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AI 'Reanimated' a Murder Victim Back to Life to Speak in Court (And Raises Ethical Quandaries)

AI avatars of dead people are teaching courses and testifying in court. Even with the best of intentions, the emerging practice of AI ‘reanimations’ is an ethical quagmire.

AI-Based Method Restores Priceless Renaissance Art in Under 4 Hours Rather Than Months

A digital mask restores a 15th-century painting in just hours — not centuries.

The Real Singularity: AI Memes Are Now Funnier, On Average, Than Human Ones

People still make the funniest memes but AI is catching up fast.

Big Tech Said It Was Impossible to Create an AI Based on Ethically Sourced Data. These Researchers Proved Them Wrong

A massive AI breakthrough built entirely on public domain and open-licensed data

Everyone Thought ChatGPT Used 10 Times More Energy Than Google. Turns Out That’s Not True

Sam Altman revealed GPT-4o uses around 0.3 watthours of energy per query.

This AI Can Zoom Into a Photo 256 Times And The Results Look Insane

Chain-of-Zoom could help AI "see" up to 256 times more clearly.

3D-Printed Pen With Magnetic Ink Can Detect Parkinson’s From Handwriting

This pen traces hand tremors to diagnose Parkinson's.

AI and Brain Scans Reveal Why You Struggle to Recognize Faces of People of Other Races

Sometimes, the face in front of us isn’t the one our brain is seeing

A New AI Tool Can Recreate Your Face Using Nothing But Your DNA

New AI built by Chinese scientists can create 3D faces from DNA with alarming accuracy.

We Don’t Know How AI Works. Anthropic Wants to Build an "MRI" to Find Out

A leading AI lab says we must decode models before they decode us

AI Is Rewriting the Rules of Retirement Savings

Artificial intelligence isn’t just powering search engines and chatbots—it’s increasingly guiding your financial life, especially your retirement planning. If you’re saving for the future, odds are good that AI is already involved in shaping your path, even if you don’t realize it. From robo-advisors suggesting your 401(k) allocations to algorithms forecasting your life expectancy, AI […]

University of Zurich Researchers Secretly Deployed AI Bots on Reddit in Unauthorized Study

The revelation has sparked outrage across the internet.

AI Is Changing Education — But Are We Keeping Up?

Ever since tools like ChatGPT and DeepSeek hit the mainstream, they’ve shaken up everything from office tasks to art generation. Unsurprisingly, students quickly saw the potential — and began using AI to cheat on essays and exams. At first, it felt like a shortcut. But if AI can ace your test, what does that say […]

Federal Workers Say They’re Being Watched by AI for Saying Anything Bad about Trump or Musk

AI monitors federal workers for ‘anti-Trump’ and 'anti-Musk' language as oversight erodes, insiders say.

Researchers Say They’ve Solved One of the Most Annoying Flaws in AI Art

A new method that could finally fix the bizarre distortions in AI-generated images when they're anything but square.

If you use ChatGPT a lot, this study has some concerning findings for you

So, umm, AI is not your friend — literally.

Miyazaki Hates Your Ghibli-fied Photos and They're Probably a Copyright Breach Too

“I strongly feel that this is an insult to life itself,” he said.

Meta's new AI can read your mind and type your thoughts with startling accuracy

Look like Mr. Zuckerberg is secretly working on something that could work as an alternative to invasive brain chips.

A New Study Reveals AI Is Hiding Its True Intent and It's Getting Better At It

The more you try to get AI to talk about what it's doing, the sneakier it gets.

This AI-Powered Robot Just Made Breakfast and It Could Cook in Your Future Home

This $27,500 robot is the latest in a series of humanoid robots that have hit the market.

This AI Tool Can Scan Your Food and Tell You Exactly How Many Calories and Other Nutrients It Has

Knowing what's inside your food has never been so easy.

AI Is Willing to Lie, Cheat, and Manipulate to Win. Now What?

“While directly editing game files might seem unconventional, there are no explicit restrictions against modifying files,” the AI said.

Cats Actually Have Hundreds of Facial Expressions and They Mirror Each Other to Form an Emotional Bond

Want to befriend a cat? Don't forget to blink or squint back if a cat does the same at you.

China released an open source kung-fu robot and we're not really sure why

The G1 robot isn’t just agile — it’s learning kung fu.

