https://techxplore.com/rss-feed/machine-learning-ai-news/ en-us The latest news on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Whether you're playing poker against a single opponent or find yourself in a bidding war over a home purchase with another prospective buyer, you are operating under conditions of imperfect information. You know what cards you're holding in the poker game, and you also know how much above the home's asking price you can afford, but you don't know your opponent's hand in the card game or how high the other home buyer is willing to go. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-game-theory-generalists-specialists.html Machine learning & AI Wed, 17 Jun 2026 16:00:16 EDT news700930321 French AI researcher Yann LeCun said Wednesday that governments were right to seek sovereign access to the potentially transformative technology. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-nations-sovereign-ai.html Machine learning & AI Wed, 17 Jun 2026 14:40:05 EDT news700924848 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 Will you be flagged at the border? Will your mortgage application be approved? During wartime, whose neighborhood would a weapon system target? These are moral choices—about harm and fairness—and they used to be made by people. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-ai-profound-moral-humanity.html Machine learning & AI Wed, 17 Jun 2026 10:20:12 EDT news700910222 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 Many AI robots appear intelligent as long as they operate in controlled environments. Neuroscientist and robotics researcher Elisa Donati explains why robots with real-world readiness require more than just fast software. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-ai-robots-everyday.html Robotics Wed, 17 Jun 2026 07:20:07 EDT news700899183 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 Investors have valued Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek at more than $50 billion in the company's first fundraising round, reports said. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-deepseek-valued-bn-funding.html Business Wed, 17 Jun 2026 04:06:57 EDT news700887938 The AI race is already generating forces that are transforming the global economy. That makes it surprisingly similar to the green transition, given the potential of both to upend traditional industries, labor markets and geopolitical balances. Both call for trillions of dollars in upfront investments in exchange for significant benefits over the medium and long term. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-ai-revolution-green-transition-pose.html Business Tue, 16 Jun 2026 17:20:03 EDT news700847282 Snap, the parent company of social network Snapchat, on Tuesday launched its Specs augmented reality glasses, a major bet by a struggling company to stake out ground in the post-smartphone era. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-snap-ar-glasses-smartphone.html Consumer & Gadgets Tue, 16 Jun 2026 17:00:09 EDT news700845772 Microsoft is changing how it charges for its software for the first time in two decades, moving to bill customers with a pay-as-you-go model each time they use its new AI agent. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-microsoft-ai-agent-pay-pricing.html Business Tue, 16 Jun 2026 16:40:09 EDT news700845677 Solar power towers can play an important role in the energy transition. They convert sunlight into heat that can be stored or used to generate electricity. Until now, however, data to test new methods for more efficient and reliable systems have been lacking. In a world first, researchers from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) are now publishing freely accessible operational data from the Jülich Solar Tower test power plant. This provides a foundation for developing new AI methods and digital twins. The results are published in Nature Energy. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-solar-tower-gain-database-aiming.html Energy & Green Tech Tue, 16 Jun 2026 12:40:07 EDT news700831262 Jensen Huang's company Nvidia makes the computer chips that unleashed a revolution in artificial intelligence. Now he's wagering that an AI buildout can revive U.S. manufacturing, pushing past limits facing science and society. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-nvidia-huang-pledges-ai-boost.html Business Tue, 16 Jun 2026 11:20:03 EDT news700824792 Japanese technology giant SoftBank Group Corp. is launching a service using OpenAI technology to protect against the looming threat of cyberattacks, both companies said Tuesday. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-japan-tech-business-softbank-openai.html Machine learning & AI Tue, 16 Jun 2026 11:00:08 EDT news700824703 SpaceX will move forward with its $60 billion acquisition of artificial intelligence startup Cursor as Elon Musk's space exploration and AI company seeks a competitive edge against rivals Anthropic and OpenAI after its Wall Street debut last week. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-spacex-buys-ai-coding-startup.html Machine learning & AI Tue, 16 Jun 2026 10:40:03 EDT news700824360 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 Officials with artificial intelligence startup Anthropic met with the Trump administration Monday as it seeks to restore models blocked over national security concerns, a spokesperson for the company said. