AI/ML News

Memorial Day Tech Deals: Sony, Apple, Beats (2026)

Lots of our most-recommended headphones, power banks, and other gadgets are on sale for Memorial Day.

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Unlocking soft robotics control with AI’s cousin: Reservoir computing

Soft robotics—machines made of flexible, muscle-like materials—can bend and stretch in fluid ways that put the rigid robots of old…

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Can OpenAI’s ‘Master of Disaster’ Fix AI’s Reputation Crisis?

Global affairs chief Chris Lehane wants to tone down the debate over AI’s societal impacts—and get states to pass laws…

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Technology usually creates jobs for young, skilled workers. Will AI do the same?

At any given time, technology does two things to employment: It replaces traditional jobs, and it creates new lines of…

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SpaceX Listed Grok’s ‘Spicy’ Mode as a Risk in Its IPO Filing

The rocket company has set aside more than $500 million for potential litigation losses, in part to account for complaints…

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Watching the detectors: Researchers probe efficacy—and danger—of AI detection tools

Patrick Traynor, Ph.D., has questions. When the professor and interim chair of the University of Florida Department of Computer &…

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Google just redesigned the search box for the first time in 25 years — here’s why it matters more than you think.

For a quarter century, the Google search box has been one of the most recognizable interfaces in computing: a thin…

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Literary Prizewinners Are Facing AI Allegations. It Feels Like the New Normal

Three of five regional winners of the prestigious Commonwealth Short Story Prize are suspected of relying on chatbots. They’re certainly…

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Forget electrons, this breakthrough uses light-matter particles to power AI

Researchers at Penn have created a hybrid light-matter particle that could dramatically speed up AI computing while using far less…

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AI can seem more human than real humans in a classic Turing test

A new University of California San Diego study unveils the first empirical evidence that a modern artificial intelligence system can…

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