https://techxplore.com/rss-feed/machine-learning-ai-news/ en-us The latest news on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have found that while artificial intelligence can spin increasingly convincing stories, its characters may still lack one of the qualities that make human-written fiction memorable: mystery. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-07-ai-fiction-flat-characters-lack.html Consumer & Gadgets Wed, 01 Jul 2026 17:20:07 EDT news702144781 Human-AI relationships are no longer confined to the domain of science fiction. As the technology has developed, AI chatbots have evolved from playing a role in search engines and image-generation tools into confidants, therapists and even romantic partners. It's a radical evolution of human-AI interactions that brings with it new risks in how it is reshaping the way we think and talk about relationships, including with ourselves, finds new research published in the journal Nature Machine Intelligence. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-07-ai-human-relationships-real.html Consumer & Gadgets Wed, 01 Jul 2026 16:20:08 EDT news702140763 Artificial intelligence doesn't just learn how humans talk. It may also be learning who gets listened to. A new study from researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill found that large language models, the technology behind popular AI chatbots, change the way they communicate depending on the social role they're assigned in a conversation. When cast as a "boss," they adopt different language patterns. When positioned as a subordinate, they become more accommodating, sometimes in ways that could undermine safety. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-07-ai-behavior-authority-risky.html Security Wed, 01 Jul 2026 13:40:12 EDT news702131461 Humans have been successfully trained to spot AI-generated faces in a study led by researchers at the Australian National University (ANU) Emotions and Faces Lab. The study, "Training Humans to Detect AI-generated Faces," is published in PNAS. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-short-people-ai-deepfake-fraud.html Security Mon, 29 Jun 2026 15:00:12 EDT news701945794 What if your smartwatch could tell when you were struggling emotionally and offer support before you even thought to ask? That's the idea behind a new AI-powered system developed by researchers at the University of Ottawa, one that could change how people access mental health care outside a clinical setting. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-ai-smartwatches-speech-text-distress.html Consumer & Gadgets Sat, 27 Jun 2026 11:40:01 EDT news701698660 The number of U.S. data centers is growing, largely to power artificial intelligence programs. That has led to concern about the environmental consequences of data centers—and their impact on the energy grid itself. What will happen if scores of new data centers come online? https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-shifting-center-power-peak-hours.html Energy & Green Tech Fri, 26 Jun 2026 14:00:05 EDT news701701141 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 Stanford researcher Ellen Kuhl estimates that there are some 1043 potential burger recipes in the world. And with BurgerAI, a new tool developed in her lab, artificial intelligence can now design the best one for you based on your age, taste, nutritional needs and even your sustainability goal. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-burgerai-custom-burgers-tailored-health.html Engineering Fri, 26 Jun 2026 10:00:01 EDT news701684017 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 Researchers at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory use a slew of autonomous robots to design and implement experiments. However, setting up an experiment on an autonomous lab robot is surprisingly slow. The effort requires a lengthy back-and-forth between a scientist and an engineer to design the experimental steps—a process that can take weeks. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-agentic-ai-bot-scientists-robots.html Engineering Thu, 25 Jun 2026 17:20:02 EDT news701626622 For the first time, a research team has demonstrated an artificial intelligence semiconductor technology that integrates the core functions of generative AI into a single device platform based on ferroelectric memory. This technology is significant as the first demonstration of implementing the two essential functions required for generative AI—random sampling and stable computation—within a single memory array. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-ferroelectric-memory-enables-chip-sample.html Electronics & Semiconductors Thu, 25 Jun 2026 16:00:12 EDT news701620589 A joint research team has developed an automated design technology that enables the creation of DNA origami structures that exactly match user-drawn shapes using generative AI. The generative design model, "Generative SNUPI," arranges DNA bases along the contour of a user-defined shape and automatically designs the bonding pathways required to assemble the structure. This breakthrough effectively enables AI to function as a nanodesigner. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-generative-ai-dna-origami-user.html Machine learning & AI Thu, 25 Jun 2026 14:41:59 EDT news701617295 Agentic workflows are artificial intelligence-powered software systems that chain together multiple models and external tools to tackle complicated tasks, like analyzing a video and answering questions about it. But the way these highly fragmented systems are designed and deployed often causes inefficiencies that can lead to wasted computation, energy and cost. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-plain-language-ai-workflow-tool.html Business Thu, 25 Jun 2026 11:40:11 EDT news701604282 A research team led by Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa, in collaboration with Cleveland Clinic, has uncovered new insight into how the brain senses movement. Their findings, published in Science Advances, could help improve sensation and movement for prosthetic limbs. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-neural-machine-interfaces-reveal-brain.html Hi Tech & Innovation Wed, 24 Jun 2026 15:40:07 EDT news701533323 A critique from the University of St Andrews published in the journal Nature provides evidence that Microsoft's claimed quantum computing "breakthrough" was built on flawed foundations. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-microsoft-quantum.html Business Wed, 24 Jun 2026 11:40:03 EDT news701519822 OpenAI on Wednesday unveiled its first custom-designed computer chip, called Jalapeno, built to run ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence products faster and more cheaply. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-openai-unveils-ai-chip-jalapeno.html Hardware Wed, 24 Jun 2026 11:10:00 EDT news701518183 Computer scientist Louis Castricato was in his eighth year studying large language models—the artificial intelligence technology behind chatbots like ChatGPT and Claude—when he started to feel like he was hitting a dead end. