A Norwegian research team built a robot that can slice and serve salmon sashimi using three arms, AI training, and a tactile sensor that knows when the blade hits the board.
A new study found Claude Opus 4.6 outperformed professional fundraisers and elite debaters in persuasion tasks, raising fresh concerns about AI influence.
Atlantic reporter Alex Reisner recently uncovered four datasets of music being used to train AI models and made them fully searchable for the public. Two of the sets are absolutely enormous at 12 million and 9 million tracks. The other two are much smaller, but still represent a significant amount of training data at over […]
Instacart’s Caper Carts bring fast checkout, coupons, and loyalty perks to Weis stores, but their cameras, location tracking, and in-aisle ads make the grocery cart feel like a data machine.
OpenAI is framing personal AGI as the mass-market endpoint of its AI race, but it still has to explain price, access, safeguards, and how an all-knowing assistant would work for everyone.
VocabOwl’s viral vocabulary test turns 100 multiple-choice questions into a shareable estimate of your English word knowledge, but the clever scoring system still leaves room for guessing and uncertainty.
Sony’s PSN login patent could make a DualSense part of the account access flow, but the bigger security test may still be PlayStation’s account recovery process.
Mac users waiting for a touchscreen Mac now have more third-party options. Alogic’s new display lineup adds touch controls across desktop, portable, and wall-mounted screens.
Norway has announced a near-total ban on generative AI tools in elementary schools, citing concerns about learning and development. The decision follows growing debate among researchers, educators, and policymakers about the long-term effects of AI on …
Apple’s watchOS team explained why five models are missing out on watchOS 27, and the answer points directly at Siri AI’s hardware demands.