Artificial IntelligenceJuly 9, 2025
Each AI Chatbot Has Its Own Distinctive Writing Style—Just as Humans Do
ChatGPT and Gemini AI write in different idioms, linguists find
Artificial Intelligence
Public HealthJuly 2, 2025
To Save Patients from Extreme Heat, a Hospital Is Turning to AI
AI could be used to comb through electronic health records and warn vulnerable people about dangerous heat waves
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Artificial IntelligenceJuly 2, 2025
AI Could Broaden the Applications of Entertaining Drone Shows
AI can allow engineers to focus on artistry over technical details for drone shows
CognitionJune 26, 2025
Does Using ChatGPT Change Your Brain Activity? Study Sparks Debate
Scientists warn against reading too much into a small experiment about ChatGPT and brain activity that is receiving a lot of buzz
Climate ChangeJune 23, 2025
AI Could Be Harnessed to Cut More Emissions Than It Creates
Power-hungry AI and associated data centers could make the grid cleaner, eventually cutting more climate-change-causing emissions than they produce
EcologyJune 17, 2025
Why iNaturalist Users Freaked Out over a Google AI Grant
The nonprofit iNaturalist announced that it received a $1.5-million grant from Google’s philanthropic arm to develop generative AI tools for species identification. The news didn’t go over well
Artificial IntelligenceJune 17, 2025
What Is Your Cat Trying to Say? These AI Tools Aim to Decipher Meows
AI is shedding new light on the 12,000-year conversation between cats and their humans, suggesting that house cats wield a far richer vocabulary than once thought
Artificial IntelligenceJune 16, 2025
Truly Intelligent AI Could Play by the Rules, No Matter How Strange
To build safe but powerful AI models, start by testing their ability to play games on the fly
MathematicsJune 6, 2025
At Secret Math Meeting, Researchers Struggle to Outsmart AI
The world's leading mathematicians were stunned by how adept artificial intelligence is at doing their jobs
The Science of ParentingJune 2, 2025
Kids See a Lot More Misinformation Than We Think
Thanks to faulty artificial intelligence, deepfakes and plain bad actors, children encounter a lot on the Internet that isn’t true. Here’s how to help them spot it
Climate ChangeMay 28, 2025
Elon Musk’s Grok Chatbot Has Started Reciting Climate Denial Talking Points
The latest version of Grok, the chatbot created by Elon Musk’s xAI, is promoting fringe climate viewpoints in a way it hasn’t done before, observers say
TechnologyMay 23, 2025
Building an LLM for Dolphin Chatter
A large language model for dolphin vocalization could let us better understand these beloved marine mammals.