Credit: PixabayEach year, over a million people of all ages participate in marathons, reaping various health benefits from running. However, researchers caution that long-distance running may negatively impact the brain, with effects lasting up to a month after a race.Scientists from Spain's University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) have found a connection between marathon...
Image Credits:Silas Stein / picture alliance / Getty ImagesDuring a livestream on Tuesday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced the first major update to ChatGPT’s image-generation capabilities in over a year.Now, ChatGPT can use the GPT-4o model to create and edit images directly. While GPT-4o has long powered OpenAI’s chatbot, it previously handled only text-based...
Image Credits:Daniel de la Hoz(opens in a new window)/ Getty ImagesOn Tuesday, Instagram introduced a school partnership program designed to fast-track moderation reports from verified school accounts.Available to all U.S. middle and high schools, the program enables schools to directly report posts or student accounts that may breach Instagram’s guidelines. These reports receive priority...
Image Credits:Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket / Getty ImagesMicrosoft is rolling out a “deep research” AI tool within Microsoft 365 Copilot, its AI-powered chatbot app. Recently, several deep research agents have emerged across AI chatbots, including OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini, and xAI’s Grok. These tools rely on reasoning AI models, which can analyze problems and verify...
Image Credits:Google DeepMindOn Tuesday, Google introduced Gemini 2.5, a new family of AI reasoning models designed to pause and “think” before responding to questions.The first in this series, Gemini 2.5 Pro Experimental, is a multimodal AI model that Google describes as its most advanced yet. Starting Tuesday, it will be available in Google AI...
Image Credits:Boris SV / Getty ImagesThe Arc Prize Foundation, a nonprofit co-founded by AI researcher François Chollet, revealed in a blog post on Monday that it has developed a new, highly challenging test to assess the general intelligence of advanced AI models.This new test, called ARC-AGI-2, has proven difficult for most models.According to the...
Credit: PixabayThe next generation of GLP-1 receptor agonist drugs is on the horizon, with new weight-loss and diabetes treatments expected to hit shelves by early next year. These advancements follow the success of drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy, signaling a rapid evolution in obesity and diabetes care.Less than five years after the FDA approved...
Manufacturing biodiesel, a cleaner-burning alternative to petroleum diesel, produces CO2 and wastewater containing pollutants. A University of Michigan research team troubleshoots an energy-efficient electrochemical method to capture CO2 and valuable chemicals while treating wastewater. Credit: ACS PublicationsBiodiesel offers a cleaner-burning alternative to petroleum diesel, but its production generates CO2 and hazardous wastewater, requiring additional steps for...
Credit: PixabayIn recent years, Meta has integrated numerous AI-driven features into its apps, including experiments with AI-generated characters that had unique profiles and personalities. However, these were ultimately abandoned after being deemed unsettling and unnecessary.Now, in a move that may also face user resistance, Meta is exploring AI-assisted interactions by helping users write comments...
Image Credits:JASON REDMOND / AFP / Getty ImagesMicrosoft is launching a research initiative to assess how specific training data influences the text, images, and other media generated by AI models.A recently resurfaced job listing from December reveals the company is seeking a research intern for the project, which aims to demonstrate that AI models...
