https://techxplore.com/rss-feed/machine-learning-ai-news/ en-us The latest news on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning 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 With a smartphone strapped to her head, Indian housewife Nagireddy Sriramyachandra films herself slicing mangoes to train AI-powered robots to take on household jobs in the future. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-indian-workers-ai-robots-jobs.html Machine learning & AI Thu, 11 Jun 2026 06:20:02 EDT news700370734 Anthropic on Wednesday joined growing calls for the artificial intelligence industry to find ways to cushion people from the technology's disruptions, announcing an initial $200 million investment to research AI's impact on jobs and the economy. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-anthropic-pledges-million-ai-economic.html Business Thu, 11 Jun 2026 05:00:05 EDT news700370578 In her tiny apartment in South Korea, where she lives alone, 78-year-old Bang Chun-ja spends her days with a childlike AI-powered doll she says she prefers to people. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-aging-south-korea-ai-dolls.html Robotics Thu, 11 Jun 2026 04:40:01 EDT news700370942 Betting that people will soon grow more comfortable having artificial intelligence agents shop for groceries, plane tickets or diapers on their behalf, payments giant Visa said Wednesday that it has embedded its payment network inside of ChatGPT, empowering the chatbot to independently shop and complete transactions. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-visa-payment-network-chatgpt-ai.html Business Thu, 11 Jun 2026 04:23:13 EDT news700370560 Many AI systems answer questions in a matter of seconds—and, in the process, often prevent people from doing exactly what learning is all about: thinking for themselves. Machine learning expert Jakub Mačina is therefore developing models that don't provide pupils with finished solutions, but rather help them develop their understanding step by step. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-ai-chatbots.html Consumer & Gadgets Wed, 10 Jun 2026 21:40:02 EDT news700296754 A research team at POSTECH led by Professor Wook-Shin Han of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering and the Graduate School of Artificial Intelligence, along with Ph.D. candidates Taesung Lee and Jaehyun Ha, has developed TurboLynx, an engine capable of analyzing complex, highly interconnected data up to 184 times faster than existing systems. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-relationships-crunching-stats-faster-analysis.html Machine learning & AI Wed, 10 Jun 2026 19:40:03 EDT news700296761 KAIST researchers solved a key challenge in the commercialization of physical AI by developing a new technology that enables AI to learn human judgment criteria on its own from just a few videos. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-robots-human-judgments-key-physical.html Robotics Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:40:06 EDT news700320482 Research published in the International Journal of Information and Communication Technology has taken inspiration from the hunting behavior of the fish-eating bird of prey, the osprey, and combined this with inspiration from quantum computing to improve machine translation, particularly for long sentences and technical texts between Chinese and English. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-osprey-algorithm-chinese-english-accuracy.html Computer Sciences Wed, 10 Jun 2026 13:00:02 EDT news700314835 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 Can we make artificial intelligence impervious to adversaries who want to twist the technology to nefarious ends? Though AI is among the newest of technologies, the answer to that question is nearly a century old. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-mathematical-proof-reveals-ai-guardrails.html Security Wed, 10 Jun 2026 12:00:08 EDT news700310461 Even though retired lithium-ion batteries often retain up to 80% of their capacity, significant economic value and climate benefits are currently being lost. A new article in Nature Reviews Clean Technology, involving researchers from Chalmers University of Technology, shows that the lack of reliable battery data is the main barrier to efficient battery reuse and recycling. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-ev-batteries-ai.html Energy & Green Tech Wed, 10 Jun 2026 10:40:02 EDT news700305962 It's no secret that the last few years have seen a massive explosion in the use of artificial intelligence for general information-gathering. An even more recent trend, though, is how large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini are increasingly being used for verifying and consuming news. Reports from the Pew Research Center over the last year found that 1 in 5 U.S. teens regularly use LLMs to get their news, while 1 in 4 young adults have reported using them for that purpose at least once. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-consequences-ai-accurate-news.html Consumer & Gadgets Wed, 10 Jun 2026 10:03:53 EDT news700304501 As cities continue to expand, railways are expected to become an important component of urban mobility systems. Compared with automobiles and air transport, railways are highly energy efficient and produce relatively low environmental impacts and therefore form an important component of sustainable transportation systems. Thus, researchers have been exploring advanced train control technologies for further improvement of operational efficiency, passenger comfort and punctuality while reducing energy consumption. