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Engineering
Additive manufacturing and AI could revolutionize production of custom submarine, aircraft components
Imagine a fleet of submarines sitting idle on a military base in the Pacific because they contain malfunctioning or aging parts.
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Electronics & Semiconductors
OpenAI and chipmaker AMD sign chip supply partnership for AI infrastructure
Semiconductor maker AMD will supply its chips to artificial intelligence company OpenAI as part of an agreement to team up on building artificial intelligence infrastructure, the companies said Monday.
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OpenAI offers more copyright control for Sora 2 videos
When OpenAI released its new video generation model Sora 2 last week, users delighted in creating hyper-realistic clips inspired by real cartoons and video games, from South Park to Pokemon.
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Amazon is overhauling its devices to take on Apple in the AI era
When Amazon.com Inc. recruited longtime Microsoft Corp. product chief Panos Panay in 2023 to run its devices division, his new colleagues thought the e-commerce giant was preparing to take its consumer gadget line upscale.
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AI could make it easier to create bioweapons that bypass current security protocols
Artificial intelligence is transforming biology and medicine by accelerating the discovery of new drugs and proteins and making it easier to design and manipulate DNA, the building blocks of life. But as with most new technologies, ...
Energy & Green Tech
Can AI technology help solve societal environmental and health issues?
Researchers at Tohoku University used artificial intelligence (AI) to try and solve the deeply complex and multi-faceted environmental issues in today's society. The findings were published in Environment International.
Oct 3, 2025
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Machine learning & AI
Virtual Jesus? People of faith divided as AI enters religion
Artificial intelligence, the technology upending nearly every corner of society, is creeping into religion, serving up virtual Jesus and automated sermons—a change drawing mixed reviews from the faithful.
Oct 3, 2025
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Business
OpenAI now worth $500 billion, possibly making it the world's most valuable startup
OpenAI could now be the world's most valuable startup, ahead of Elon Musk's SpaceX and TikTok's parent company ByteDance, after a secondary stock sale designed to retain employees at the ChatGPT maker.
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Engineering
Engineers gain new tool to design complex systems with built-in uncertainty
Designing a complex electronic device like a delivery drone involves juggling many choices, such as selecting motors and batteries that minimize cost while maximizing the payload the drone can carry or the distance it can ...
Oct 2, 2025
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Business
Boom or bubble: How long can the AI investment craze last?
The staggering investments in artificial intelligence keep coming: Last week, AI chip giant Nvidia announced it would invest $100 billion to help OpenAI, the frontrunner in generative AI, build data centers.
Oct 2, 2025
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Business
Using AI to identify sketchy massage parlors
Human trafficking rings are at their most dangerous when they masquerade as legitimate commercial activity. Illicit massage businesses (IMBs) are one of the most common ways in which exploitive networks operate in plain sight.
Oct 2, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
Quantum computing can make HVAC systems smarter and greener
Residential heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems constitute a significant proportion of energy usage in buildings, necessitating energy management optimization. In this context, occupancy-aware HVAC control ...
Oct 2, 2025
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Business
OpenAI valuation soars to $500 bn in private share sale: reports
The valuation of ChatGPT developer OpenAI soared to a chart-topping $500 billion in a deal for employees to sell a limited number of shares, financial media reported Thursday.
Oct 2, 2025
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Business
Dutch warning over 'annoying' chatbots
Dutch authorities told companies and organizations on Thursday they should not rely solely on chatbots to communicate with consumers, describing their use as "one of the biggest annoyances" customers face.
Oct 2, 2025
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Computer Sciences
AI model can manipulate time to make better predictions in a wide range of fields
In the world around us, many things exist in the context of time: a bird's path through the sky is understood as different positions over a period of time, and conversations as a series of words occurring one after another.
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Robotics
Shape-changing robots: New AI-driven design tool optimizes performance and functionality
Like octopuses squeezing through a tiny sea cave, metatruss robots can adapt to demanding environments by changing their shape. These mighty morphing robots are made of trusses composed of hundreds of beams and joints that ...
Oct 1, 2025
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Consumer & Gadgets
Six ways chatbots seek to prolong 'emotionally sensitive events'
Every day, people turn to AI chatbots for companionship, support, and even romance. The hard part, new research suggests, is turning away.
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Consumer & Gadgets
Wikipedia weathers AI challenges but faces new pressures from data scrapers: Study
ChatGPT has not decreased activity on the world's largest online encyclopedia, but AI data scrapers and the influence of large language models still cast a shadow over its future, research suggests.
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Consumer & Gadgets
Q&A: Can AI persuade you to go vegan—or harm yourself?
Large language models are more persuasive than humans, according to recent UBC research published as part of the Proceedings of the Third Workshop on Social Influence in Conversations (SICon 2025).
Oct 1, 2025
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Hi Tech & Innovation
OpenAI announces partnerships with South Korean chip giants over Stargate project
OpenAI and South Korean tech conglomerates Samsung and SK on Wednesday announced partnerships to provide chips and other solutions for Stargate, a $500 billion project aimed at building infrastructure tied to artificial intelligence.
Oct 1, 2025
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Consumer & Gadgets
We teach young people to write. In the age of AI, we must teach them how to see
From the earliest year of school, children begin learning how to express ideas in different ways. Lines across a page, a wobbly letter, or a simple drawing form the foundation for how we share meaning beyond spoken language.
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Machine learning & AI
Dialogue systems learn new words with fewer questions
Researchers at the University of Osaka have developed a mechanism that allows spoken dialog systems to learn new words through conversation without overwhelming users with repetitive questions. By optimizing when to ask a ...
Oct 1, 2025
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Business
Reader survey shows AI-driven misinformation found to lower trust, but raise engagement with trustworthy news sources
Concerns over the prevalence of online misinformation, including "fake news," and its implications for politics, business, and society at large have gained momentum in the last decade. The rise of social media, with its almost ...
Oct 1, 2025
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Security
How is AI enhancing scams?
By now, you know the email from a wealthy African prince is a fraud. But is that really a friend's voice on the telephone saying they're in trouble?
Oct 1, 2025
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Business
Amazon adds AI muscle to connected home lineup
Amazon on Tuesday unveiled the latest generation of connected products, featuring enhanced artificial intelligence capabilities designed to make interactions with AI more frequent and natural.
Oct 1, 2025
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