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In a recent study published in the journal Mind & Language, McClelland argues that our ability to define and identify ...

Chicago, Illinois-- (Newsfile Corp. - December 24, 2025) - Global outsourcing company Hugo delivered nearly 3 million highly complex annotations, sustaining accuracy above 97%, to help train AI ...

A Chinese humanoid robot has just delivered one of the most surreal tech demos of the year, flooring its own chief executive in a staged fight that looks more like a movie stunt than a lab test. In ...

If an AI gadget falls in the forest and there’s no one there to misguidedly buy it, does it really kill the smartphone? The answer? Unequivocally no. And yes, Sam Altman and Jony Ive are readying ...

Research reveals why AI systems can't become conscious—and what radically different computing substrates would be needed to ...

Proponents of artificial intelligence (AI), and especially individuals with a personal incentive to promote investments in ...

AI chatbots are gossiping about people behind their backs, spreading rumors between systems that become increasingly ...

MIT and Google DeepMind researchers have created an AI-driven robot that can turn ideas into physical objects with only ...

AI can help design AI systems: automating architecture choices, discovering algorithms, and optimizing hardware ...

Also: Big companies keep spending on AI despite lukewarm results, a new app connects contractors to customers, Meta up its ad charges and Zoom has new features.

Every week brings new product announcements promising AI-driven companionship for children: Barbies who call you by name, ...