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-ai-powered-railway-efficient-urban.html Automotive Wed, 10 Jun 2026 09:00:07 EDT news700296779 Anthropic, maker of the Claude artificial intelligence (AI) models, made the most powerful version of its technology available to the general public on Tuesday while restricting its use in sensitive areas. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-anthropic-powerful-ai-safeguards.html Machine learning & AI Wed, 10 Jun 2026 04:10:06 EDT news700282159 Any advertisements in New York that feature artificial intelligence-generated people in place of actors will now be violating state law if they don't clearly label that they have used a "synthetic performer." https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-ads-york-ai-generated-synthetic.html Machine learning & AI Wed, 10 Jun 2026 03:45:01 EDT news700281877 Organizations today struggle to handle vast amounts of information stored across multiple databases, registers and systems. In his doctoral thesis, Romuald Esdras Wandji at the Department of Computing Science at Umeå University presents a new solution that may transform how both humans and AI systems work with data—in a safer and more accessible way. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-longterm-bottleneck-paving-faster-safer.html Machine learning & AI Tue, 09 Jun 2026 18:20:03 EDT news700215922 Cornell researchers are investigating the potential for using artificial intelligence to give robots social intelligence—the ability to read facial cues, anticipate the needs of those around them, and function within society. The new study tested the ability of vision language models (VLMs)—AI systems that can interpret and generate both visual information and language—to predict whether a tense scenario in a short video would end well or badly, such as a toddler carrying an overly full mug of coffee. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-robots-chaos-human.html Robotics Tue, 09 Jun 2026 17:00:07 EDT news700241101 Humanoid robots struggling with tasks like grasping a cup have a new teacher—a person wearing an ultrasound wristband that captures the movement of muscles, tendons and ligaments beneath the skin. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-mit-channel-ai-gestures-robot.html Robotics Tue, 09 Jun 2026 13:03:10 EDT news700228929 OpenAI, maker of ChatGPT, on Monday took the first step toward going public, one week after rival Anthropic announced its own filing, as both companies look to raise the massive sums needed to expand. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-openai-week-rival-anthropic.html Machine learning & AI Tue, 09 Jun 2026 05:00:02 EDT news700197778 The German government has announced it is setting up an institute for artificial intelligence safety designed to analyze the performance and risks of AI models. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-germany-ai-safety-agency.html Machine learning & AI Tue, 09 Jun 2026 04:30:02 EDT news700197544 As artificial intelligence systems grow larger and more powerful, their energy demands are rising dramatically. But recent research from the University of Massachusetts Amherst published in Nature Communications suggests that advanced AI capabilities may be achievable with dramatically lower energy consumption. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-asynchronous-ai-energy-magnitude.html Hi Tech & Innovation Mon, 08 Jun 2026 17:40:07 EDT news700157701 When I talk to my son, an engineering student, and we have a question or disagreement, he immediately turns to ChatGPT as his primary source of information and confirmation. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-ai-addictive-responsibility-big-tech.html Machine learning & AI Mon, 08 Jun 2026 14:20:08 EDT news700144262 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 Have you ever seen birds flying across the sky in shifting, mesmerizing patterns? Or ants using their own bodies to form a living bridge that other ants can walk across? https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-humanai-session-music-swarm-intelligence.html Hi Tech & Innovation Mon, 08 Jun 2026 13:00:03 EDT news700141383 Starting next year, the Home Office plans to use AI-driven facial age estimation to assess the age of asylum seekers. At the UK border, deciding whether someone is 17 or 19 is a consequential judgment. Get it wrong one way, and a vulnerable child loses legal protections they're entitled to. But if it's wrong in the other direction, then an adult enters a system designed for minors. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-uk-home-office-ai-age.html Machine learning & AI Mon, 08 Jun 2026 12:40:07 EDT news700141148 A University of Manchester student has developed a powerful new ultra-lightweight tool that can turn dark, noisy footage into clear, detailed and usable images. Multinex, a new model for low-light image enhancement (LLIE), was created by Computer Science undergraduate Alexandru Brateanu during his third-year project, working with academic supervisors. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-multinex-ultra-lightweight-ai-advancing.html Hi Tech & Innovation Mon, 08 Jun 2026 10:00:01 EDT news700131489 Chinese-made humanoid robots are making waves with their ability to do backflips, direct traffic, and even make coffee as the companies developing them seek ways to expand and dominate the market. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-china-humanoids-scale-hard-buyers.html Robotics Sat, 06 Jun 2026 07:20:02 EDT news699949182 Anthropic is proposing that the world's top artificial intelligence companies come up with a coordinated way to pause development of advanced AI systems, warning the technology is improving so quickly there's a risk humans would lose control. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-06-anthropic-urges-industry-ai.html Machine learning & AI Fri, 05 Jun 2026 15:40:01 EDT news699886503