Category: AI/ML News

A new AI-powered framework could transform how astronomers measure the expansion of the Universe. By analyzing images of Type Ia supernovae and modeling their environments in unprecedented detail, researchers can estimate cosmic distances with near-spectroscopic accuracy. The technique is designed for the flood of data expected from the upcoming Vera C. Rubin Observatory and may …

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Humans have been successfully trained to spot AI-generated faces in a study led by researchers at the Australian National University (ANU) Emotions and Faces Lab. The study, “Training Humans to Detect AI-generated Faces,” is published in PNAS.

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What if your smartwatch could tell when you were struggling emotionally and offer support before you even thought to ask? That’s the idea behind a new AI-powered system developed by researchers at the University of Ottawa, one that could change how people access mental health care outside a clinical setting.

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The number of U.S. data centers is growing, largely to power artificial intelligence programs. That has led to concern about the environmental consequences of data centers—and their impact on the energy grid itself. What will happen if scores of new data centers come online?

Anthropic’s critics argue it’s rapidly accumulating power. The company says that’s what responsible AI development looks like.

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory use a slew of autonomous robots to design and implement experiments. However, setting up an experiment on an autonomous lab robot is surprisingly slow. The effort requires a lengthy back-and-forth between a scientist and an engineer to design the experimental steps—a process that can take …

Read more “Agentic AI bot helps scientists speak to robots, speeding up experiments”

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