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Two robots playing soccer
Technology

Watch two tiny, AI-powered robots play soccer

By Andrew Paul

Slide Whistle robot quartet
Technology

Watch this robotic slide whistle quartet belt out Smash Mouth’s ‘All Star’

By Andrew Paul

Close up of wolf spider resting on web
Technology

Spider conversations decoded with the help of machine learning and contact microphones

By Andrew Paul

Users wearing BCI cap to play video game
Technology

This cap is a big step towards universal, noninvasive brain-computer interfaces

By Andrew Paul

Yuhang Hu working on Emo robot head
Technology

A robot named ‘Emo’ can out-smile you by 840 milliseconds

By Andrew Paul

person taking photos of themselves in the dark
Health

Please think twice before letting AI scan your penis for STIs

By Andrew Paul

Autonomous robots help farmers prepare for world’s largest tulip bloom
Technology

Autonomous robots help farmers prepare for world’s largest tulip bloom

By Mack DeGeurin

data center dark hallway green shade fluorescent light
Technology

AI companies eye fossil fuels to meet booming energy demand

By Mack DeGeurin

Vernor Vinge
Science

Vernor Vinge, influential sci-fi author who warned of AI ‘Singularity,’ has died

By Andrew Paul

AI-generated nonsense is leaking into scientific journals
Technology

AI-generated nonsense is leaking into scientific journals

By Mack DeGeurin

Woman talking with nurse chatbot on iPad
Technology

Silicon Valley wants to deploy AI nursebots to handle your care

By Andrew Paul

Starship rocket launching during third test
Technology

Crypto scammers flooded YouTube with sham SpaceX Starship livestreams

By Andrew Paul

Traffic light flashing yellow signal
Technology

Researchers propose fourth traffic signal light for hypothetical self-driving car future

By Andrew Paul

Passenger staying at self-scan TSA station
Technology

TSA is testing a self-screening security checkpoint in Vegas

By Andrew Paul

vintage photo of scientists with a robot prototype
Technology

AI promised humanlike machines–in 1958

By Danielle Williams / The Conversation

tail of a humpback whale in the ocean sticking out of the waves
Technology

Why scientists are tracking whale tails with AI

By Mack DeGeurin

Vacuum moving towards two blocks with Wordpress and Tumblr logos
Technology

OpenAI wants to devour a huge chunk of the internet. Who’s going to stop them?

By Andrew Paul

OpenAI wants to make a walking, talking humanoid robot smarter
Technology

OpenAI wants to make a walking, talking humanoid robot smarter

By Mack DeGeurin

Apple logo in store
Technology

The Apple Car is dead

By Andrew Paul

Google pauses Gemini image tools after AI generates ‘inaccuracies’ in race
Technology

Google pauses Gemini image tools after AI generates ‘inaccuracies’ in race

By Mack DeGeurin

Washington puzzles over AI in health care
Technology

Washington puzzles over AI in health care

By Darius Tahir / KFF Health News

ChatGPT has been generating bizarre nonsense (more than usual)
Technology

ChatGPT has been generating bizarre nonsense (more than usual)

By Mack DeGeurin

A ridiculous AI-generated rat penis made it into a peer-reviewed journal
Technology

A ridiculous AI-generated rat penis made it into a peer-reviewed journal

By Mack DeGeurin

Sora AI generated video still of woolly mammoth herd in tundra
Technology

OpenAI’s Sora pushes us one mammoth step closer towards the AI abyss

By Andrew Paul

MethaneSAT concept art above Earth
Technology

A new AI-powered satellite will create Google Maps for methane pollution

By Andrew Paul

Destroyed Waymo on after attacked by vandals in San Francisco
Technology

A crowd torched a Waymo robotaxi in San Francisco

By Andrew Paul

2,000 new characters from burnt-up ancient Greek scroll deciphered with AI
Technology

2,000 new characters from burnt-up ancient Greek scroll deciphered with AI

By Andrew Paul

Hand reaching to press 'accept' on unknown smartphone call
Technology

FCC bans AI-generated robocalls

By Andrew Paul

Google wants to fight deepfakes with a special badge
Technology

Google wants to fight deepfakes with a special badge

By Mack DeGeurin

Upset senior woman looks at the laptop screen
Technology

Sharing AI-generated images on Facebook might get harder… eventually

By Andrew Paul

Three screenshots of Tesla driver wearing Apple Vision Pro
Technology

Don’t worry, that Tesla driver only wore the Apple Vision Pro for ’30-40 seconds’

By Andrew Paul

Photo of an 18mo baby wearing a head-mounted camera
Technology

How a baby with a headcam taught AI to learn words

By Mack DeGeurin

The new policy proposal, if accepted, would make AI-generated robocalls easier to investigate and prosecute.
Technology

FCC wants to make AI-generated robocalls illegal

By Mack DeGeurin

As AI becomes more ubiquitous and naturalistic, many industry critics have voiced concerns about a potentially increasing number of people turning to technology instead of human relationships.
Technology

13 percent of AI chat bot users in the US just want to talk

By Andrew Paul

X briefly banned search results for the singer’s name on the platform.
Technology

AI-generated Taylor Swift porn deepfakes ran rampant on X. Will laws catch up?

