US state attorneys general are asking for privacy safeguards in Character.AI’s bankruptcy. Their intervention raises a wider question: what happens to personal conversations if a chatbot company changes hands?
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Researchers showed artificial agents developing shared labels for things they perceive, even with different internal representations. It is a striking communication experiment, not evidence that machines are secretly thinking for themselves.
Read articleUS state attorneys general are asking for privacy safeguards in Character.AI’s bankruptcy. Their intervention raises a wider question:
An experiment on the Instacart platform found that AI guidance improved grocery picking, especially for more experienced workers.
Shoppers using AI increasingly want trusted human reviews included in the advice they receive. New survey findings show
In a German experiment, IT apprentices given AI access improved on tasks outside their formal training. The result
A French survey found that younger children use general-purpose AI more often than parents estimate. The gap matters because AI now appears in social apps and companion services, not just homework chatbots.
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ETH Zurich researchers have built tiny devices that use living muscle tissue to jump, swim, move and grip.
Tesla says its first production-quality Optimus robots are coming off lines in Fremont. The manufacturing milestone matters, but
Apple has shown how familiar entertainment and productivity apps are adapting to iPhone Duo’s folding screen. New layouts
Uber is giving more than 30,000 employees access to ChatGPT Work, an agent designed to carry tasks across
An AI assistant reading a website can encounter instructions planted by someone else. Security bodies call this prompt injection and advise limiting what assistants can access or do without permission.
Read articleAn autonomous tractor can handle defined field work while a farmer watches from elsewhere. University and government research
Automatic subtitles help people follow video, but speech recognition can confuse accents, noise and crucial short words. Accessibility
AI meeting assistants can produce notes and send links to other people automatically. The practical issue is not
The UK is introducing contactless airport eGates that match passengers against verified travel data without requiring them to
US regulators have examined systems that use shopping behaviour and personal data to vary prices or offers. That does not establish that every retailer uses such methods, but it changes how shoppers should read a
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Google Cloud is bringing OpenAI models into its enterprise model catalogue even while selling its own Gemini technology.
Schaeffler has opened a Chinese production site where humanoid robots assemble joint modules for future robots. It is
Two critical PHP vulnerabilities received security fixes on 21 October after research involving AI-assisted discovery. The risk concerns
ChatGPT ads have expanded to 89 countries, with a new system matching sponsored placements to evolving conversations. OpenAI
Researchers have tested a deepfake detector that uses light to process several videos at the same time. The laboratory results are striking, although the technology is a screening experiment rather than a tool that can
Read articleNew AI browsing assistants can work inside websites where you are already signed in. That could save time
What if a map could combine flood forecasts, satellite pictures and population data to show where help is
An AI assistant improved the documents patent lawyers produced, but a study found lasting gains in independent judgement
People were shown the same responsive behaviour from humans and AI, yet were less willing to call the
Ask a chatbot to invent a story and a familiar lighthouse keeper may turn up again. Researchers found striking repetition across thousands of AI stories, raising questions about what originality means when machines borrow familiar
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A new compact humanoid costs $2,490 and can walk or roll, but its invitation-only first release is aimed
Anthropic says it wants to dedicate a stake in the company to a public benefit fund as AI
Samsung has revealed how it presents AI appliances differently around the world, putting cooking convenience first in America
Google has introduced a Gemini hub for small businesses, promising help with branding, spreadsheets and connected business apps.
Researchers have used X-ray scans and machine learning to read writing inside a Roman-era scroll that was too fragile to open. The achievement concerns the surviving portion of one scroll, with other manuscripts still requiring
Read articleMIT researchers have shown an AI-controlled robot assembling simple furniture from reusable parts after receiving an ordinary-language request.
BirdNET uses recordings of bird calls to suggest which species may be nearby, even when the bird is
Researchers using satellite images and machine learning found that most industrial fishing vessels in their global study were
Automated recruitment tools can rank applicants long before a human offers an interview. Regulators have found problems with
Researchers have built headphones that can focus on the person you choose to listen to while reducing competing voices. It is a laboratory prototype rather than an everyday feature already available in all wireless earbuds.
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Microsoft is warning that a company’s own AI agents can create security risks when they are given broad
Government science advisers have warned that Britain could become dependent on powerful foreign AI suppliers without more domestic
Amazon has joined a plan to explore building twelve advanced nuclear reactors at a former coal site in
Google is making links to websites easier to find inside its AI-generated search answers. The updates could help
MIT researchers have presented a system that pairs the three-dimensional shape of a crystal with descriptions of its properties. The result offers a more useful way to search for promising materials, while stopping well short
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A new OECD policy brief looks at two places AI gathers personal information: conversations people hand over to
Researchers have given robots an artificial skin able to detect fine contact and react to potentially harmful pressure.
Amazon has unveiled two Bee devices that can turn conversations into reminders and shopping suggestions. One sits on
A team including MIT researchers has improved forecasts for the difficult stretch between the daily weather outlook and
Apple says its newer AI features can use powerful remote servers without leaving personal requests readable to Apple. The important question is not whether a cloud is involved, but what protections surround the data sent
Read articleSome websites now offer a selfie instead of an identity document to check whether someone is old enough.
A camera that claims to know whether you feel stressed, bored or pleased at work sounds futuristic. In
An American lender can use a complicated algorithm to assess your application, but it cannot use that complexity
AI can write a glowing product review without ever trying the product. American regulators have banned several kinds