Can you spot a ‘fake’ accent? It will depend on where you’re from

How someone speaks should be a lot less important than what is said. But that isn’t always the case.

Jonathan R. Goodman, Research Associate, Public Health, University of Cambridge • conversation
July 2, 2025 ~6 min

Grok’s ‘white genocide’ responses show how generative AI can be weaponized

The tools that are meant to help make AI safer could actually make it much more dangerous.

Shimei Pan, Associate Professor of Information Systems, University of Maryland, Baltimore County • conversation
June 18, 2025 ~9 min


Evolution made us cheats, now free-riders run the world and we need to change, new book warns

To save democracy and solve the world's biggest challenges, we need to get better at spotting and exposing people who exploit human cooperation for personal

Cambridge University News • cambridge
June 17, 2025 ~6 min

Inroads to personalized AI trip planning

A new framework from the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab supercharges language models, so they can reason over, interactively develop, and verify valid, complex travel agendas.

Lauren Hinkel | MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab • mit
June 10, 2025 ~9 min

Animals can’t talk like humans do – here’s why the hunt for their languages has left us empty-handed

Many scientists see evidence of language in the sounds animals put together, but they may be kidding themselves.

Johan Lind, Senior Associate Professor in Ethology, Linköping University • conversation
June 9, 2025 ~8 min

What is vibe coding? A computer scientist explains what it means to have AI write computer code − and what risks that can entail

Vibe coding is a buzzy phrase that describes using AI language tools to write software. You enter a natural language phrase for what you want – to a point – and get back code.

Chetan Jaiswal, Associate Professor of Computer Science, Quinnipiac University • conversation
June 4, 2025 ~5 min

Your left and right brain hear language differently − a neuroscientist explains how

Left and right brains hear speech differently, yet how this divide forms was unclear − until mouse studies showed each hemisphere runs on its own developmental clock.

Hysell V. Oviedo, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Research, Washington University in St. Louis • conversation
June 4, 2025 ~7 min

Neurosymbolic AI is the answer to large language models’ inability to stop hallucinating

Neurosymbolic AI combines the learning of LLMs with teaching the machine formal rules that should make them more reliable and energy efficient.

Artur Garcez, Professor of Computer Science, City St George's, University of London • conversation
May 30, 2025 ~9 min


What the hidden rhythms of orangutan calls can tell us about language - new research

Recursion was thought to be a unique feature of human language.

Chiara De Gregorio, Post Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Warwick • conversation
May 27, 2025 ~6 min

Touch can comfort and heal, but also harm − a psychologist explains why gestures don’t always land as intended

The most comforting touch communicates care for the person receiving it – not just the intentions of the person offering it.

Brian N. Chin, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Trinity College • conversation
May 16, 2025 ~8 min

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