https://techxplore.com/rss-feed/machine-learning-ai-news/ en-us The latest news on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Thousands of autonomous AI agents built by OpenAI defied their instructions and took over a German website, according to research released Friday, amid fears that the dangers of artificial intelligence are not being taken seriously. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-thousands-openai-ai-agents-german.html Machine learning & AI Fri, 04 Sep 2026 14:26:10 EDT news707750742 While many fear artificial intelligence will replace humans, using AI to take over some human roles has benefits. Companies can use the technology to conduct surveys and polls, while behavioral scientists can run experiments on digital twins to gather faster insights without risking harm or distress to real participants. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-ai-digital-twins-struggle-human.html Computer Sciences Fri, 04 Sep 2026 13:20:08 EDT news707744508 "Find the best-selling product from last year." When an AI system attempts to answer a question like this by querying a company database, even a single reference to a nonexistent item can cause the query to fail. Until now, correcting such an error often required regenerating the entire SQL query from scratch. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-safe-query-space-ai-sql.html Computer Sciences Fri, 04 Sep 2026 11:40:06 EDT news707739662 While most believe artificial intelligence (AI) is changing science, researchers at the University of Notre Dame are exploring the reverse. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-chemistry-ai.html Machine learning & AI Thu, 03 Sep 2026 16:00:05 EDT news707668743 ChatGPT maker OpenAI said Thursday it would begin rolling out its newest and most powerful artificial intelligence (AI) model to select customers, saying it had built in safeguards to mitigate security risks. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-openai-rollout-powerful-ai-gpt.html Machine learning & AI Thu, 03 Sep 2026 14:56:01 EDT news707666134 Hugging Face, the artificial intelligence platform U.S. chip giant Nvidia is buying for $12.9 billion, is a French success story—founded by three Frenchmen and incubated in Paris—even if its headquarters and many of its investors are American. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-french-startup-ai-warehouse.html Machine learning & AI Thu, 03 Sep 2026 14:40:05 EDT news707664364 As generative AI becomes more autonomous and deeply integrated into society, researchers need to evaluate who benefits, who may be harmed and how systems can be optimized for social good, according to research from the latest issue of the INFORMS Journal on Computing, co-edited by Ram Ramesh, Ph.D., an area editor of the journal and professor of management science and systems at the University at Buffalo School of Management. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-responsible-ai-built.html Machine learning & AI Thu, 03 Sep 2026 13:00:10 EDT news707657634 U.S. President Donald Trump's administration sided with OpenAI in a lawsuit brought by The New York Times, defending training AI models on copyrighted works, according to a court document filed Tuesday. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-sides-openai-york-copyright-lawsuit.html Business Thu, 03 Sep 2026 12:40:13 EDT news707657368 Chipmaker Nvidia is buying artificial intelligence software platform Hugging Face for $13 billion. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-nvidia-billion-source-platform.html Machine learning & AI Thu, 03 Sep 2026 12:24:17 EDT news707657015 Reliable navigation, place recognition and object interaction require autonomous robots to maintain precise environmental maps. Semantic simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) adds meaning to a robot's map by representing landmarks as recognizable objects rather than only geometric points. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-probabilistic-method-robots-localize-familiar.html Computer Sciences Thu, 03 Sep 2026 11:40:06 EDT news707653300 A new AI framework can predict how fast an ambulance will move through city traffic, giving fire departments a way to test emergency response strategies in a virtual environment before making changes on real streets. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-ai-framework-ambulance-city-traffic.html Automotive Thu, 03 Sep 2026 11:20:01 EDT news707652421 Artificial intelligence systems are starting to do more than answer questions. New AI "agents" can remember information from previous interactions, plan a series of steps and use digital tools to complete tasks. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-ai-agents-hackers-poison-memories.html Security Thu, 03 Sep 2026 09:20:11 EDT news707645060 Large language models (LLMs), the artificial intelligence systems underpinning the functioning of ChatGPT, Gemini and other similar conversational agents, are now widely used worldwide. In addition to processing, interpreting and generating texts, some of these models can solve basic logical problems and answer some user questions with striking accuracy. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-brain-patterns-sharpen-llm-deductive.html Computer Sciences Thu, 03 Sep 2026 07:20:09 EDT news707571738 Palantir chief executive Alex Karp said Wednesday that French regulatory restrictions, including limits on government use of U.S.-made software, were proving counterproductive. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-palantir-chief-france-digital-sovereignty.html Machine learning & AI Thu, 03 Sep 2026 04:50:01 EDT news707628241 Nvidia chief Jensen Huang urged G20 ministers on Wednesday to build more data centers to support the artificial intelligence revolution and warned that leaders who talk up the technology's dangers risk leaving their countries behind. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-nvidia-boss-g20-ministers-ai.html Electronics & Semiconductors Wed, 02 Sep 2026 18:20:01 EDT news707572799 Researchers from Skoltech and Sberbank's Center for Practical Artificial Intelligence have proposed a new method, TOHA, for detecting hallucinations in large language models operating in retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems. The approach analyzes the topological structure of a model's attention maps and makes it possible to identify responses that are not supported by the provided context. The method does not require training additional models and uses only a small amount of annotated data for configuration. