The rise of artificial general intelligence (AGI) — an artificial intelligence (AI) system with superhuman intelligence that can perform well at various tasks — is a matter of when, not if, according to a new analysis of thousands of expert opinions. The updated analysis, conducted Feb. 18 by Cem Dilmegani, principal analyst at AIMultiple Research, … Read more
Scientists are developing artificial intelligence (AI) models that could help next-generation wireless networks such as 6G deliver faster and more reliable connections. In a study that featured in December 2024’s edition of IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, researchers detailed an AI system which reduces the amount of information that needs to be sent between a … Read more
A robotics company has built an eerily lifelike humanoid robot which they claim is the “world’s first bipedal musculoskeletal android” — and the internet hates it. Created by Polish startup Clone Robotics, the “Protoclone” robot is a faceless android with an anatomically accurate bone structure and musculature. The android’s designers claim it can walk, talk … Read more
Engineering researchers have demonstrated that artificial intelligence (AI) can design complex wireless chips in hours, a feat that would have taken humans weeks to complete. Not only did the chip designs prove more efficient, the AI took a radically different approach — one that a human circuit designer would have been highly unlikely to devise. … Read more
Scientists have made new improvements to a “brain decoder” that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to convert thoughts into text. Their new converter algorithm can quickly train an existing decoder on another person’s brain, the team reported in a new study. The findings could one day support people with aphasia, a brain disorder that affects a … Read more
People increasingly rely on artificial intelligence (AI) for medical diagnoses because of how quickly and efficiently these tools can spot anomalies and warning signs in medical histories, X-rays and other datasets before they become obvious to the naked eye. But a new study published Dec. 20, 2024 in the BMJ raises concerns that AI technologies … Read more
In late 2022 large-language-model AI arrived in public, and within months they began misbehaving. Most famously, Microsoft’s “Sydney” chatbot threatened to kill an Australian philosophy professor, unleash a deadly virus and steal nuclear codes. AI developers, including Microsoft and OpenAI, responded by saying that large language models, or LLMs, need better training to give users … Read more
‘I encountered the terror of never finding anything’ The concepts of “sentience” and “agency” in machines are muddled, particularly given that it’s difficult to measure what these concepts are. But many speculate the improvements we are seeing in artificial intelligence (AI) may one day amount to a new form of intelligence that supersedes our now. Regardless, AI … Read more
In the quest for a reliable way to detect any stirrings of a sentient “I” in artificial intelligence systems, researchers are turning to one area of experience — pain — that inarguably unites a vast swath of living beings, from hermit crabs to humans. For a new preprint study, posted online but not yet peer-reviewed, … Read more
Scientists say artificial intelligence (AI) has crossed a critical “red line” and has replicated itself. In a new study, researchers from China showed that two popular large language models (LLMs) could clone themselves. “Successful self-replication under no human assistance is the essential step for AI to outsmart [humans], and is an early signal for rogue … Read more
