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AI scores a "C-" on its hardest math test yet
1+ hour, 56+ min ago (544+ words) The second batch of "First Proof" problems is meant to evaluate AI"s usefulness for research-level math. The best model got six or seven of the ten questions right. By Joseph Howlett edited by Lee Billings The best-yet test of…...
Inside the new Siri AI and the privacy paradox of Apple Intelligence
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (258+ words) Apple's new Siri can run your digital life. The catch is privacy. To run errands across apps, Apple's upgraded assistant needs deep access to personal data the company has walled off for years By Eric Sullivan edited by Claire Cameron…...
Can AI detect smuggled sea cucumbers?
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (283+ words) In a new study, an AI tool identified images of seahorse, shark fin and sea cucumber samples in luggage By Jackie Flynn Mogensen edited by Clara Moskowitz Thelenota ananas, or the pineapple sea cucumber Scientists hoping to stop the illicit…...
Anthropic warns AI may soon begin recursive self-improvement
5+ day, 22+ min ago (544+ words) Anthropic warns AI could soon start improving itself. Critics aren't convinced The maker of Claude wants AI labs, including itself, to prepare for a coordinated slowdown if models begin building their own successors By Chris Stokel-Walker edited by Eric Sullivan…...
Bumblebees use tools to solve complex problems'despite not being trained to do so
6+ day, 56+ min ago (458+ words) Bumblebees appear to be capable of coming up with creative solutions to new problems to get a sugary reward'and their strategies include cheating By Adam Kovac edited by Claire Cameron Contrary to their name, bumblebees are no bumbling oafs. A…...
Scientists just built a powerful AI computer worm that learns as it spreads
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (271+ words) The prototype could help the world prepare for AI malware threats, the researchers say A new study shows that computer malware powered by easily accessible artificial intelligence (AI) models is here'the research is a "wake-up call" to take cybersecurity risks…...
Edison may not have been the first to record the human voice, new evidence suggests
1+ week, 8+ hour ago (560+ words) Could a predecessor to the phonograph have appeared a century earlier? By Ron Cowen edited by Clara Moskowitz Thomas A. Edison listens to a phonograph in 1911. Bettmann / Contributor / Getty On December 7, 1877, Thomas Edison walked into the offices of Scientific American in…...
Microsoft announces an upgrade to its quantum chip. Experts say it never worked to begin with
1+ week, 1+ day ago (412+ words) Microsoft's new quantum computer chip has a fundamental problem Microsoft's announcement of a new quantum computing breakthrough with its Majorana 2 chip continues a trend of bold claims followed by scant evidence By Joseph Howlett edited by Lee Billings John Brecher…...
How G'del numbers turn mathematical laws against themselves
1+ week, 1+ day ago (287+ words) How G'del numbers let you do math with math itself By encoding mathematical statements into numbers, mathematician Kurt G'del used ordinary arithmetic to check whether a statement can be proved By Manon Bischoff edited by Daisy Yuhas Last week I…...
Trump's new AI executive order drastically shifts the administration's stance on the tech
1+ week, 1+ day ago (142+ words) The order asks artificial intelligence companies to give the U. S. government 30 days to assess frontier models before they are released President Donald Trump on Tuesday issued an executive order that seeks to give the U. S. government more oversight of "frontier" artificial intelligence…...