Machine learning & AI news
Software
New software could reduce dependency on big data centers for AI
EPFL researchers have developed new software—now spun-off into a start-up—that eliminates the need for data to be sent to third-party cloud services when AI is used to complete a task. This could challenge the business ...
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Computer Sciences
Enabling small language models to solve complex reasoning tasks
As language models (LMs) improve at tasks like image generation, trivia questions, and simple math, you might think that human-like reasoning is around the corner. In reality, they still trail us by a wide margin on complex ...
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The 'AI homeless man prank' reveals a crisis in AI education
The new TikTok trend "AI homeless man prank" has sparked a wave of outrage and police responses in the United States and beyond. The prank involves using AI image generators to create realistic photos depicting fake homeless ...
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What's at stake in Trump's executive order aiming to curb state-level AI regulation
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Dec. 11, 2025, that aims to supersede state-level artificial intelligence laws that the administration views as a hindrance to innovation in AI.
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AI-generated podcasts flood the market, challenging traditional hosts and listeners
Chatty bots are sharing their hot takes through hundreds of thousands of AI-generated podcasts. And the invasion has just begun.
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Computer Sciences
AI agents debate their way to improved mathematical reasoning
Large language models (LLMs), artificial intelligence (AI) systems that can process and generate texts in various languages, are now widely used worldwide to create written content, source information and even to code websites ...
Hardware
First monolithic 3D chip built in U.S. foundry delivers major AI speed gains
A collaborative team has achieved the first monolithic 3D chip built in a U.S. foundry, delivering the densest 3D chip wiring and order-of-magnitude speed gains.
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Computer Sciences
'Periodic table' for AI methods aims to drive innovation
Artificial intelligence is increasingly used to integrate and analyze multiple types of data formats, such as text, images, audio and video. One challenge slowing advances in multimodal AI, however, is the process of choosing ...
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Machine learning & AI
GPT‑5.2: OpenAI beefs up GPT models in AI race with Google
OpenAI released its latest artificial intelligence models on Thursday, shrugging off worries about how it will cash in on massive spending in its technology race with Google.
Dec 12, 2025
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Computer Sciences
New system efficiently explains AI judgments in real-time
A research team led by Professor Jaesik Choi of KAIST's Kim Jaechul Graduate School of AI, in collaboration with KakaoBank Corp, has developed an accelerated explanation technology that can explain the basis of an artificial ...
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Robotics
Humanoid robots take center stage at Silicon Valley summit, but skepticism remains
Robots have long been seen as a bad bet for Silicon Valley investors—too complicated, capital-intensive and "boring, honestly," says venture capitalist Modar Alaoui.
Dec 12, 2025
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Consumer & Gadgets
Can AI be a good creative partner?
What generative AI typically does best—recognize patterns and predict the next step in a sequence—can seem fundamentally at odds with the intangibility of human creativity and imagination. However, Cambridge researchers ...
Dec 12, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
Supercomputer ushers in new era of nuclear AI
Nuclear power is rising to meet the demand for American energy. But building new reactors or even renewing licenses of existing ones requires a tremendous amount of paperwork. Fortunately, AI is also on the rise, and paperwork ...
Dec 12, 2025
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Computer Sciences
AI can pick up cultural values by mimicking how kids learn
Artificial intelligence systems absorb values from their training data. The trouble is that values differ across cultures. So an AI system trained on data from the entire internet won't work equally well for people from different ...
Dec 11, 2025
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Computer Sciences
Squashing 'fantastic bugs' hidden in AI benchmarks
After reviewing thousands of benchmarks used in AI development, a Stanford team found that 5% could have serious flaws with far-reaching ramifications.
Dec 11, 2025
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Computer Sciences
New method improves the reliability of statistical estimations
MIT researchers have developed a method that generates more accurate uncertainty measures for certain types of estimation. This could help improve the reliability of data analyses in areas like economics, epidemiology, and ...
Dec 11, 2025
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Consumer & Gadgets
Fairness in AI: Study shows central role of human decision-making
AI-supported recommender systems should provide users with the best possible suggestions for their inquiries. These systems often have to serve different target groups and take other stakeholders into account who also influence ...
Dec 11, 2025
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Electronics & Semiconductors
AI's $400 bn problem: Are chips getting old too fast?
In pursuit of the AI dream, the tech industry this year has plunked down about $400 billion on specialized chips and data centers, but questions are mounting about the wisdom of such unprecedented levels of investment.
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Business
Make your own Mickey Mouse clip—Disney embraces AI
Walt Disney and OpenAI announced a three-year licensing deal Thursday that will allow users to create short videos featuring beloved Disney characters through artificial intelligence.
Dec 11, 2025
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Business
These are the key AI players on the cover of Time's 'Architects of AI' magazine
Accompanying Time's annual person of the year selection Thursday is a magazine cover that resembles the "Lunch Atop a Skyscraper" photograph from the 1930s showing eight of the " Architects of AI " sitting on the beam.
Dec 11, 2025
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Consumer & Gadgets
AI-generated political videos are more about memes and money than persuading and deceiving
Zohran Mamdani as a creepy trick-or-treater, Gavin Newsom body-slamming Donald Trump and Hakeem Jeffries in a sombrero. This is not the setup to an elaborate joke. Instead, these are all examples of recent AI-generated political ...
Dec 11, 2025
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Machine learning & AI
What's the safest way to walk home at night? We've created an AI-powered app that shows you
In the historic walled city of Derry (also known as Londonderry) in Northern Ireland, the night-time economy is vibrant. But like many urban centers, it presents safety challenges for those trying to get home. At night, a ...
Dec 11, 2025
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Machine learning & AI
AI adoption changes how scientists work, collaborate and publish new findings
Artificial intelligence is no longer just a tool for science—it is starting to reshape how science itself is practiced. A team at Manchester is exploring this transformation, analyzing how AI is changing the way researchers ...
Dec 11, 2025
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