AI/ML News

Tiny nanolaser could cut computer energy use in half

Scientists have created an ultra-small nanolaser that could eventually allow microchips to transmit information with light instead of electricity, potentially…

2 weeks ago

OpenAI Wants to Know if an AI Industry Slowdown Would Even Be Legal

AI leaders worry antitrust law could stand in the way of what they view as an increasingly urgent push to…

2 weeks ago

Brain-inspired computing: Using noise to regulate information flow in neural networks

Researchers have developed a learning mechanism that uses the natural variability of neural activity—often dismissed as random "noise"—to understand how…

2 weeks ago

The AI Researcher Who Just Quit Anthropic Says It’s ‘Crunch Time for Humanity’

Jacob Coxon talks to WIRED about the “mini Manhattan project” inside Anthropic, the problem with alignment, and why AI labs…

2 weeks ago

Bridging the information gap: AI-driven quality control for 5G multicast broadcasting

Cable television (CATV) remains a cornerstone of how national broadcasts and emergency information reach thousands of households. Unfortunately, many older…

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Cockroach Milk, How to Blow Your Nose, and Mosquito Printers: The Ig Nobels of 2026

Every year, the prizes recognize the weirdest research that often raises some very serious scientific questions.

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Memristor chip breaks the capacity limit of brain-inspired associative memory

Researchers in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering and the Centre for Advanced Semiconductors…

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Le Creuset x Star Trek Collection: Prices, availability, release date

Vulcan oven mitts, spaceship baking dishes, and an out-of-this-world communicator grater—you'll need warp speed to Klingon to this limited edition…

3 weeks ago

The Best Laptop Backpacks for Work, Travel, and Everything Between (2026)

The wrong bag can aggravate you every single day. These WIRED-tested picks get comfort, capacity, and organization just right.

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Long AI conversations reveal misinformation vulnerabilities across seven leading chatbots

The results are in: Which AI model is the most fallible? Persuadable? Correctible? University of Arizona researchers assessed seven different…

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