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-world-robot-staging-ground-tech.html Machine learning & AI Wed, 24 Jun 2026 03:48:33 EDT news701491690 Spiking neural networks (SNNs) are artificial intelligence (AI) models inspired by how biological neurons communicate with each other. While biological neurons exchange information in the form of electrical impulses, SNNs rely on brief signals known as spikes. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-brain-ai-architecture-faster-power.html Hardware Tue, 23 Jun 2026 14:00:16 EDT news701439308 A technology developed at the Technion enables ordinary users to create realistic video clips intuitively, without the need for massive computing resources. Called Time-to-Move (TTM), it offers unprecedented control over the movement of objects and characters in AI-generated videos using nothing more than mouse movements, eliminating the need for complex and expensive infrastructure or training on millions of videos. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-mouse-realistic-ai-video-extra.html Software Mon, 22 Jun 2026 17:20:08 EDT news701353775 It may look like a picture of a panda bear to you, but to your business's AI agent, it can act like a skeleton key, bypassing safety safeguards and potentially causing the model to generate harmful, misleading or policy-violating outputs. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-microscopic-image-bypass-ai-guardrails.html Security Mon, 22 Jun 2026 16:20:05 EDT news701363462 From facial recognition on smartphones to humanoid robots, computer vision technology, which serves as the eyes of artificial intelligence (AI), is widely used in daily life. A joint research team from KAIST and international institutions has developed a technology that allows AI to see the world more clearly with minimal memory, increasing GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) memory efficiency by up to 16 times. The achievement is seen as a core technology that could accelerate the era of humanoid robots and on-device AI. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-upsampling-method-sharpens-ai-vision.html Robotics Wed, 17 Jun 2026 11:40:02 EDT news700914900 Inspired by the human brain, Oregon State University researchers have developed a new light-sensitive device that combines sensing and memory while controlling how digital memories strengthen or fade over time. The research was published in Advanced Functional Materials. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-brain-phototransistor-ai-energy.html Hardware Wed, 17 Jun 2026 10:00:01 EDT news700908661 An auto factory worker can remember the storage bin where she left a partly assembled component the night before and quickly return to that spot to pick it up. But robots that may work side by side with her would struggle to develop and access this same type of "spatiotemporal" memory. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-ai-left-keys.html Robotics Wed, 17 Jun 2026 07:20:05 EDT news700899362 A research team led by Professor Taesung Kim of the School of Mechanical Engineering at Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) has developed an optoelectronic synaptic device that mimics the functions of human neurons and synapses at the device scale. The researchers designed a van der Waals (vdW) crystal through a single-step sulfurization process using mixed plasma. The device operates under optical stimuli, offering a structural solution for configuring semiconductor materials for brain-inspired computing. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-van-der-waals-crystal-mimics.html Hi Tech & Innovation Tue, 16 Jun 2026 10:00:05 EDT news700822360 In the famous French play Cyrano de Bergerac, the brilliant but insecure Cyrano lends his eloquence to the handsome, tongue-tied Christian to help him woo his lover. Today, a remarkably similar scene is playing out among millions of dating app users, with the role of the lovelorn poet played not by a human but by AI. New research from Constructor University professor Dr. Lennart Ante analyzes the growing impact of dating app users outsourcing the delicate work of courtship—from the witty opening line to the flirtatious reply—to AI assistants like ChatGPT, Gemini or even specialized "wingman" apps like Rizz and Winggg. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-prompt-ai-courtship-rewriting-online.html Consumer & Gadgets Mon, 15 Jun 2026 11:20:01 EDT news700739761 In a recent editorial published in Science, Microsoft's chief scientific officer, Eric Horvitz, and researcher Robert West from the School of Computer and Communication Sciences at EPFL in Switzerland issue a stark warning about AI. They say the advancement of AI systems rapidly being woven into our everyday lives is beginning to outpace our understanding of them. At the same time, AI's understanding of human behavior is expanding. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-human-ai-advancement.html Consumer & Gadgets Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:56:38 EDT news700484077 If you shop on Google Flights, you get a quick comparison of different itineraries: One flight's carbon emissions may be average, while another's are 14% higher. But if you go shopping for a new laptop, you likely won't find quick, comprehensible information on different models' sustainability bona fides, despite the notable environmental impacts of producing and discarding electronics. In part, that's because understanding a device's emissions is difficult and time-consuming, even for experts. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-buying-laptop-instant-carbon-ai.html Electronics & Semiconductors Fri, 12 Jun 2026 06:40:01 EDT news700464513 As artificial intelligence, cloud computing and digital services continue to expand, the world is facing a growing need for faster and more energy-efficient ways to store and process information. A team led by the National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST) has developed a new magnetic memory material that can be rewritten using laser light instead of electric current, a step that could help reduce power consumption in data centers and support future high-speed information systems. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-rewrites-magnetic-memory-pulse-path.html Hardware Thu, 11 Jun 2026 16:00:06 EDT news700411801 As robots increasingly move out of factories and into workplaces, hospitals, warehouses and public spaces, a simple challenge becomes increasingly important: helping people understand what those machines are about to do. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-robot-eyes-augmented-reality-humans.html Robotics Thu, 11 Jun 2026 09:00:03 EDT news700386002 Beijing cleaner Lin Meiqiong found her work a little easier the day she was paired with an unlikely new colleague—a tall, wheeled robot with AI-powered tidying skills. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-ai-robot-cleaners-lab-china.html Robotics Thu, 11 Jun 2026 07:00:07 EDT news700370864