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. Artificial intelligence is proving to be transformative in its ability to work with language and images. Now, with a growing push to apply AI to scientific discovery, Caltech's Anima Anandkumar says there is a crucial ingredient missing from most AI models: the ability to understand the physical world. Take, for example, weather models, says Anandkumar, Caltech's Bren Professor of Computing and Mathematical Sciences. If you want an AI model to predict weather, it must understand chaotic physical systems, like how the atmosphere changes around the planet and over time. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-08-ai-architectures-scientific-problems.html Computer Sciences Wed, 12 Aug 2026 16:00:01 EDT news705768961 The trail of likes, shares and downloads we leave across the internet could help predict successful innovations years in advance, Cornell researchers showed by curating two datasets that allowed them to compare early engagement with future impact. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-08-today-downloads-tomorrow-scientific-impact.html Computer Sciences Tue, 11 Aug 2026 12:00:02 EDT news705668341 Artificial intelligence models are jacks of many trades, including writing, generating images, and creating 3D models. But they aren't as helpful when it comes to testing robots or designs for vehicles in diverse environments, since they don't understand physics as well as they do pixels or text. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-08-physics-ai-simulate-wider-range.html Computer Sciences Tue, 11 Aug 2026 09:00:01 EDT news705656882 Why do we breeze through some sentences in a book or article but have to reread others to comprehend their meaning? A team of linguists and data scientists has found a partial answer in AI—some of this processing parallels that of neural-network-based large language models (LLMs). However, other aspects of why we read this way cannot be explained by these technologies, revealing where human and AI language processing diverge and maintaining the mystery of some stages of the reading process. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-08-labor-words-ai-partial.html Computer Sciences Mon, 10 Aug 2026 13:40:10 EDT news705585670 In recent years, computer scientists have developed a wide range of artificial intelligence (AI) models that can rapidly recognize patterns in data, generate content and solve other computational problems. Many of these AI systems are based on deep neural networks (DNNs), brain-inspired computational models that can make predictions based on specific data, or LLMs, models that can process human language, answer queries and generate text. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-07-ai-framework-rooted-cognitive-science.html Computer Sciences Sat, 08 Aug 2026 09:40:02 EDT news704472357 Many software tools, including compilers, optimizers and synthesizers, have a common task at their core. They must transform long, complicated programs into simplified equivalents. These scaled-down programs run faster and on a wider range of hardware but must deliver the same results as their original versions. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-08-optimizing-software-professor-egg-downsizes.html Software Thu, 06 Aug 2026 11:40:24 EDT news705234721 Large language models (LLMs), the computational models that underpin conversational agents such as Gemini and ChatGPT, are now widely used by people worldwide to rapidly find information, summarize documents and generate texts for specific purposes. Some computer scientists are now combining two or more of these models to create multi-agent systems, which prompt multiple artificial intelligence (AI) agents to interact, cooperate and/or compete with the goal of completing specific tasks. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-08-hidden-goals-undermine-ai-teamwork.html Computer Sciences Thu, 06 Aug 2026 09:10:01 EDT news705224292 Large language models (LLMs), the artificial intelligence (AI) systems underpinning ChatGPT and similar conversational platforms, are now used by many people worldwide to find and summarize information and generate different types of text. Despite their widespread use, these models still have notable limitations. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-07-popular-reliable-sources-llms.html Computer Sciences Thu, 30 Jul 2026 07:00:04 EDT news704550288 Generating an image of a person on a computer using text prompts is easy. Generating one with two people is similarly simple. But creating an image of multiple people actually doing something, and faithfully reproducing not just the people but the thing they're doing? Not so easy. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-07-pose-realistic-multi-person-images.html Computer Sciences Wed, 29 Jul 2026 12:20:02 EDT news704546221 A drone swoops low over an alpine forest. It climbs suddenly to follow the contours of the sharply rising landscape. Pulses from its lidar—a laser mapping instrument—rapidly scan the trees below. