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AI helps archaeologists build low-cost stone age video games in days
5+ hour, 11+ min ago (1121+ words) Archaeologists at the University of Copenhagen used AI, Unreal Engine and YouTube tutorials to build a low cost 3D game that lets you wander a real Neolithic burial site and talk with an AI driven Stone Age woman and archaeologist in…...
OmniPredict AI can help cars accurately predict pedestrian behaviors
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (1047+ words) Researchers developed an AI system that anticipates pedestrian behavior before it happens. (CREDIT: AI-generated image / The Brighter Side of News) You are standing at a busy intersection. A car slows as you approach the curb. No driver looks back at…...
Scientists rethink consciousness in the age of intelligent machines
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (899+ words) New research explains why brains compute differently than AI and what that means for the future of artificial consciousness. (CREDIT: AI-generated image / CC BY-SA 4.0) You are entering this debate at a moment of deep uncertainty. A recent review of 22 major…...
New memory structure helps AI models think longer and faster without using more power
1+ week, 8+ hour ago (810+ words) Researchers show how AI models can think deeper and faster by compressing memory without losing accuracy. (CREDIT: Shutterstock) Researchers from the University of Edinburgh and NVIDIA have introduced a new method that helps large language models reason more deeply without…...
Scientists reduce the time for quantum learning tasks from 20 million years to 15 minutes
1+ week, 3+ day ago (763+ words) The DTU team (from left): Jens Arnbak Holb'll Nielsen, Axel Bogdan Bregnsbo, Zheng-Hao Liu, Ulrik Lund Andersen, Romain Brunel, Emil Erik Bay "stergaard, "scar Cordero Boronat, Jonas Schou Neergaard-Nielsen. (CREDIT: Jonas Schou Neergaard-Nielsen) When you try to understand a device…...
New AI tool can detect early signs of aging from routine chest X-rays
1+ week, 5+ day ago (762+ words) A new study finds that artificial intelligence can estimate biological aging from routine chest X-rays. (CREDIT: Shutterstock) Chronological age is a primary method for assessing healthcare managers' decisions regarding how to treat and care for patients. Chronological age does not…...
MIT researchers teach AI models to learn from their own notes
2+ week, 3+ day ago (807+ words) A new MIT framework called SEAL allows language models to create their own study notes and choose how to train, improving learning without human-designed data. (CREDIT: Wikimedia / CC BY-SA 4.0) "Just like humans, complex AI systems can't remain static for their…...
AI reveals clues to how the human brain understands speech
3+ week, 8+ hour ago (901+ words) Scientists found that your brain's split-second response to speech mirrors the layered steps inside leading AI language models. (CREDIT: Shutterstock) Large language models, often called LLMs, usually help write emails, answer questions, and summarize documents. A new neuroscience study suggests…...
The brain's building blocks: Why your mind adapts better than AI
1+ mon, 8+ hour ago (917+ words) A new study shows that the brain solves hard problems by reusing simple mental parts across many tasks, much like snapping together pieces of a toy set. (CREDIT: AI-generated / The Brighter Side of News) Scientists have long puzzled over how…...
Microbe discovery reveals ancient clues to how complex life began
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (330+ words) Black and white illustration of a cross-section of a Solarion cell. (CREDIT: Nature) Initial DNA tests could not place Solarion near any known group of eukaryotes. Newer phylogenomic tools finally revealed its closest known relative, a mysterious protist named Meteora…...