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Stanford's AI Index for 2026 Shows the State of the Industry
3+ hour, 53+ min ago (1197+ words) AI investment is skyrocketing while AI's impact on jobs and public perception remains mixed Matthew S. Smith is a contributing editor for IEEE Spectrum and the former lead reviews editor at Digital Trends. The capabilities of leading AI models continue to…...
Post Quantum Cryptography Just Got a Lot More Urgent
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (478+ words) Dina Genkina is the computing and hardware editor at IEEE Spectrum IEEE Spectrum: What is the significance of this Google Quantum AI whitepaper? Peikert: The upshot of this paper is that it shows that a quantum computer would be able…...
What It's Like to Live With an Experimental Brain Implant
4+ day, 12+ hour ago (1752+ words) Early BCI users reveal what the technology gives'and takes Ian Bates/The New York Times/Redux Scott Imbrie vividly remembers the first time he used a robotic arm to shake someone's hand and felt the robotic limb as if it…...
Open AI Engineer Helps Companies Attract Buyers and Boost Sales
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (1556+ words) His AI tools enhance marketing teams" strategic decisions Like many engineers, Sarang Gupta spent his childhood tinkering with everyday items around the house. From a young age he gravitated to projects that could make a difference in someone"s everyday…...
These Earbuds Have Eyes
4+ day, 9+ hour ago (1049+ words) Vue Buds integrate low-res cameras and visual AI as a smart glasses alternative Smartphone cameras and some smart glasses allow users to query AI models and receive answers about what they're looking at. Soon, that capability could expand to other…...
Meet a Smarter Spot, from Boston Dynamics and Google Deep Mind
4+ day, 10+ min ago (124+ words) The addition of Gemini Robotics brings embodied AI reasoning to inspection robots Evan Ackerman is IEEE Spectrum's robotics editor. See Spot do your chores. The amazing and frustrating thing about robots is that they can do almost anything you want…...
Boston Dynamics and Google Deep Mind Teach Spot to Reason
4+ day, 11+ min ago (217+ words) The addition of Gemini Robotics brings embodied AI reasoning to inspection robots The amazing and frustrating thing about robots is that they can do almost anything you want them to do, as long as you know how to ask properly....
HIPPO Turns One Master Password Into Many Without Storing Any
1+ week, 7+ hour ago (549+ words) The technique does away with the need for password managers Most people are all too familiar with attempting to type out a password multiple times'only to get locked out of their accounts, triggering a vicious cycle of new passwords that…...
1. Generative AI investment skyrockets
1+ week, 2+ day ago (750+ words) The AI Index tracks the generative AI boom, model costs, and responsible AI use Eliza Strickland is a senior editor at IEEE Spectrum covering AI and biomedical engineering. Each year, the AI Index lands on virtual desks with a louder…...
AI Models Trained on Physics Are Changing Design Engineering
1+ week, 2+ day ago (770+ words) Large physics models are increasingly used to bypass simulation Dina Genkina is the computing and hardware editor at IEEE Spectrum GM's large physics model is now being used to speed up aerodynamics simulations that test the coefficient of drag in…...