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New research has scientists rethinking how the brain tells time
3+ hour, 42+ min ago (789+ words) New study reveals three distinct stages of visual time perception in the cortex, from sensory encoding to subjective experience. (CREDIT: AI-generated image / The Brighter Side of News) A tennis return can look almost automatic. The ball comes off the racket,…...
How AI is revolutionizing time of death estimations
6+ hour, 42+ min ago (755+ words) AI models trained on blood metabolites can estimate time since death with a precision of about one day, aiding forensic investigations. (CREDIT: AI-generated image / The Brighter Side of News) "Death is a strong biological signal," says Rasmus Magnusson, postdoctoral fellow…...
Four-legged robots look to speed up Mars and Moon exploration
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (933+ words) Setup of legged robot operation on the testbed, with the control room and operators in the background. (CREDIT: Dr Tomaso Bontognali) The slowest part of a Mars mission is often not the driving, it is the waiting. A rover can…...
LA-based AI startup looks to help ease overloaded 911 systems
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (550+ words) Harm.AI says it can steer non-emergency callers to help before they get stuck in LA's overloaded 911 system. (CREDIT: Wikimedia / CC BY-SA 4.0) The calls come in steady and they come in wrong. The city answered just 57.43 percent of 911 calls within…...
MIT researchers look to create a more 'humble' AI
4+ day, 8+ hour ago (720+ words) MIT-led researchers propose BODHI, an AI framework that makes medical systems ask questions and admit uncertainty. (CREDIT: Shutterstock) The problem with asking an AI for a diagnosis is not that it might be wrong. It is that it might be…...
AI struggles with true creativity compared to humans, study finds
1+ week, 6+ hour ago (703+ words) A new study finds AI struggles with true creativity, especially in visual imagination tasks compared to humans. (CREDIT: Shutterstock) A page filled with abstract shapes can spark wildly different ideas depending on who is looking at it. For one person,…...
The AI Scientist takes a big step toward end-to-end automation of scientific research
1+ week, 1+ day ago (661+ words) An AI system produced a paper that passed workshop peer review, raising new questions about science, trust and research norms. (CREDIT: Shutterstock) A paper built entirely by artificial intelligence did not arrive with a flashy headline. At its core, the…...
AI is transforming pediatric surgery, but with strong ethical concerns
1+ week, 2+ day ago (683+ words) AI is transforming pediatric surgery, but ethical risks around bias, consent, and trust remain unresolved. (CREDIT: Shutterstock) Before a child goes into an operating room, a large screen displays a risk score. This score predicts potential complications, provides an estimated…...
AI is forcing a complete reimagining and reconfiguration of education
1+ week, 3+ day ago (838+ words) New research argues AI is reshaping political legitimacy, national power, trust, and education worldwide. (CREDIT: Shutterstock) A little more than three years after ChatGPT went public, the argument over artificial intelligence is no longer just about better tools or faster…...
First-ever American AI Jobs Risk Index released by Tufts University
1+ week, 3+ day ago (852+ words) Up to 9.3 million U.S. jobs could be lost to AI, with major cities and high-paying roles most at risk. (CREDIT: Shutterstock) There is a certain irony at the center of a new analysis from Digital Planet at Tufts University's Fletcher School....