https://techxplore.com/rss-feed/computer-sciences-news/ en-us The latest news on computer science, computer science technology, computer science technologies and technology science. AI agents tend to do things when we give them specific commands, such as analyzing data and answering questions. But what would they do if left to their own devices? https://techxplore.com/news/2026-10-strand-ai-island-playing-games.html Computer Sciences Thu, 22 Oct 2026 11:03:55 EDT news711885714 Minecraft is one of the world's most popular video games, where players explore, gather resources, craft items and try to survive in a virtual universe constructed of 3D cubes that represent different materials. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-10-ai-slays-dragon-agents-conquer.html Computer Sciences Tue, 20 Oct 2026 11:15:14 EDT news711713568 Like a hack writer or a friend rehashing their glory days over and over, artificial intelligence tends to tell the same old story. For AI agents instructed to write fiction, that tale usually involves lighthouses and a keeper named Elias, according to new Cornell research. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-10-elias-lighthouse-keeper-ai-fiction.html Computer Sciences Mon, 19 Oct 2026 12:00:01 EDT news711628220 Large language models (LLMs), the artificial intelligence (AI) systems underpinning the functioning of ChatGPT and other conversational agents, are now widely used to source information, summarize texts and generate content for specific purposes. These models essentially generate their responses by predicting sequences of words based on the patterns they learned during previous training. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-10-llms-human-standard.html Computer Sciences Thu, 15 Oct 2026 10:00:06 EDT news711199801 Researchers from the VUB's Artificial Intelligence Lab and the University of Namur (UNamur) demonstrate in a new large-scale study how autonomous AI systems can spontaneously develop a functional, shared language without human intervention. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-10-ai-agents-artificial-natural-language.html Computer Sciences Thu, 15 Oct 2026 08:40:12 EDT news711272281 Artificial intelligence can do remarkable things, but how much does it actually understand about the world? Researchers have found that surprisingly specific information can be extracted from the inner workings of large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT. Using mathematical tools to probe a model's internal activity, they can identify where a city is located on a map, when a historical figure lived or what emotion a character feels, even detecting descriptions of pain. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-10-ai-space-pain.html Computer Sciences Wed, 14 Oct 2026 12:00:13 EDT news711196861 It's no secret that an ever-increasing number of scientists use AI to help with their papers. While tasks such as polishing text are generally permissible if declared, using the technology to write papers, or parts of papers, from scratch and passing them off as original work is not. But it's happening. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-10-detector-ai-generated-ideas-words.html Computer Sciences Tue, 13 Oct 2026 12:23:30 EDT news711112923 Inside the human brain, billions of individual neurons connect to form a vast network capable of rapidly processing information and electrical signals. A team of researchers and engineers at Penn State is taking inspiration from these natural computers to build soft networks of water-based droplets, connected by membranes like those found in the walls of living cells. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-10-tiny-droplets-soft-networks-brain.html Electronics & Semiconductors Tue, 13 Oct 2026 10:20:20 EDT news711104512 When humans write sentences or solve math problems, they are thinking symbolically—each number, variable or word is expressed by a symbol. While AI chatbots do not "think" that way, if prompted, they can offer cogent advice about writing, math and many other topics as if a person were offering it. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-10-neural-network-ai-chatbots-humans.html Computer Sciences Fri, 09 Oct 2026 11:40:08 EDT news710763542 Before large language models (LLMs) can process text, they split it into chunks such as words or word fragments. The LLM behind ChatGPT, for example, splits "LMU München" into the three chunks "LM," "U" and "München," so it never directly sees the individual letters in "München." This step, which is known as subword tokenization, makes LLMs efficient but causes a range of problems, such as limited character-level understanding. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-10-easier-ai-letter.html Computer Sciences Fri, 09 Oct 2026 10:20:12 EDT news710759462 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 posture, position or movement. Understanding these human–animal interactions requires data that captures both participants simultaneously. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-10-interpet4d-capturing-humandog-interactions-generate.html Computer Sciences Fri, 02 Oct 2026 09:20:23 EDT news710150942 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 appear a little more restrained or a bit more expressive, and communicate subjectively how much change is needed. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-ai-animation-slider-enables-fine.html Computer Sciences Wed, 30 Sep 2026 14:00:09 EDT news709992961 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. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-ai-defeats-war-game-rivals.html Computer Sciences Wed, 30 Sep 2026 11:00:39 EDT news709901162 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 dollars ride on these benchmark scores, and policymakers increasingly cite them to shape regulations and government procurement decisions that will guide the development of AI. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-grade-ai-wrong.html Computer Sciences Wed, 30 Sep 2026 09:20:14 EDT news709977001 Researchers at the Institute of Information Security at Graz University of Technology (TU Graz) have uncovered security risks in the file notification systems of the widely used operating systems Windows, Linux, Android and macOS. Through side-channel attacks, attackers can track system-wide changes to files, keystrokes and visited websites, and spoof password prompts to intercept entries. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-notification-windows-linux-android-macos.html Computer Sciences Mon, 28 Sep 2026 12:00:01 EDT news709811307 Artificial intelligence models can give users the wrong answer and do so with great confidence. They can also hedge and warn that they are unsure—even when they get the answer right. