Is the CEO of the heavily funded humanoid robot startup Figure AI exaggerating his startup’s work with BMW?
A closer look at the details of humanoid activity at the automaker’s U.S. factory reveals a decidedly more modest affair than some of the CEO’s past comments seemed to suggest…
How Can Monkeys Yodel Better Than Humans?
Discover intricate mechanisms in the primates’ throats that help them rapidly shift their pitch up and down…
Myanmar earthquake: can Asean step up to fill US aid vacuum?
The US aid retreat opens ways for China and India to use their humanitarian assistance to build influence…Bridging the human–AI knowledge gap through concept discovery and transfer in AlphaZero
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 122, Issue 13, April 2025. SignificanceAs AI systems become more capable, they may internally represent concepts outside the sphere of human knowledge. This work gives an end-to-end example of unearthing machine-unique knowledge in the domain of chess. We obtain machine-unique …
From MIPS to exaflops in mere decades: Compute power is exploding, and it will transform AI
For the first time, we may have the computing power and the intelligence to tackle problems with AI that were once beyond human reach…
Bird flu could soon evolve to spread between humans. Here’s how to slow its progress.
At the viral chatter stage of an outbreak, pathogens are just starting to infect people in sporadic bursts. It’s a sign that a pandemic may be on the horizon…
Battle over waqf bill reaches SC with blitz of petitions
After the Waqf Amendment Bill was passed following intense debates, legal disputes have emerged with multiple petitions filed in the Supreme Court claiming the bill is unconstitutional. Petitioners argue the changes infringe upon Muslim minority rights and un…
Quake II runs on WHAMM, Microsoft’s experimental AI for real-time gaming
Microsoft’s World and Human Action MaskGIT Model, or WHAMM, builds on its earlier WHAM-1.6B version launched in February. Unlike its predecessor, this iteration introduces faster visual output using a MaskGIT-style architecture that generates image tokens in parallel. Moving away from the autoregressive method, which predicted tokens sequentially…
Eurochild supports Ukraine’s Coordination Center to leverage the EU accession to ensure children’s rights
Eurochild strengthens the capacity of the Coordination Centre for Family Upbringing and Child Care Development to engage with EU institutions to better leverage the EU accession process to sustain the reform of child care and protection systems in Ukraine. Last week, Eurochild hosted a 2-day training session to enhance partnerships with the European Commission for…