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Consumer & Gadgets

Intelligent, but not conscious: A warning about AI chatbots

Have you ever said "thanks" to ChatGPT, or "please" to Claude? Maybe you're just being polite, showing some civility to a helpful and eloquent conversational partner. You may even consider politeness a safe choice, just in ...

Computer Sciences

Combining lessons from ants and birds to improve AI

Combining ideas inspired by ant colonies and flocks of birds may hold the key to unlocking more effective artificial intelligence, according to a researcher at Missouri S&T. "With the way AI algorithms are currently structured, ...

Machine learning & AI

In game theory, generalists sometimes win out over specialists, finds research

Whether you're playing poker against a single opponent or find yourself in a bidding war over a home purchase with another prospective buyer, you are operating under conditions of imperfect information. You know what cards ...

Machine learning & AI

Top researcher backs nations' push for sovereign AI

French AI researcher Yann LeCun said Wednesday that governments were right to seek sovereign access to the potentially transformative technology.

Machine learning & AI

AI raises profound moral questions—for all of humanity to answer

Will you be flagged at the border? Will your mortgage application be approved? During wartime, whose neighborhood would a weapon system target? These are moral choices—about harm and fairness—and they used to be made by people.

Robotics

Could AI tell you where you left your keys?

An auto factory worker can remember the storage bin where she left a partly assembled component the night before and quickly return to that spot to pick it up. But robots that may work side by side with her would struggle ...

Robotics

When will AI robots become part of everyday lives?

Many AI robots appear intelligent as long as they operate in controlled environments. Neuroscientist and robotics researcher Elisa Donati explains why robots with real-world readiness require more than just fast software.

Consumer & Gadgets

Snap bets on AR glasses in post-smartphone race

Snap, the parent company of social network Snapchat, on Tuesday launched its Specs augmented reality glasses, a major bet by a struggling company to stake out ground in the post-smartphone era.

Machine learning & AI

No breakthrough in Anthropic talks with Trump administration

Officials with artificial intelligence startup Anthropic met with the Trump administration Monday as it seeks to restore models blocked over national security concerns, a spokesperson for the company said.

Security

Researchers propose 'copyleft' rules for generative AI

The rise of generative artificial intelligence (AI) poses challenges for the free and open-source software (FOSS) community, a global network committed to creating and maintaining publicly available software that anyone can ...

Machine learning & AI

AI robots can go rogue: A researcher on how easily it happens

Earlier this year in Beijing, a humanoid robot crossed a half-marathon finish line in a blistering 50 minutes, 26 seconds. The feat immediately lit up global headlines for shattering the human world record by almost seven ...

Computer Sciences

Single snapshot unlocks 3D depth with coded aperture and AI

A single photograph contains a wealth of information, but determining 3D spatial relationships from a 2D scene is no simple task. Many attempts have been made to develop a method to reconstruct both depth and sharp color ...