Machine learning & AI news

Computer Sciences

Can ChatGPT actually 'see' red? New study results are nuanced

ChatGPT works by analyzing vast amounts of text, identifying patterns and synthesizing them to generate responses to users' prompts. Color metaphors like "feeling blue" and "seeing red" are commonplace throughout the English ...

Computer Sciences

Test-time training could lead to LLMs that are better at complex reasoning

For all their impressive capabilities, large language models (LLMs) often fall short when given challenging new tasks that require complex reasoning skills.

Business

AI video becomes more convincing, rattling creative industry

Gone are the days of six-fingered hands or distorted faces—AI-generated video is becoming increasingly convincing, attracting Hollywood, artists, and advertisers, while shaking the foundations of the creative industry.

Consumer & Gadgets

LLMs display different cultural tendencies when responding to queries in English and Chinese, study finds

Large language models (LLMs), such as the model underpinning the functioning of OpenAI's conversational platform ChatGPT, are now widely used by people worldwide to source information and generate content for various purposes.

Computer Sciences

From position to meaning: How AI learns to read

The language capabilities of today's artificial intelligence systems are astonishing. We can now engage in natural conversations with systems like ChatGPT, Gemini, and many others, with a fluency nearly comparable to that ...

Robotics

AI robots fill in for weed killers and farm hands

Oblivious to the punishing midday heat, a wheeled robot powered by the sun and infused with artificial intelligence carefully combs a cotton field in California, plucking out weeds.

Business

European companies urge EU to delay AI rules

Dozens of Europe's biggest companies urged the EU to hit the pause button on its landmark AI rules on Thursday, warning that going too fast could harm the bloc's ability to lead in the global AI race.