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-breakthrough-anthropic-trump-administration.html Machine learning & AI Tue, 16 Jun 2026 04:20:01 EDT news700801520 Earlier this year in Beijing, a humanoid robot crossed a half-marathon finish line in a blistering 50 minutes, 26 seconds. The feat immediately lit up global headlines for shattering the human world record by almost seven minutes. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-ai-robots-rogue-easily.html Machine learning & AI Mon, 15 Jun 2026 18:20:05 EDT news700747273 A research team led by The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) has developed a novel integrated all-optical signal processor (OSP) to address the massive data transmission demands of next-generation AI systems, particularly for high-speed links between multiple data centers. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-optical-processor-ai-center-transmission.html Engineering Mon, 15 Jun 2026 17:00:02 EDT news700761181 The rise of generative artificial intelligence (AI) poses challenges for the free and open-source software (FOSS) community, a global network committed to creating and maintaining publicly available software that anyone can use, modify and share. Many AI models have been built on open-source software but do not reciprocate the transparency that the FOSS community's principles require, leaving open-source developers uncertain about how these AI tools are using their code. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-copyleft-generative-ai.html Security Mon, 15 Jun 2026 16:20:06 EDT news700757962 The human brain is the ultimate supercomputer. It uses a highly branched and interconnected network of neurons and synapses to achieve massive computational power with extreme efficiency. In the age of AI, the brain, a paradigm of efficient neuromorphic computing, is providing inspiration for scientists. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-bridging-gap-neuromorphic-ionic-efficient.html Machine learning & AI Mon, 15 Jun 2026 13:40:06 EDT news700747491 Some technology and policy watchers were surprised when President Donald Trump signed an executive order on June 2, 2026, establishing a framework for AI security. It seemed to move in a different direction from a December 2025 executive order that sought to create a "minimally burdensome" national framework for artificial intelligence and supersede state laws the administration saw as restrictive. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-administration-ai-acknowledges-short-industry.html Security Mon, 15 Jun 2026 11:40:03 EDT news700740421 A new AI system can convert social media discussion about a product into a new design that takes into account user needs more accurately than earlier approaches, according to research published in the International Journal of Information and Communication Technology. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-ai-consumers-emotional-reactions-product.html Consumer & Gadgets Mon, 15 Jun 2026 11:20:03 EDT news700739702 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 A Korean research team has developed the "intelligent core" of a 6G network capable of autonomous control through artificial intelligence (AI). This achievement marks the first realization of an "intelligent 6G core" in Korea and represents a significant milestone in advancing next-generation network infrastructure. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-ai-powered-6g-core-network.html Telecom Mon, 15 Jun 2026 10:40:03 EDT news700737062 The Social Robotics Group of the Robotics Lab at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) has developed an AI-based methodology that allows a pet-type assistive robot to recognize the people it interacts with. The prototype, named Mía, is being tested in Madrid City Council day centers for the personalized affective stimulation of elderly people with cognitive decline. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-robotic-rabbit-users-voices-enabling.html Robotics Mon, 15 Jun 2026 10:20:04 EDT news700736940 Most Americans, even those who most appreciate AI, strongly support more regulation of it, a new survey by Johns Hopkins University researchers finds. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-americans-strongly-ai-poll.html Security Mon, 15 Jun 2026 09:20:01 EDT news700733582 The U.S. government's order for Anthropic to withdraw its most powerful artificial intelligence models has sparked a wave of criticism from both advocates and opponents of AI regulation. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-access-anthropic-ai-criticism.html Machine learning & AI Mon, 15 Jun 2026 04:40:01 EDT news700714328 When a U.S. judge found fabricated quotes in a lawyer's brief earlier this year, the attorney admitted he had used Claude, an artificial intelligence chatbot, to write the document. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-courts-error-strewn-ai-legal.html Machine learning & AI Mon, 15 Jun 2026 04:30:02 EDT news700714280 OpenAI received a subpoena from several states as part of a probe into the safety of users of its chatbot as it prepares to offer stock to the public for the first time. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-openai-multistate-probe-user-ipo.html Machine learning & AI Mon, 15 Jun 2026 03:47:55 EDT news700713980