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-07-game-forests-drone-ai-trees.html Computer Sciences Wed, 29 Jul 2026 10:20:02 EDT news704539022 The capabilities of large AI systems are constantly improving, but they consume a great deal of energy during training and operation. The human brain, by contrast, is extremely energy-efficient: It requires only around 20 watts. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-07-brain-ai-capable-flexible-problem.html Computer Sciences Tue, 28 Jul 2026 14:40:07 EDT news704467261 A new study led by Fabrice Niyigaba '27 reports the first digital tool for identifying online propaganda in Kinyarwanda, the national language of Rwanda's 15 million people—and possibly the first for any of the Bantu languages spoken by 350 million Africans. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-07-ai-gains-tool-kinyarwanda-propaganda.html Computer Sciences Mon, 27 Jul 2026 16:40:10 EDT news704388601 Artificial intelligence can generate videos so realistic that distinguishing them from authentic footage is becoming increasingly difficult. But a computer science team led by researchers at UC Riverside has developed a tool that moves beyond simply identifying whether a video is fake. It also determines which AI system created it. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-07-tool-sources-fake-videos.html Computer Sciences Mon, 27 Jul 2026 08:20:03 EDT news704358542 Quantum computing and AI are among the most rapidly developing modern technologies. AI, in the form of machine learning, has been deployed for decades to recommend movies and TV shows and make it easier to search for images. Over the past several years, large language models have permeated even more facets of daily life, from writing emails to producing images, videos and songs in response to requests expressed in a few written lines. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-07-quantum-randomness-neural-network-troublesome.html Computer Sciences Thu, 23 Jul 2026 14:20:07 EDT news704029997 Researchers at the Universities of Konstanz and Stuttgart have demonstrated a new approach to computation: a computer made from a few hundred microscopic particles oscillating in a liquid. Instead of processing information through carefully fabricated electronic circuits, their system performs computations by harnessing the complex collective dynamics of interacting particles. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-07-liquid-hundreds-oscillating-particles-complex.html Computer Sciences Thu, 23 Jul 2026 13:40:04 EDT news704030423 Researchers from the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) presented two papers at SIGGRAPH in Los Angeles. One paper introduces new methods for texturing highly deformable surfaces, and the other proposes a faster, more precise way to compute geometric properties of shapes. Both show how to boost graphics accuracy while cutting computational cost, with potential applications across video gaming, visual effects and simulation. The studies have been published in ACM Transactions on Graphics. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-07-graphics-advances-textures-tenfold.html Computer Sciences Wed, 22 Jul 2026 11:20:01 EDT news703937758 An international research team involving the University of Bayreuth has, for the first time, analyzed the "inner workings" of AI language models when predicting political voting decisions. To do so, the researchers examined six national elections and AI-based election forecasts and developed a new method for making more precise predictions. They presented their findings at the International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML 2026) in Seoul, South Korea. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-07-ai-powered-election-reveal-hidden.html Computer Sciences Thu, 16 Jul 2026 07:40:01 EDT news703405416 Artificial intelligence isn't just capable of translating between existing languages—it can also create entirely new ones. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-07-ai-tool-doesnt-languages.html Computer Sciences Wed, 15 Jul 2026 13:50:01 EDT news703341027 The era of building "personalized AI" by training AI models on individual or corporate documents and data is beginning. However, while such customization can improve task performance, it can also weaken a model's existing safety safeguards. KAIST researchers have developed a core AI technology that preserves customized performance while further strengthening safety. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-07-key-technology-personalized-ai-safer.html Computer Sciences Wed, 15 Jul 2026 10:40:01 EDT news703329183 When can we trust the results we get from AI, and when is learning impossible? Researchers have shown that there are some problems that even the most powerful AI cannot reliably solve, no matter how much data it is given. