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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. -
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. -
A Window on the Mind, Through the Ear
New earbuds can listen to your brain activity and monitor your health. -
A Wild Idea to Protect the Great Barrier Reef
Ships carry mist-making machines that cause clouds to block the sun. It could work. -
The Wisdom of a Brainless Robot
How a soft-bodied machine uses physical intelligence to navigate. -
Is That Really Your Boss on the Phone?
Deepfakes are taking old scams to the next level. -
Building Superintelligence Is Riskier Than Russian Roulette
Why the “hard problem” of AI—controlling our superintelligent creations—is impossible. -
Requiem for the Foghorn
Across the US and around the world, foghorns have disappeared from the coastal landscape.
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A Scientific Breakthrough in Noise Reduction
Ionized air and wires may take headphones to the next level.
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Human Super-Recognizers See Faces Better Than AI
Police forces are choosing humans over algorithms to make some identifications.
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Some Neural Networks Learn Language Like Humans
Researchers uncover striking parallels in the ways that humans and machine learning models acquire language skills.
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AI Shouldn’t Decide What’s True
Experts on why trusting artificial intelligence to give us the truth is a foolish bargain. -
The Two-Century Quest to Quantify Our Senses
From speaking flowers to smart watches, we’ve been seeking to understand ourselves with data since the 19th century. -
Why Conscious AI Is a Bad, Bad Idea
Our minds haven’t evolved to deal with machines we believe have consciousness. -
What Does ChatGPT Know About Science?
AI-powered chatbots get science facts basically right, but their reasoning is still shallow. -
Does GPT-4 Really Understand What We’re Saying?
One question for David Krakauer, an evolutionary theorist and president of the Santa Fe Institute for complexity science.