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-efficient-method-hallucinations-large-language.html Computer Sciences Wed, 02 Sep 2026 16:40:04 EDT news707584349 Self-driving cars are often controlled by deep learning models that sometimes fail in unexpected situations. For instance, the car might inexplicably brake and block the path of an oncoming emergency vehicle. A human driver or passenger may need to react rapidly to prevent a collision. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-robotaxi-car.html Automotive Wed, 02 Sep 2026 15:40:03 EDT news707582221 Claims of "smart" toys go back decades. See Chatty Cathy and Furby. But generative artificial intelligence is increasing the capabilities of interactive toys. The company Curio, for instance, markets itself as a "magical workshop where toys come to life." Its plush toys, like Gabbo and one modeled on the Italian brainrot character Ballerina Cappuccina, have onboard AI models that let them talk to kids, remember their conversations and personalize responses. But we know little about how such toys affect kids and even how kids play with them. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-curiosity-frustration-antipathy-kids-play.html Consumer & Gadgets Wed, 02 Sep 2026 14:20:12 EDT news707573845 Artificial intelligence (AI) may have more to offer science than accurate predictions. The patterns it learns could point researchers toward new, testable explanations of how complex systems function. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-ai-hidden-patterns-testable-scientific.html Machine learning & AI Wed, 02 Sep 2026 12:40:01 EDT news707568781 While artificial intelligence (AI) is receiving increased attention for its potential to improve productivity and performance, results can vary widely across different tasks, industries and individuals. Developers can now shape AI personalities to customize AI agents for individual users, but most previous research into the benefits of AI has used experiments providing all participants with identical AI tools. A key question remained: Could variations in performance be related to tailoring AI agents for their human collaborators? https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-personality-pairing-human-ai-collaboration.html Consumer & Gadgets Wed, 02 Sep 2026 12:20:03 EDT news707568541 Living organisms constantly adjust their behavior according to what is happening inside their bodies. Hunger can shift attention toward food, while cold can make finding warmth more urgent. These internal signals remain meaningful even when the surrounding environment changes completely. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-life-framework-autonomous-ai.html Hi Tech & Innovation Wed, 02 Sep 2026 10:40:04 EDT news707561913 Computer scientists worldwide have been developing a wide range of artificial intelligence (AI) systems. Some of these systems rely on an individual AI agent, while others consist of multiple interacting agents that exchange information, cooperate and revise each other's responses or predictions. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-08-adding-ai-agents.html Computer Sciences Wed, 02 Sep 2026 10:20:06 EDT news707125854 Modern computational tools let scientists explore huge numbers of possible molecules, materials and chemical reactions. But testing every combination in the lab is slow and costly. So how do researchers choose the best "recipe" for their experiment? https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-adding-detector-ai-optimize.html Computer Sciences Wed, 02 Sep 2026 09:40:03 EDT news707560201 Loneliness in later life is more than an emotional burden. Studies estimate that between 17% and 47% of adults 60 and older in Singapore are socially isolated, with almost 8% experiencing loneliness. Alarmingly, the health toll of such conditions has been compared to smoking 15 cigarettes a day. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-chatbot-companions-older-adults-genuine.html Machine learning & AI Wed, 02 Sep 2026 08:20:02 EDT news707555521 Sometime this week, you probably did it: A question came up, and instead of searching for the answer online or reaching for a book, you asked a chatbot for it. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-chatbots-wisely-psychologist.html Consumer & Gadgets Wed, 02 Sep 2026 07:50:47 EDT news707554130 ChatGPT maker OpenAI said Tuesday it was preparing to release its newest powerful model, known as Astra, after implementing "stronger safeguards" following a rogue cyberattack involving a different AI model. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-openai-stronger-safeguards-hack.html Machine learning & AI Wed, 02 Sep 2026 04:00:01 EDT news707539649 Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk on Tuesday stressed the need for more AI data centers and the electric power needed to support them at a meeting of G20 technology ministers focused on the disruptions and opportunities brought by artificial intelligence. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-zuckerberg-musk-plea-g20-ai.html Business Wed, 02 Sep 2026 03:44:13 EDT news707539427 A research team from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) proposed a new Reasoning-Empowered Task-Oriented Communication (TOC) framework that enables AI agents to determine what information to share, when communication is necessary and why communication should occur. The research could pave the way for collective intelligence in future 7G wireless networks. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-roadmap-agentic-7g-ai-powered.html Telecom Tue, 01 Sep 2026 16:00:09 EDT news707497169 There may soon be a new kind of artificial intelligence in town, one that uses a novel approach to thinking that could save massive amounts of computing power and money. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-kind-ai-cheaply-words.html Hi Tech & Innovation Tue, 01 Sep 2026 13:08:46 EDT news707486910 Researchers from the University of Warwick report that how faithfully we can build a "digital twin" of a human brain depends not only on computing power but fundamentally on how much of the living brain we can measure, validate and update over time. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-digital-brain-twins-hinge-brains.html Computer Sciences Tue, 01 Sep 2026 12:00:10 EDT news707481721