From thoughts to words: How AI deciphers neural signals to help a man with ALS speak

Listening in on neural activity is a promising way of restoring the ability to communicate for people whose bodies no longer can. Artificial neural networks are the key middleman in the process.

Nicholas Card, Postdoctoral Fellow of Neuroscience and Neuroengineering, University of California, Davis • conversation
Aug. 22, 2024 ~8 min

China leans into using AI − even as the US leads in developing it

In the AI game, China has bet on strategic use over innovation, tightening its grip domestically and extending its reach internationally.

Shaoyu Yuan, Dean's Fellow at the Division of Global Affairs, Rutgers University - Newark • conversation
Aug. 21, 2024 ~8 min


Real-time crime centers are transforming policing – a criminologist explains how these advanced surveillance systems work

As police departments across the US and the world adopt real-time crime centers, there’s a need for better public understanding of how these centers work.

Kimberly Przeszlowski, Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice, Quinnipiac University • conversation
Aug. 15, 2024 ~9 min

AI could be the breakthrough that allows humanoid robots to jump from science fiction to reality

The technology behind ChatGPT could help put humanoid robots in homes and workplaces.

Daniel Zhou Hao, School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, University of Leicester • conversation
Aug. 9, 2024 ~8 min

AI helps lighten the load on the electric grid – without skimping on people’s energy use

Smart buildings can team up to be more energy efficient while keeping the people inside comfortable.

Zoltan Nagy, Assistant Professor of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin • conversation
Aug. 7, 2024 ~5 min

AIs encode language like brains do − opening a window on human conversations

Brains encode language by matching words to patterns of activity. Large language models can do the same thing.

Zaid Zada, Ph.D. Candidate in Psychology, Princeton University • conversation
Aug. 2, 2024 ~7 min

CAPTCHAs: The struggle to tell real humans from fake

CAPTCHAs are a key part of the arms race between AI deceivers and AI deception detectors. A computer scientist explains how they work.

Tam Nguyen, Associate Professor of Computer Science, University of Dayton • conversation
Aug. 2, 2024 ~7 min

Robocars promise to improve traffic even when most of the cars around them are driven by people, study finds

Long before all vehicles become self-driving, AI could drastically improve traffic conditions. Traffic jams could become a thing of the past when even as few as 5% of cars are driven by robots.

Weizi Li, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, University of Tennessee • conversation
Aug. 1, 2024 ~5 min


Philosophy is crucial in the age of AI

Philosophy has been instrumental to AI since its inception.

Brian Ball, Associate Professor of Philosophy AI and Information Ethics, Northeastern University London • conversation
Aug. 1, 2024 ~8 min

Paris Olympics 2024: faster, higher, stronger – and more data-driven

The involvement of AI in the huge organisational beast that is the Olympics was inevitable, but how exactly is it being used, and what does it mean for the future of the Games?

Andy Miah, Chair in Science Communication & Future Media, University of Salford • conversation
Aug. 1, 2024 ~8 min

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