AI Experts Predict Machines Could Outthink Humans by 2040. But Some Are Betting on Even Sooner

The Singularity could be closer than you think.

Robot with an AI 'brain' learns language like babies do and the results are fascinating

This brain-inspired AI is learning words by playing with blocks.

This Engineer Put an AI Language Model on a USB Stick and It Actually Works

A Raspberry Pi-powered USB stick runs a lightweight AI model, making LLMs portable and plug-and-play.

Unsupervised AI Inspired by Galaxy Mergers Learns Like Humans

An autonomous clustering method mimics natural learning with big potential upsides for truly 'thinking' AI.

AI Is Supposed to Make You More Productive — It's Making You Dumber and Overconfident

Generative AI is supposed to make life easier. It drafts emails, summarizes documents, and even generates creative content, helping you offload some of that dreaded cognitive effort. But according to a new study from Carnegie Mellon University and Microsoft Research, it may also be making you dumber in the process. The study, based on a […]

How AI imagery could be used to develop fake archaeology

Generative AI is often seen as the epitome of our times, and sometimes even as futuristic. We can use it to invent new art or technology, analyse emerging data, or simulate people, places and things. But interestingly, it is also having an impact on how we view the past. AI imagery has already been used […]

This Ancient Roman Scroll Was Burned to A Crisp 2,000 Years Ago. Now, Researchers Are Reading What's Inside With AI

X-rays and AI were used to read charred Roman scrolls untouched for 2,000 years.

IS AI making us dumb and destroying our critical thinking?

AI is saving money, time, and energy but in return it might be taking away one of the most precious natural gifts humans have.

PhD-level AI Super-Agents May Arrive This Year — And This Could Change Everything

It seems AI assistants that can solve advanced problems could be around the corner; but what does that really mean for us?

New AI Blood Test with Lasers Finds Breast Cancer in Its Earliest Stage

For the first time, we have a diagnostic method that can detect breast cancer at stage 1a.

Opening the AI Black Box: Scientists use math to peek inside how artificial intelligence makes decisions

Researchers find a mathematical key to understanding how AI makes decisions.

Can Your Voice Reveal Diabetes? This New AI Thinks So

Researchers have developed a voice-based AI tool that can detect Type 2 diabetes with surprising accuracy.

Japan is using AI to combat anime and manga piracy

Japan’s anime industry is a multibillion-dollar cultural powerhouse, but piracy poses a massive challenge.

The David Mayer case: ChatGPT refuses to say some names. We have an idea why

Who are David Mayer and Brian Hood?

Could AI agents make the internet more inclusive for people with disabilities?

AI agents could make life much easier for people with disabilities. But there's a dark side to it.

How CCTV Cameras and AI Can Prevent Floods in Cities

Researchers have developed an AI system using CCTV cameras to monitor culverts, potentially reducing urban flooding by detecting blockages in real-time.

How AI analysis of millions of hours of body cam footage could reform the police

Most body cam footage stays unseen. But some scientists see an opportunity in leveraging this data.

This Polish radio station fired all its journalists and replaced them with AI hosts -- and people are furious

"It is a dangerous precedent that hits us all," said fired journalists.

AI could diagnose heart disease in dogs before it's too late

Heart murmurs often go undiagnosed in dogs. This new tool could help.

Scientists Used Quantum Physics to Help AI Fall for Optical Illusions

Scientists have coaxed AI to see the Necker Cube illusion the way we do thanks to quantum tunneling.

The unlikely story of how a pastry AI came to be used to detect cancer

The journey of this particular AI was as unexpected as it gets.

"No longer in a relationship; wants belongings from the apartment": When Apple's AI text summary is just too brutal

Apple's new text summary feature turned a breakup into Zoom meeting notes.

The Nobel Prizes this year are an AI bonanza

Not one but two prizes went to AI research.

AI is becoming a bigger and bigger problem for the climate. Can "digital sobriety" help?

Artificial intelligence might not take your job, but it can use up all your water and electricity.

AI Helps Uncover Hundreds of New Nazca Lines, Including Knife-Wielding Killer Whale

Artificial intelligence has revealed over 300 previously undiscovered geoglyphs in Peru's Nazca Desert.

AI could help physicians better communicate with patients

A new study explores whether AI-generated replies actually achieve this goal or add another layer of complexity to an already burdened profession.

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