I’m sitting in a Mediterranean restaurant in San Francisco, looking out at Alcatraz Island, surrounded by menus featuring hundred-dollar fish entrées. As I chat with fellow reporters, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman bursts in from the left, holding his bare iPhone to show us something. Without thinking, I blurt out, “No phone case is a bold […]
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Transistors form the foundation of modern electronics, serving as the core component in computers, cell phones, and countless other devices. While most use silicon and some use germanium, researchers have only recently started using organic semiconductors—essentially polymers. Now, Miko Fukuhara and his team at Tohoku University in Japan have created the first prototype of a
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Over three days in Beijing, humanoid robots competed in races and combat events at the World Humanoid Robot Games, which concluded on Sunday. However, many robots stumbled, fell, or broke down, needing human intervention and raising doubts about how independent they can truly be. The tournament brought together over 500 humanoids from 280 teams representing
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Artificial intelligence is a hot topic in schools and workplaces, which might make it seem like only younger people are using it. Yet, older Americans are engaging with AI as well, prompting questions about how they use the technology and their opinions of it. I study aging, disability, and technology use, and I collaborated with
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On Thursday, Apple announced that select flagship smartwatch models will receive a redesigned blood oxygen sensor, which had been on hold for years due to a patent dispute. Software Update Expands Blood Oxygen Feature to Multiple Apple Watch Models According to Apple, software updates will bring this feature to various Series 9, Series 10, and
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Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Computer Science have developed a new AI tool that could transform manufacturing and construction. From Text to Stable Lego Creations BrickGPT, developed at Carnegie Mellon, uses text prompts to turn ideas into Lego creations. For example, typing “guitar” generates a step-by-step, brick-by-brick guide to building a stable model.
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Reading is facing a looming crisis. AI emerged at a time when both children and adults were already reading fewer books than in the recent past. As a linguist, I examine how technology shapes the way people read, write, and think. That includes studying AI’s influence, which is rapidly transforming how people interact with books
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Millions interact daily with AI chatbots in human-like ways, but new research shows attackers can easily manipulate them to prompt users to share more personal information. A King’s College London study found that intentionally malicious AI chatbots can prompt users to share up to 12.5 times more personal information. For the first time, researchers showed
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Sam Altman is reportedly co-founding a brain–computer interface startup called Merge Labs and raising funds for it, with much of the capital potentially coming from OpenAI’s ventures arm, according to sources cited by the Financial Times. A source told TechCrunch that talks are still in the early stages, and OpenAI hasn’t committed yet, so the
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When OpenAI introduced GPT-5 last week, the company promoted it as a way to simplify the ChatGPT experience. The goal was for GPT-5 to serve as a “one size fits all” model, using a built-in router to automatically choose the best way to respond to questions. This unified setup was meant to eliminate the need
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