Technology
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Can Chatbots Hold Meaningful Conversations?
Training AI to read novels might help. -
How AI Can Save the Zebras
Scanning animal patterns like bar codes boosts conservation. -
How Quickly Do Large Language Models Learn Unexpected Skills?
A new study suggests that so-called emergent abilities actually develop gradually and predictably, depending on how you measure them. -
How Illegal Fishing Ships Hide
And how conservationists are finding them. -
How to Guarantee the Safety of Autonomous Vehicles
The key to preventing crashes is to know what you don’t know. -
Creative AIs Depend on Creative Humans
In the near future, it may be the other way around. -
Stop Worrying About Deepfakes
Where many see the death of reality on the internet, this hacker-turned-Notre Dame professor sees communion. -
When AI Hallucinates
Let’s not praise inaccuracy as creativity. -
Resurrecting an Extinct Animal as a Robot
A soft robot replica solves a mystery about the evolution of movement. -
Cryptographers Solve Decades-Old Privacy Problem
We are one step closer to fully private internet searches.
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The Physical Process That Powers a New Type of Generative AI
Some modern image generators rely on the principles of diffusion to create images. There may be a better alternative.
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A Window on the Mind, Through the Ear
New earbuds can listen to your brain activity and monitor your health.
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A Wild Idea to Protect the Great Barrier Reef
Ships carry mist-making machines that cause clouds to block the sun. It could work.
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Building Superintelligence Is Riskier Than Russian Roulette
Why the “hard problem” of AI—controlling our superintelligent creations—is impossible.
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Requiem for the Foghorn
Across the US and around the world, foghorns have disappeared from the coastal landscape. -
Why E-Bikes Catch Fire
The dangerous chemistry of cheaply made lithium batteries. -
A Scientific Breakthrough in Noise Reduction
Ionized air and wires may take headphones to the next level. -
Human Super-Recognizers See Faces Better Than AI
Police forces are choosing humans over algorithms to make some identifications. -
Some Neural Networks Learn Language Like Humans
Researchers uncover striking parallels in the ways that humans and machine learning models acquire language skills.
