AI/ML News

Tiny, soft robot flexes its potential as a life saver

A tiny, soft, flexible robot that can crawl through earthquake rubble to find trapped victims or travel inside the human…

1 year ago

Probabilistic algorithm targets social media’s fake news problem

Fake news across social media is becoming ever easier to spread and more difficult to detect. That's thanks to increasingly…

1 year ago

Scientists Claim to Have Brought Back the Dire Wolf

Startup Colossal Biosciences has edited the DNA of a gray wolf to produce what it says is a de-extincted animal.…

1 year ago

Nurture more important than nature for robotic hand

How does a robotic arm or a prosthetic hand learn a complex task like grasping and rotating a ball? Researchers…

1 year ago

Is AI truly creative? Study shows how visibility of process shapes perception

What makes people think an AI system is creative? New research shows that it depends on how much they see…

1 year ago

From MIPS to exaflops in mere decades: Compute power is exploding, and it will transform AI

For the first time, we may have the computing power and the intelligence to tackle problems with AI that were…

1 year ago

Meta’s answer to DeepSeek is here: Llama 4 launches with long context Scout and Maverick models, and 2T parameter Behemoth on the way!

While DeepSeek R1 and OpenAI o1 edge out Behemoth on a couple metrics, Llama 4 Behemoth remains highly competitive.Read More

1 year ago

DOGE Is Planning a Hackathon at the IRS. It Wants Easier Access to Taxpayer Data

DOGE operatives have repeatedly referred to the software company Palantir as a possible partner in creating a “mega API” at…

1 year ago

Genspark’s Super Agent ups the ante in the general AI agent race

This week, Palo Alto-based startup Genspark released what it calls Super Agent, a fast-moving autonomous system designed to handle real-world…

1 year ago

Inside DOGE’s AI Push at the Department of Veterans Affairs

A DOGE operative at the Department of Veterans Affairs appears to be trying to use an AI tool to write…

1 year ago