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-07-limits-isnt-ai.html Computer Sciences Tue, 14 Jul 2026 05:00:01 EDT news703144062 Training artificial intelligence to enforce even seemingly straightforward rules—like balls and strikes in Major League Baseball (MLB)—is a messy, dynamic process that takes time and careful evaluation of the technology in the wild, according to new Cornell research. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-07-years-exposed-hidden-offs-mlb.html Computer Sciences Mon, 06 Jul 2026 11:00:02 EDT news702552375 When a standard large language model (LLM) is confronted with a problem, it tries to solve it by matching it to similar information it has seen before, and then give an answer based on those past patterns. But how it decides which information to use and what value it gives to different pieces of information can be somewhat inscrutable from the outside. An EPFL team has created a new large language model that is structured similarly to a human brain, allowing users more control and moving away from "black box" AI. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-ai-ways-peer-black.html Computer Sciences Fri, 26 Jun 2026 12:20:03 EDT news701694481 Students in the University of Washington's Prosocial Computing Group noticed a trend on social media: People were using generative artificial intelligence to make short science videos. The trouble was that these people weren't scientists, which, given AI's proclivity to be convincingly wrong, could accelerate the spread of misinformation. So the lab wondered how to enable scientists and other researchers to better adapt to platforms like TikTok. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-papertok-ai-users-papers-short.html Computer Sciences Fri, 26 Jun 2026 09:04:01 EDT news701683424 In 2022, global production of construction materials accounted for more than 7% of total carbon emissions. But how many of those materials were truly necessary to build houses, buildings and bridges? https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-smarter-optimization-bridge-materials.html Engineering Wed, 24 Jun 2026 12:40:04 EDT news701522909 In his 1927 paper, "A law of comparative judgment," the American psychologist L. L. Thurstone proposed that when people select one option among multiple alternatives, they are picking the one that has the highest value to them, even though they cannot assign a particular number to that choice. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-people-options-sharpen-ai.html Computer Sciences Sun, 14 Jun 2026 10:40:01 EDT news700413438 Researchers in Japan have developed quantum multi-programming auto mode, a function that automatically runs quantum programs from different users in parallel. Launched on the Center for Quantum Information and Quantum Biology (QIQB) quantum computer cloud service at the University of Osaka, the system reduces idle qubit resources, improves throughput and may help ease congestion in quantum cloud computing. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-world-cloud-full-quantum-capacity.html Computer Sciences Thu, 11 Jun 2026 11:20:03 EDT news700395243 How do software developers respond when they come across code they do not intuitively understand? Neuropsychologists have now explored this question by recording brain activity alongside eye movements. A team of psycholinguists then compared the findings with established patterns from natural language processing and identified some surprising parallels. The interdisciplinary team from Saarland University and Chemnitz University of Technology has now published its study in Scientific Reports. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-code-brain-eye-tracking-reveal.html Software Wed, 10 Jun 2026 13:20:47 EDT news700315981 Workshopping, an iterative process in which creators share ideas, test what works and refine what doesn't through collective feedback, is at the heart of any writers group. This collaborative dynamic inspired George Mason University Ph.D. student Shiwei Hong to explore whether artificial intelligence (AI) could benefit from a similar approach. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-ai-comedians-workshop-reshape-machines.html Computer Sciences Wed, 10 Jun 2026 12:20:03 EDT news700311121 Two years ago, researchers at MIT proposed a provocative idea: As AI models become more powerful, they begin to see the world in the same way. But not everyone was convinced, and now EPFL scientists have shown that the picture is more nuanced. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-ai-worldview-convergence-weakens-high.html Computer Sciences Mon, 08 Jun 2026 13:40:08 EDT news700143655 Artificial intelligence (AI)-generated images have become increasingly more sophisticated than early ones that showed humans with more than five fingers on a hand, making it even harder to determine whether photos are authentic. Now, a team of computer scientists in the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis has developed a model that can detect fake images by learning which are real. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-grounded-reality-ai-fake-images.html Computer Sciences Fri, 05 Jun 2026 13:00:06 EDT news699883022