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Research finds self-driving vehicles and their driver-assistance components produce fewer collisions and injuries than human drivers, even as some experts urge caution over limited sample sizes.
Anthropic disclosed an AI model named Mythos in April and now sits in an active dispute with the US government.
An assistant professor at the University of Virginia is developing methods for robots to form useful conclusions from partial observations.
New graduates are told to treat AI coding assistants as tools that require strong underlying knowledge to be effective.
Global health systems strained by underinvestment and aging populations may turn to agentic AI to restore focus on direct patient care.
A core assumption that smoother surfaces always cut aerodynamic drag has been shown not to hold in all cases.
SpaceX halted the first Starship V3 launch attempt after fueling the booster and ship, with a retry now planned for Friday.
A California jury found that Elon Musk filed his claims against OpenAI and Sam Altman after the statutes of limitations had expired.
California jurors unanimously concluded that Elon Musk waited past the deadline to file his claims against Sam Altman and the company he helped create.
Microsoft has released a dataset covering the electricity grid in 48 US states to support research into power systems and grid infrastructure.
NASA tests Mars helicopter rotors at Mach 1.08 in a simulated environment, reaching 3,750 RPM to advance larger SkyFall aircraft for Red Planet exploration.
NASA kicks off astronaut training on Blue Origin's moon lander prototype, advancing the Artemis program's goal of a 2028 lunar landing.
A new US cell network for Christians launches next week, blocking porn and gender-related content at the carrier level, while AI experts tackle debugging challenges in large language models.
At MIT's EmTech AI conference, executives explore AI factories that enable companies to control their data for scalable, sovereign AI while ensuring reliable insights.
A session at MIT Technology Review's EmTech AI conference warns that AI is expanding cyber threats and demands security rebuilt from the core, not added on later.
Fossils from southern China at the Cambrian explosion's end include half new species, reshaping views on early life's diversification.
Elon Musk testified in the first week of his lawsuit against OpenAI, accusing leaders of deception while warning of AI's existential threats and admitting xAI's use of their techniques.
New experiments show lucid dreamers can answer questions and practice tasks in real time via eye signals, challenging views of sleep as passive and hinting at future learning tools.
A man died after amoebas invaded his body over months, leading to necrotic lesions; doctors blame three common factors that combined fatally.