unreliable
A firm that wants to use a large language model (LLM) to summarize sales reports or triage customer inquiries can choose between hundreds of unique LLMs with dozens of model variations, each with slightly different performance. ...
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Consumer & Gadgets
How much does chatbot bias influence users? A lot, it turns out
Customers are 32% more likely to buy a product after reading a review summary generated by a chatbot than after reading the original review written by a human. That's because large language models introduce bias, in this ...
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When AI goes haywire: The case of the skyscraper and the slide trombone
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is now part of our everyday life. It is perceived as "intelligence" and yet relies fundamentally on statistics. Its results are based on previously learned patterns in data. As soon as we move ...
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Transphobia in LLMs is more nuanced than expected, research finds
After Twitter's 2023 rebrand into X, hate speech surged on the platform. Social media and video websites like Facebook and YouTube have long struggled with content moderation, battling the need to keep people safe—especially ...
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AI videos create buzz for ByteDance after US TikTok deal
Cinematic clips generated by ByteDance's latest artificial intelligence video model have sparked an online buzz for the Chinese company that recently ceded majority control of TikTok in the United States.
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Business
Will AI put me out of a job? How artificial intelligence is being used in casino gaming
Will artificial intelligence put me out of a job? That's the lingering fear some employees in the gaming industry are contemplating as rapidly evolving technology is deployed in workplaces across the globe, including in casino ...
23 hours ago
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Machine learning & AI
Moltbook: AI bots use social network to create religions, but are some really humans in disguise?
A new social network called Moltbook has been created for AIs, allowing machines to interact and talk to each other. Within hours of the platform launching, the AIs appeared to have created their own religions, developed ...
Feb 8, 2026
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Computer Sciences
Is artificial general intelligence already here? A new case that today's LLMs meet key tests
Will artificial intelligence ever be able to reason, learn, and solve problems at levels comparable to humans? Experts at the University of California San Diego believe the answer is yes—and that such artificial general ...
Feb 7, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
OpenClaw and Moltbook: A DIY AI agent and social media for bots
If you're following AI on social media, even lightly, you will likely have come across OpenClaw. If not, you will have heard one of its previous names, Clawdbot or Moltbot. Despite its technical limitations, this tool has ...
Feb 7, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
China ramps up energy boom flagged by Musk as key to AI race
New data on China's relentless energy installations underscore warnings from Elon Musk and Jensen Huang that the nation's world-beating power network will deliver a major advantage over the U.S. in the race to dominate artificial ...
Feb 7, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
How can computing for AI and other demands be more energy efficient?
The growth and impact of artificial intelligence are limited by the power and energy that it takes to train machine learning models. So how are researchers working to improve computing efficiency to support the rising demand ...
Feb 7, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
AI-generated text is overwhelming institutions, setting off a no-win 'arms race' with AI detectors
In 2023, the science fiction literary magazine Clarkesworld stopped accepting new submissions because so many were generated by artificial intelligence. Near as the editors could tell, many submitters pasted the magazine's ...
Feb 7, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
Security concerns and skepticism are bursting the bubble of Moltbook, the viral AI social forum
You are not invited to join the latest social media platform that has the internet talking. In fact, no humans are, unless you can hijack the site and roleplay as AI, as some appear to be doing.
Feb 7, 2026
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Hi Tech & Innovation
New AI system pushes the time limits of generative video
A team of EPFL researchers has taken a major step towards resolving the problem of drift in generative video, which is what causes sequences to become incoherent after a handful of seconds. Their breakthrough paves the way ...
Feb 6, 2026
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Robotics
AI-powered companionship: Harnessing music and empathetic speech in robots to combat loneliness
Loneliness has a critical impact on the mental health of citizens, particularly among the elderly. Robots capable of perceiving and responding to human emotions can serve as heart-warming companions to help lift the spirits. ...
Feb 6, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
Why comparisons between AI and human intelligence miss the point
Claims that artificial intelligence (AI) is on the verge of surpassing human intelligence have become commonplace. According to some commentators, rapid advances in large language models signal an imminent tipping point—often ...
Feb 6, 2026
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Computer Sciences
A bot-only social media platform: What the Moltbook experiment is teaching us about AI
What happens when you create a social media platform that only AI bots can post to? The answer, it turns out, is both entertaining and concerning. Moltbook is exactly that—a platform where artificial intelligence agents ...
Feb 5, 2026
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Hi Tech & Innovation
AI agents debate more effectively when given personalities and the ability to interrupt
In a typical online meeting, humans don't always wait politely for their turn to speak. They interrupt to express strong agreement, stay silent when they are unsure, and let their personalities shape the flow of the discussion. ...
Feb 5, 2026
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Robotics
Brain-inspired AI helps soft robot arms switch tasks and stay stable
Researchers have developed an AI control system that enables soft robotic arms to learn a wide repertoire of motions and tasks once, then adjust to new scenarios on the fly without needing retraining or sacrificing functionality. ...
Feb 5, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
Anthropic unveils new AI model as OpenAI rivalry heats up
Anthropic on Thursday released its latest high-performing artificial intelligence model, escalating its challenge to OpenAI in the intensifying AI race.
Feb 5, 2026
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Business
Study identifies key elements that determine impact of AI on jobs
Research by academics at King's College London and the AI Objectives Institute has shed light on why what matters is not just how much of a job AI can do, but which parts. Dr. Bouke Klein Teeselink and Daniel Carey analyzed ...
Feb 5, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
News sites are locking out the internet archive to stop AI crawling. Is the 'open web' closing?
When the World Wide Web went live in the early 1990s, its founders hoped it would be a space for anyone to share information and collaborate. But today, the free and open web is shrinking.
Feb 5, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
Anthropic, OpenAI rivalry spills into new Super Bowl ads as both fight to win over AI users
The two artificial intelligence startups behind rival chatbots ChatGPT and Claude are bracing for an existential showdown this year as both need to prove they can grow a business that will make more money than they're losing.
Feb 5, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
'Discovery learning' AI tool predicts battery cycle life with just a few days' data
An agentic AI tool for battery researchers harnesses data from previous battery designs to predict the cycle life of new battery concepts. With information from just 50 cycles, the tool—developed at University of Michigan ...
Feb 4, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
Why reinforcement learning breaks at scale, and how a new method fixes it
From autonomous cars to video games, reinforcement learning (machine learning through interaction with environments) can have an important impact. That may feel especially true, for example, when you're a passenger late for ...
Feb 4, 2026
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