anthropomorphism: When humans tend to give nonhuman objects humanlike characteristics. In AI, this can include believing a chatbot is more humanlike and aware than it actually is, like believing it's ...

Generative AI is everywhere, especially online, where it has been used to imitate humans. Chances are you’ve seen it yourself ...

The internet is entering an age where AI drives both the attacks and the defenses—and experts worry the balance is tipping.

Users can note which content they would like to view more frequently. Instagram is handing users some control in deciding what content they see. The social media giant is allowing users to have a say ...

A newly enacted New York law requires retailers to say whether your data influences the price of basic goods like a dozen eggs or toilet paper, but not how. If you’re near Rochester, New York, the ...

New research from UBC Okanagan mathematically demonstrates that the universe cannot be simulated. Using Gödel’s incompleteness theorem, scientists found that reality requires “non-algorithmic ...

A House of Dynamite dramatizes the government response to a missile from unknown origin heading towards a U.S. city within 20 minutes. Director Kathryn Bigelow personally asked Volker Bertelmann to ...

This week, researchers published LIGO findings that hint at the existence of second-generation black holes. Astronomers captured a spectacular new image of the Milky Way across a wide range of radio ...

In this video, we simulate a real-life zombie apocalypse, exploring survival strategies and challenges in various scenarios. The team tests a range of gear and tactics to navigate through both urban ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...

A quantum computer experiment simulated a wormhole-like transfer of information, demonstrating a key principle but not creating an actual traversable tunnel. List of Republicans that want to stop all ...

Introduction: Hip exoskeletons can lower the metabolic cost of walking in many tasks and populations, but their assistance patterns must be tailored to each user. We developed a simulation-based, ...