Robotics

Teaching theory of mind to robots can enhance collaboration

Nature is brimming with animals that collaborate in large numbers. Bees stake out the best feeding spots and let others know where they are. Ants construct complex hierarchical homes built for defense. Flocks of starlings ...

Machine learning & AI

AI overconfidence mirrors a human language disorder

Agents, chatbots and other tools based on artificial intelligence (AI) are increasingly used in everyday life by many. So-called large language model (LLM)-based agents, such as ChatGPT and Llama, have become impressively ...

Automotive

When autonomous mobility learns to wonder

Autonomous mobility already exists, to some extent. Building an autonomous vehicle that can safely navigate an empty highway is one thing. The real challenge lies in adapting to the dynamic and messy reality of urban environments.

Machine learning & AI

Energy and memory: A new neural network paradigm

Listen to the first notes of an old, beloved song. Can you name that tune? If you can, congratulations—it's a triumph of your associative memory, in which one piece of information (the first few notes) triggers the memory ...

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