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The Round of 64: AI-ok
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (542+ words) (NOTE: This article is part of an ongoing series documenting an experiment with using AI to fill the NCAA brackets and see how it fares against years of human experience. The original article is as follows.) With the first two…...
Love autocomplete in your texts? Research says its quietly changing your thoughts
1+ week, 4+ day ago (518+ words) We've all been there " thumbs mid-air, staring at a suggested word that somehow nailed what we were trying to say. So we tap it. Obviously. But a new study suggests those little taps might be doing more than saving us…...
Google’s new plan to check if your AI is actually ethical
3+ week, 6+ day ago (667+ words) You ask a chatbot for medical advice. It responds with something thoughtful. But did it actually weigh what's at stake, or did it just get lucky with words? That's the problem Google DeepMind tackles in a new'Nature'paper. The team argues…...
Your ChatGPT writing quality dip wasn’t in your head
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (543+ words) People who use ChatGPT every day have been noticing a shift, the models keep getting better at logic, but the writing can feel harder to read. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has now acknowledged that focus shift, saying the company pushed…...
Your AI could copy our worst instincts, but there’s a fix for AI social bias
2+ mon, 9+ hour ago (450+ words) Chatbots can sound neutral, but a new study suggests some models still pick sides in a familiar way. When prompted about social groups, the systems tended to be warmer toward an ingroup and colder toward an outgroup. That pattern is…...
Daimon Robotics’ new data acquisition system brings haptic intelligence to robot teleoperation
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (1002+ words) At CES 2026, the robotics conversation has quietly shifted. Fewer people are asking whether robots can move faster or lift heavier objects. More are asking something harder: why are robots still struggling outside controlled demos " and what's missing to make them…...
Microsoft Excel’s new import functions make handling numbers easier
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (460+ words) If you often work with data that starts life as a text file or CSV, Microsoft Excel now has new built-in tools that simplify how that information gets pulled into a spreadsheet. The update introduces two new functions, IMPORTTEXT and…...
NotebookLM can turn your messy data into structured tables for Google Sheets
3+ mon, 4+ day ago (537+ words) Google has added a new feature to NotebookLM that turns messy research into something you can actually use. The company has introduced Data Tables, a tool that pulls information from multiple sources and automatically organizes it into clean, structured tables…...
Save on the SenseRobot Chess — the AI chess master everyone wants
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (846+ words) This post is brought to you in paid partnership with SenseRobot The holidays are almost upon us, one deal is standing out for tech enthusiasts, chess lovers, and shoppers. The SenseRobot Chess, the world's first mass-produced AI chess robot arm…...
Your might get rejected at your next job interview because of your face
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (286+ words) What Happened: Imagine this: you walk into a job interview, and before you even say "hello," you're rejected. Not because of your resume, but because the computer decided it didn't like your face. Why Is This Important: This is a…...