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-ai-trustworthy-red-flag.html Computer Sciences Thu, 24 Sep 2026 10:20:06 EDT news709463281 A research team at the Faculty of Engineering at The University of Hong Kong (HKU), led by professor Ruibang Luo of the School of Computing and Data Science and professor Can Li of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has developed Gungnir, a blockchain-inspired DNA data storage codec. The framework improves digital information recovery from severely damaged DNA sequences, potentially extending the practical lifespan of DNA data archives from less than a decade to centuries. The paper is published in the journal Nature Communications. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-blockchain-dna-storage-codec-recovers.html Computer Sciences Wed, 23 Sep 2026 15:40:01 EDT news709395061 For decades, the gold standard for capturing human movement and transferring these data into the digital world has required actors to wear suits with physical markers that cameras track in a specialized studio. While accurate, this capture process is time-consuming and expensive. Markers need to be placed manually, they can fall off, and if two people get too close—such as during a hug or a dance—the system fails to track all markers as one person blocks the other from the camera's view, and accuracy drops significantly. Extensive post-processing is needed to recover the motion in such challenging sequences. The creators of the Hollywood blockbusters "Avatar" or "The Lord of the Rings" will know what we mean. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-virtual-markers-smartphone-cameras-reconstruct.html Computer Sciences Tue, 22 Sep 2026 16:00:06 EDT news709310402 Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have used an evolutionary algorithm to identify optimal shapes for ultra-thin, bio-inspired corrugated airfoils, the two-dimensional cut-throughs of wings. Lightweight membrane-like wings are a strong contender for use in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in thin atmospheres, like on Mars, and in UAV miniaturization. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-insect-corrugations-drones-fly-mars.html Engineering Mon, 21 Sep 2026 12:20:03 EDT news709209541 MIT researchers have created a computing platform that could be used to develop intelligent and adaptive next-generation electronics that can perform multiple functions, like computing and memory, within one extremely compact, energy-efficient device. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-tiny-polymer-devices-mimic-neuron.html Computer Sciences Wed, 16 Sep 2026 14:00:17 EDT news708776461 Researchers at Maynooth University (MU) have developed a first-of-its-kind DNA computer, described as one of the most complex and fastest molecular computers yet reported. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-dna-bit-salt.html Computer Sciences Wed, 16 Sep 2026 11:00:13 EDT news708694441 Large language models (LLMs), the artificial intelligence (AI) systems supporting the functioning of ChatGPT, Gemini and similar conversational platforms, are often expected to answer queries, generate texts for specific purposes and make decisions without the supervision of human experts. Yet past studies suggest that these models can sometimes mislead users, producing unreliable answers that express high confidence in false or inaccurate statements. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-ai-1.html Computer Sciences Wed, 16 Sep 2026 05:40:01 EDT news708695846 Artificial intelligence (AI) systems, particularly the large language models (LLMs) that underpin ChatGPT and similar platforms, are remarkably skilled at answering queries about a wide range of topics. However, the extent to which they can interpret social situations and predict how humans might respond in specific scenarios remains poorly understood. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-ai-harsher-social-world-people.html Computer Sciences Tue, 15 Sep 2026 10:20:01 EDT news708685191 MIT researchers have developed a new technique that helps generative artificial intelligence models find solutions to high-stakes problems. In these settings, a plausible answer is not enough: The output often must also satisfy nonnegotiable safety, physical or task-specific requirements, known as hard constraints. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-hardflow-algorithm-generative-ai-high.html Computer Sciences Mon, 14 Sep 2026 13:00:03 EDT news708609001 William Overman began his Ph.D. program at Stanford Graduate School of Business at an auspicious moment: just two months before ChatGPT launched publicly in November 2022, exploding the widely held understanding of what machines are capable of. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-blueprint-humans-ai.html Computer Sciences Mon, 14 Sep 2026 11:20:04 EDT news708602941 Networks are everywhere. They connect computers across the internet, carry electricity through power grids and represent transport routes for moving people and goods. Yet many problems that appear to have nothing to do with networks can also be represented and solved as networks. Examples include matching passengers with drivers in a ride-hailing app or distributing computing tasks across servers. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-randomness-vast-network-problems.html Software Fri, 11 Sep 2026 11:40:03 EDT news708345421 New research suggests that generative artificial intelligence (AI) could weaken not only employment opportunities for junior software developers but also the pathway through which they develop into senior professionals. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-ai-junior-coding-tasks-weaken.html Software Thu, 10 Sep 2026 13:40:01 EDT news708263881 AI systems that generate video frame by frame could follow a user's camera commands far more accurately, thanks to a new training method developed by researchers from the University of Surrey and NVIDIA. This improvement matters most when someone steers a generated scene rather than simply watching it. That includes video games built on AI-generated worlds, virtual production sets where a director can move a camera around, and simulated environments used to train robots. The findings are posted on the arXiv preprint server. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-ai-generated-scenes-properly-user.html Computer Sciences Thu, 10 Sep 2026 10:20:11 EDT news708254161 A guiding principle for many software engineers—"What you see is what you get" —means creating programs where the content you're editing looks the same as the final product. But when you're using generative AI (genAI) systems to 3D-print, say, a mug, you'll likely get a cup that can't hold your coffee. Why is that? https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-software-tool-users-ai-generated.html Software Wed, 09 Sep 2026 15:20:04 EDT news708185941 When a website loads quickly or an operating system runs smoothly, you can thank caching—a widely used computing process for fast data access that works by storing frequently used pieces of data in a computer's memory. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-year-strategy-ai-era-centers.html Software Wed, 09 Sep 2026 14:40:09 EDT news708183421