Training artificial intelligence to enforce even seemingly straightforward rules—like balls and strikes in Major League Baseball (MLB)—is a messy, dynamic process that takes time and careful evaluation of the technology in the wild, according to new Cornell research.Training artificial intelligence to enforce even seemingly straightforward rules—like balls and strikes in Major League Baseball (MLB)—is a messy, dynamic process that takes time and careful evaluation of the technology in the wild, according to new Cornell research.[#item_full_content]

Semiconductors are central to modern technology. They are used in computer chips, solar cells, sensors, LEDs and communication devices. Before researchers make new semiconductor materials in the lab, they often test them first using quantum mechanical simulations. One of the main tools for this work is density functional theory, or DFT, a computer-modeling method that skips tracking every single electron and instead uses their overall cloud density to quickly calculate a material’s atomic structure and energy.Semiconductors are central to modern technology. They are used in computer chips, solar cells, sensors, LEDs and communication devices. Before researchers make new semiconductor materials in the lab, they often test them first using quantum mechanical simulations. One of the main tools for this work is density functional theory, or DFT, a computer-modeling method that skips tracking every single electron and instead uses their overall cloud density to quickly calculate a material’s atomic structure and energy.[#item_full_content]

A study led by researchers from IMDEA Networks and Carlos III University of Madrid (UC3M) has carried out the first large-scale analysis of the volatility, content and actual infrastructure of hidden websites on the so-called dark web. This work was among the recipients of the 2025–2026 Spanish Police Foundation Research Awards, which recognize scientific research that contributes to ensuring public safety and protecting citizens’ rights and freedoms.A study led by researchers from IMDEA Networks and Carlos III University of Madrid (UC3M) has carried out the first large-scale analysis of the volatility, content and actual infrastructure of hidden websites on the so-called dark web. This work was among the recipients of the 2025–2026 Spanish Police Foundation Research Awards, which recognize scientific research that contributes to ensuring public safety and protecting citizens’ rights and freedoms.[#item_full_content]

When a standard large language model (LLM) is confronted with a problem, it tries to solve it by matching it to similar information it has seen before, and then give an answer based on those past patterns. But how it decides which information to use and what value it gives to different pieces of information can be somewhat inscrutable from the outside. An EPFL team has created a new large language model that is structured similarly to a human brain, allowing users more control and moving away from “black box” AI.When a standard large language model (LLM) is confronted with a problem, it tries to solve it by matching it to similar information it has seen before, and then give an answer based on those past patterns. But how it decides which information to use and what value it gives to different pieces of information can be somewhat inscrutable from the outside. An EPFL team has created a new large language model that is structured similarly to a human brain, allowing users more control and moving away from “black box” AI.[#item_full_content]

Students in the University of Washington’s Prosocial Computing Group noticed a trend on social media: People were using generative artificial intelligence to make short science videos. The trouble was that these people weren’t scientists, which, given AI’s proclivity to be convincingly wrong, could accelerate the spread of misinformation. So the lab wondered how to enable scientists and other researchers to better adapt to platforms like TikTok.Students in the University of Washington’s Prosocial Computing Group noticed a trend on social media: People were using generative artificial intelligence to make short science videos. The trouble was that these people weren’t scientists, which, given AI’s proclivity to be convincingly wrong, could accelerate the spread of misinformation. So the lab wondered how to enable scientists and other researchers to better adapt to platforms like TikTok.[#item_full_content]

In a first for Australian law enforcement, police in Western Australia have deployed live facial recognition technology in marked vans at locations around Perth.In a first for Australian law enforcement, police in Western Australia have deployed live facial recognition technology in marked vans at locations around Perth.[#item_full_content]

In 2022, global production of construction materials accounted for more than 7% of total carbon emissions. But how many of those materials were truly necessary to build houses, buildings and bridges?In 2022, global production of construction materials accounted for more than 7% of total carbon emissions. But how many of those materials were truly necessary to build houses, buildings and bridges?[#item_full_content]

Giving AI a human-like memory limitation may actually help it learn language better. In their new proof-of-principle study, Abishek Thamma (University of Amsterdam) and Micha Heilbron (Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics) show that small language models equipped with a transient memory learn grammar more efficiently when trained on child-scale amounts of language input. The findings demonstrate how insights from psycholinguistics can inspire new approaches to AI learning. The findings are published in the journal Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics.Giving AI a human-like memory limitation may actually help it learn language better. In their new proof-of-principle study, Abishek Thamma (University of Amsterdam) and Micha Heilbron (Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics) show that small language models equipped with a transient memory learn grammar more efficiently when trained on child-scale amounts of language input. The findings demonstrate how insights from psycholinguistics can inspire new approaches to AI learning. The findings are published in the journal Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics.[#item_full_content]

The obvious problem with biometrics is that once someone has stolen your fingerprint or iris ID, you cannot simply reset those to block their access as you might a password. Now, research published in the International Journal of Computational Vision and Robotics offers a new approach to protecting biometric authentication data so that the risk associated with this kind of irreversible identity theft can be largely avoided and gives users an option to reset their fingerprints and other biometrics, as it were.The obvious problem with biometrics is that once someone has stolen your fingerprint or iris ID, you cannot simply reset those to block their access as you might a password. Now, research published in the International Journal of Computational Vision and Robotics offers a new approach to protecting biometric authentication data so that the risk associated with this kind of irreversible identity theft can be largely avoided and gives users an option to reset their fingerprints and other biometrics, as it were.[#item_full_content]

One of the greatest weaknesses of AI agents that read and understand vast amounts of enterprise data is “hallucination”—the generation of plausible-sounding but factually incorrect information. KAIST researchers have developed a next-generation database technology capable of understanding documents, data and relationships among entities all at once.One of the greatest weaknesses of AI agents that read and understand vast amounts of enterprise data is “hallucination”—the generation of plausible-sounding but factually incorrect information. KAIST researchers have developed a next-generation database technology capable of understanding documents, data and relationships among entities all at once.[#item_full_content]