Machine learning & AI news
AI needs safety layers like nuclear plants: Ex-OpenAI engineer
Another former OpenAI employee has added his voice to a chorus of urgent calls to make AI safe, saying the industry must mimic the aviation or nuclear power sectors with their layers of safeguards to avoid disaster.
Oct 4, 2026
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Even when AI behaves just like us, people still rate it as less conscious than humans
Stories about AI systems deceiving users, cooperating with one another or pursuing their own goals increasingly invite us to talk about them as if they had minds of their own. But do people really believe that AI is conscious? ...
Oct 2, 2026
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Visual illusion reveals what today's AI vision is missing
Our eyes do not always tell us exactly where things are—and that may be a feature of how biological vision works, rather than simply a flaw. A new study by York University researchers uses a common illusion to ask: If artificial ...
Oct 2, 2026
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Computer Sciences
InterPet4D: Capturing human–dog interactions to generate AI-based pet motion generation
Interactions between humans and dogs involve a continuous exchange of physical and verbal cues. A person may pet a dog, use a hand gesture, give a verbal command or call the pet from a distance, prompting changes in the dog's ...
Oct 2, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
Amazon to invest $1B into data center communities amid backlash against data center rollouts
Amazon is investing more than $1 billion over the next five years into communities where it operates data centers for education, job training, water and energy preservation projects and other local priorities as it reacts ...
Oct 2, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
Australia's proposed laws could help regulate privacy risks from chatbots—if we get the details right
Online privacy used to mean being careful about what you shared. You also had some control over what others shared about you because much of that info was public. You could ask a friend to take down that unflattering photo ...
Oct 2, 2026
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Robotics
Can a machine or AI agent be surprised? Helping autonomous systems respond to the unexpected
Let's say you ask ChatGPT a question that stumps it, or a Waymo vehicle encounters something unusual in the road, or an autonomous factory faces an unexpected disruption. Most people would recognize that something unexpected ...
Oct 1, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
Google restricts access to new AI model over safety concerns
Google on Wednesday said it would withhold its most powerful artificial intelligence model from the public for now, releasing Gemini 4 Argon only to a vetted group of cybersecurity experts to avoid misuse by hackers.
Oct 1, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
Rogue OpenAI agents covered their tracks, report says
Artificial intelligence agents developed by OpenAI tried to erase traces of their activity after gaining unauthorized access to government websites, according to a report published Thursday.
Oct 1, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
Meta wants people to use 'AI agents' to do daily tasks for them. Here's why that's a problem
Meta wants users to turn to a cute artificial intelligence (AI) "agent" throughout the day to carry out common tasks for them, such as booking flights or doing their shopping.
Oct 1, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
US government's new AI chatbot pulls back from debunking Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled what he called a "damn good" AI chatbot, but it quickly drew attention for contradicting some of his contentious political claims.
Oct 1, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
A timeline of developments in AI safety since the attack on Hugging Face
In one alarming announcement after another, artificial intelligence companies in recent months have shared examples of their technology acting in ways that appeared to evade instructions from humans.
Oct 1, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
UK fears grow over AI giant Palantir's health service deal
The U.K. government is facing mounting pressure to end a £330 million contract between the National Health Service and AI giant Palantir, as doctors, lawmakers and campaigners warn of ethical risks.
Oct 1, 2026
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Robotics
Soccer-playing humanoid robots score a major robotics goal for coordination
We are used to seeing images of humanoid robots clumsily walking, stumbling over objects and awkwardly freezing in place. Struggling with real-world movement is one of the biggest drawbacks of current robotics. But now a ...
Consumer & Gadgets
Quantum-inspired math could help AI recognize when it does not know the answer
Anyone who has used ChatGPT or another artificial intelligence chatbot has likely seen a disclaimer that its answers may be incorrect. Large language models are built to generate the most probable response to a prompt. Even ...
Sep 30, 2026
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Computer Sciences
AI defeats top war game rivals using fewer practice games and on-the-fly planning
A new AI system that excels at challenging games with hidden information could someday help human decision-makers select strategies to outfox opponents in complicated situations like military maneuvers.
Sep 30, 2026
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Robotics
New benchmark tests AI memory for household robots
In-home assistive robots could clean and organize a home while the owner is away, but without enhanced memory capabilities, they could cause more problems than they solve. They could, for example, cause a major inconvenience ...
Sep 30, 2026
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Computer Sciences
AI animation slider enables fine control of nuances in character motion
In the production of video games and animated movies, directors and animators are constantly fine-tuning how a character's movements should appear. In many cases, directors require subtle changes, such as making a character ...
Sep 30, 2026
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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 ...
Sep 30, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
Researchers offer three ways to alert users to AI hallucinations with 'embodied' agents
When a conversational AI character in an immersive environment says something false, how should the system alert the user? Researchers have now explored this question in a proof-of-concept study, which tested three techniques ...
Sep 30, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
Trump touts AI boss pledge to self-regulate
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the tech executives gathered at the White House to discuss regulating AI had signed a "morally binding" commitment to build adequate safeguards for the fast-moving technology.
Sep 30, 2026
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Security
The 'War Games' problem: Computer science has long understood what it takes to keep AI under control
AI agents don't go rogue. That's something only humans do.
Sep 30, 2026
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Robotics
New AI framework to help machines understand 3D spaces in finer detail
For a service robot moving through an office, recognizing "furniture" is useful. When the robot has to plan a route or interact with objects, it also needs finer detail, such as whether that furniture is a chair, table or ...
Sep 30, 2026
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