Computers

AI's game-playing still has flaws: AlphaZero-style self-play tested on Nim
New research published in Machine Learning shows pattern learning is not enough to train AI... Read more
Shortest paths research narrows a 25-year gap in graph algorithms
Most of you have used a navigation app like Google Maps for your travels at... Read more
Human brain and AI speech recognition decode speech in similar step-by-step stages, study finds
Over the past decades, computer scientists have developed numerous artificial intelligence (AI) systems that can... Read more
AI is homogenizing human expression and thought, computer scientists and psychologists say
AI chatbots are standardizing how people speak, write, and think. If this homogenization continues unchecked,... Read more
Can AI read papers like a scientist? A new benchmark shows where LLMs fail
To stay up to date and work forward in their fields, scientists must have at... Read more
The AI that taught itself: How AI can learn what it never knew
For years, the guiding assumption of artificial intelligence has been simple: an AI is only... Read more
Early-warning model developed to predict toxic social media storms
Researchers at the University at Albany and Rutgers University have developed an early-warning framework that... Read more
Deep AI training gets more stable by predicting its own errors
Artificial intelligence now plays Go, paints pictures, and even converses like a human. However, there... Read more
Improving AI models' ability to explain their predictions
In high-stakes settings like medical diagnostics, users often want to know what led a computer... Read more
Researchers are combining drones and AI to make removing land mines faster and safer
At least 57 nations have live antipersonnel land mines in their territories. In 2024 alone,... Read more
Don't panic: 'Humanity's last exam' has begun
When artificial intelligence systems began acing long-standing academic assessments, researchers realized they had a problem:... Read more
VR game helps police officers manage stress better
Training police officers with a virtual-reality game can significantly improve their ability to regulate stress,... Read more
Adaptive drafter model uses downtime to double LLM training speed
Reasoning large language models (LLMs) are designed to solve complex problems by breaking them down... Read more
How AI could help make society less selfish
The Care Bears taught a generation of kids that sharing is caring, but not everyone... Read more
Novel framework for unsupervised point cloud anomaly localization developed
The automatic detection of surface-level irregularities—defects or anomalies—in 3D data is of significant interest for... Read more