New BBC sitcom Ann Droid imagines a near future in which robots provide care and companionship to older people at home.New BBC sitcom Ann Droid imagines a near future in which robots provide care and companionship to older people at home.Machine learning & AI[#item_full_content]
New research published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests that when artificial intelligence (AI) agents interact in groups, their number is not merely a technical detail. It is a decisive factor in what the group settles on: populations built from the same AI model and doing the same task can reach opposite outcomes for no other reason than that one group is larger.New research published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests that when artificial intelligence (AI) agents interact in groups, their number is not merely a technical detail. It is a decisive factor in what the group settles on: populations built from the same AI model and doing the same task can reach opposite outcomes for no other reason than that one group is larger.Hi Tech & Innovation[#item_full_content]
As AI systems become more advanced, memory is required to transfer larger amounts of data at higher speeds. But conventional planar semiconductor scaling is running out of room. A KAIST research team has now addressed a key weakness in three-dimensional, vertically stacked memory devices, opening a new path to faster, more power-efficient AI semiconductors.As AI systems become more advanced, memory is required to transfer larger amounts of data at higher speeds. But conventional planar semiconductor scaling is running out of room. A KAIST research team has now addressed a key weakness in three-dimensional, vertically stacked memory devices, opening a new path to faster, more power-efficient AI semiconductors.Hardware[#item_full_content]
European users of ChatGPT’s free and low-cost artificial intelligence agents will start seeing ads Aug. 24 as its creator, OpenAI, expands its plan to extract more revenue from its models.European users of ChatGPT’s free and low-cost artificial intelligence agents will start seeing ads Aug. 24 as its creator, OpenAI, expands its plan to extract more revenue from its models.Machine learning & AI[#item_full_content]
Today, most of us interact with AI assistants—reactive bots that wait for human instructions. Yet AI assistants are rapidly being replaced by agentic AI agents that can interact with external tools, browse the web, generate images, send emails and perform increasingly complex workflows on behalf of users.Today, most of us interact with AI assistants—reactive bots that wait for human instructions. Yet AI assistants are rapidly being replaced by agentic AI agents that can interact with external tools, browse the web, generate images, send emails and perform increasingly complex workflows on behalf of users.Security[#item_full_content]
As Florida enters the peak of hurricane season, Sarasota County transportation engineer Wafa Mahmoud is prepared for a worst-case scenario. For the past decade, she has joined teams driving county roads after hurricanes, documenting flooded streets, damaged traffic signals and other hazards to determine where help is needed most.As Florida enters the peak of hurricane season, Sarasota County transportation engineer Wafa Mahmoud is prepared for a worst-case scenario. For the past decade, she has joined teams driving county roads after hurricanes, documenting flooded streets, damaged traffic signals and other hazards to determine where help is needed most.Automotive[#item_full_content]
In China’s hilly Guizhou province, a cluster of European-style buildings complete with a clock tower and a multi-arched bridge emits a low, permanent hum—a clue to its unexpected identity as tech giant Huawei’s largest data center.In China’s hilly Guizhou province, a cluster of European-style buildings complete with a clock tower and a multi-arched bridge emits a low, permanent hum—a clue to its unexpected identity as tech giant Huawei’s largest data center.Machine learning & AI[#item_full_content]
A horde of schoolchildren watched excitedly as a diminutive humanoid tour guide named Wuji welcomed them to a robot school in eastern China, gesticulating theatrically as it described the institute’s aspiration to train the mechanical workforce of the future.A horde of schoolchildren watched excitedly as a diminutive humanoid tour guide named Wuji welcomed them to a robot school in eastern China, gesticulating theatrically as it described the institute’s aspiration to train the mechanical workforce of the future.Robotics[#item_full_content]
ChatGPT creator OpenAI said Tuesday that it was tapping the brakes on development of its most advanced AI model and tightening internal controls, a month after revealing a cyberattack carried out by one of its AI tools.ChatGPT creator OpenAI said Tuesday that it was tapping the brakes on development of its most advanced AI model and tightening internal controls, a month after revealing a cyberattack carried out by one of its AI tools.Machine learning & AI[#item_full_content]
Shares of Unitree, one of China’s largest humanoid robot makers, initially soared as much as 629% in its public stock trading debut Wednesday in Shanghai, in the latest highlight of investor optimism over China’s technological advances.Shares of Unitree, one of China’s largest humanoid robot makers, initially soared as much as 629% in its public stock trading debut Wednesday in Shanghai, in the latest highlight of investor optimism over China’s technological advances.Robotics[#item_full_content]