By Mack DeGeurin

Black and white portrait of George Carlin
Technology

Humans actually wrote that fake George Carlin ‘AI’ standup routine

By Andrew Paul

Joe Biden speaking in front of American flag
Technology

A deepfake ‘Joe Biden’ robocall told voters to stay home for primary election

By Andrew Paul

Orpheas Kofinakos, Herui Chen, Peter Zhang – The eXpressive Electronic Keyboard Instrument (XEKI)
Technology

Check out some of the past year’s most innovative musical inventions

By Andrew Paul

Sam Altman: Age of AI will require an ‘energy breakthrough’
Technology

Sam Altman: Age of AI will require an ‘energy breakthrough’

By Mack DeGeurin

Beware the AI celebrity clones peddling bogus ‘free money’ on YouTube
Technology

Beware the AI celebrity clones peddling bogus ‘free money’ on YouTube

By Mack DeGeurin

How video game tech, AI, and computer vision help decode animal pain and behavior
Science

How video game tech, AI, and computer vision help decode animal pain and behavior

By Peter Hess

Silhouette of people using phones against OpenAI logo
Technology

OpenAI argues it is ‘impossible’ to train ChatGPT without copyrighted work

By Andrew Paul

Sound level visualization of audio clip
Technology

The FTC wants your help fighting AI vocal cloning scams

By Andrew Paul

Data visualization of all maritime activity in the North Sea
Technology

AI and satellite data helped uncover the ocean’s ‘dark vessels’

By Andrew Paul

CyberRunner robot capable of playing Labyrinth maze game
Technology

Watch an AI-leveraging robot beat humans in this classic maze puzzle game

By Andrew Paul

Rotating black surveillance control camera indoors
Technology

Rite Aid can’t use facial recognition technology for the next five years

By Andrew Paul

Gavel on top of a computer for a judge
Technology

New UK guidelines for judges using AI chatbots are a mess

By Mack DeGeurin

Tesla Optimus robot handling an egg in demo video
Technology

Tesla’s Optimus robot can now squat and fondle eggs

By Andrew Paul

EU’s powerful AI Act is here. But is it too late?
Technology

EU’s powerful AI Act is here. But is it too late?

By Mack DeGeurin

Brainoware biocomputing study illustration
Technology

A ‘brain organoid’ biochip displayed serious voice recognition and math skills

By Andrew Paul

DALL E Generative AI text abstract photo
Technology

Generative AI could face its biggest legal tests in 2024

By Harry Guinness

Screenshot from Gemini-powered Bard demonstration video
Technology

Google announces Gemini, its ‘multimodal’ answer to ChatGPT

By Andrew Paul

Researchers working with laser array in lab
Technology

Swapping surgical bone saws for laser beams

By Andrew Paul

coding on a laptop
Technology

Will AI render programming obsolete?

By Michael L. Littman / MIT Press

An ambulance speeding through traffic at nighttime
Technology

Scientists are developing a handheld eye-scanner for detecting traumatic brain injury

By Andrew Paul

How AI could help scientists spot ‘ultra-emission’ methane plumes faster—from space
Environment

How AI could help scientists spot ‘ultra-emission’ methane plumes faster—from space

By Andrew Paul

On Friday, founder and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was fired by the board of directors. Chaos ensued.
Technology

Actually, never mind, Sam Altman is back as OpenAI’s CEO

By Andrew Paul

Robot dog at Hyundai factory working on car
Technology

Hyundai’s robot-heavy EV factory in Singapore is fully operational

By Andrew Paul

Black and white photo of merchant ship encountering rogue wave
Technology

An equation co-written with AI reveals monster rogue waves form ‘all the time’

By Andrew Paul

Cruise robotaxi action shot at night
Technology

Controversial ‘robotaxi’ startup loses CEO

By Andrew Paul

On Friday, founder and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was fired by the board of directors. Chaos ensued.
Technology

OpenAI chaos explained: What it could mean for the future of artificial intelligence

By Harry Guinness

Research paper examples of AI and human faces against blurry crowd background
Technology

Some people think white AI-generated faces look more real than photographs

By Andrew Paul

Storm coming in over farm field
Environment

Google DeepMind’s AI forecasting is outperforming the ‘gold standard’ model

By Andrew Paul

a person's hands typing on a laptop keyboard
Technology

How do chatbots work?

By Popular Science Team