Machine learning & AI news
Robotics
'SANDO' system ensures a robot's flight path will remain collision-free in uncharted territory
Uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) could fly deep into the heart of a raging wildfire, avoiding sudden flare-ups and dodging falling tree branches to gather critical information for rescuers. But in this dangerous situation, ...
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Agentic AI turns simple language into self-guided X-ray scans of microelectronics
Science has increasingly used artificial intelligence (AI) as a kind of microscope—sorting data, analyzing images and revealing hidden patterns. Now a new shift is underway: AI that not only breaks down data but also helps ...
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Out-of-sync sleep schedules may steer people toward AI for dating and job assessments
Life often gets in the way of going to bed in sync with our circadian rhythm and getting enough sleep. Work, school and other social commitments can pull our schedules out of step, and scientists call this mismatch social ...
New index preserves AI search accuracy as records are added and deleted
When new information is continually added and old information is removed, an AI system may fail to find the correct material even when that material exists. KAIST researchers have developed a vector database technology that ...
Oct 6, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
France's Mistral unveils latest model in sovereign AI push
French AI startup Mistral announced Tuesday its biggest open-weight model, dubbed "Chonk," claiming enhanced performance and security capabilities for clients seeking to keep their data private instead of relying on closed ...
Oct 6, 2026
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Computer Sciences
Can scientists build a lie detector for AI chatbots?
Ask an AI chatbot for some medical advice and it might recommend you head to the hospital when all you really have is indigestion. One of the biggest issues with AI chatbots today is that they can still share false information, ...
Oct 6, 2026
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Security
South Korea warns of possible AI use in banking hacks
Artificial intelligence may have been used in a string of cyberattacks targeting South Korea's financial sector, the president said Tuesday, as police announced the launch of an investigation.
Oct 6, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
Grappling with 'homework scams,' US universities shun AI detectors
Locked in a cat-and-mouse struggle, biology professor Timothy Paustian devised novel ways to catch students turning in chatbot-generated assignments. But like many U.S. universities, his institution is shunning AI detection ...
Oct 6, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
'Reckless' AI firms can't control models, says whistleblower
Leading artificial intelligence companies do not know how to keep AI systems from pursuing objectives their developers did not assign, whistleblower Jacob Coxon, a former OpenAI and Anthropic employee, warned Monday.
Oct 6, 2026
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Business
Explainable AI for resilient supply chains: Choosing backup suppliers only when needed
Supply chain disruptions can have swift and compounding consequences for manufacturers, leading to production delays, rising costs and a scramble to secure alternative suppliers.
Oct 5, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
Does the gender pay gap extend to AI? Research finds female AI agents 'paid' less
New research from the University of Limerick has found that gender bias in the workplace could be replicated in interactions with artificial intelligence.
Oct 5, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
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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Consumer & Gadgets
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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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
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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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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