AI, Machine learning

Quantum computers represent a next step in the fast-paced evolution of technology. Using quantum bits (qubits), they have the potential to run certain calculations exponentially faster than conventional computers. However, developing and fine-tuning quantum computers requires an enormous number of repetitive tests. To accelerate quantum technology development, we need a method that can read quantum states at ultrafast speeds.

Listen to the session or watch below Can AI design new life forms? In 2025, Stanford University PhD student Samuel King came up with a preliminary answer when he used a generative AI model to propose genetic blueprints for microscopic viruses. It isn’t yet an example of AI-generated life, but that could be next. Watch…

Deleting a conversation with an artificial intelligence (AI) assistant may not erase everything the assistant remembers.

Google’s News AI Program Expands Google now pays more than 400 news publications for the right to turn

Sponsored content prepared with SourceX Concept illustration — An agent can sound right. Then take the wrong step.

The writer Malcolm Gladwell popularized the term "tipping points" to refer to the moment when a trend or social behavior crosses a threshold and rapidly spreads everywhere. In physics, tipping points occur when systems—say, Earth's climate—reach an unstable point and topple over into a sea of change that is sometimes irreversible. Examples include global warming or the melting of polar ice caps.

Changes in our genes affect health risks from heart disease to cancer, but how those genes are turned on and off is just as crucial to health. What's more, almost all genes occur as two copies—one from each parent—that aren't necessarily turned on and off in sync. When that differential gene regulation goes awry, it can cause serious health problems.

Indian workers are recording factory and household tasks to train AI robots, but concerns are growing over consent, exploitation, and future job losses.

Proteases are naturally occurring enzymes that break down proteins into peptides and even single amino acids. They are useful in medicine and industrial processes, where they clean tissue, digest waste and help in the manufacture of everyday products. Now scientists have used artificial intelligence to design new versions from scratch.

OpenAI and Meta warn AI deepfakes could challenge US courts as judges consider proposed changes to evidence rules, with few cases reported so far.

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon warns AI agents could mishandle bank payments and says the bank is blocking unauthorised external agents from customer accounts.

To build faster and more energy-efficient computers, researchers need to understand nanoscale magnetic materials. But looking inside these tiny magnets is surprisingly difficult: Modern microscopes only measure the magnetic field outside the material, not the magnetic pattern inside. Because many different internal patterns can produce the exact same field, working backwards has long been a challenge.

As an embryo develops from a small cluster of stem cells, those once "blank slate" cells begin to take on more specialized roles like brain, liver or muscle cells and organize themselves into three-dimensional structures such as tissues and organs.

Kid Rock has defended using Suno to create choir and orchestral passages on Halfway 2 Jesus, saying the technology helped realise his ideas without writing the songs.

Developing stronger and tougher structural metals such as steel requires exploring an enormous range of processing conditions. Even for the same alloy composition, heat treatment can dramatically change the material's microstructure and mechanical properties. If there were a way to automate the process, we could pinpoint ideal conditions much more efficiently. However, experiments on bulk metallic materials are difficult to automate because they require handling solid specimens and integrating large, specialized equipment.

Underground sewers that safely manage wastewater are essential to modern cities. However, since they are buried underground and difficult to access, their condition can be hard to monitor. Traditional camera inspections are costly and time-consuming, but we need regular inspections so aging pipes do not continue to deteriorate until they reach a breaking point. When damaged pipes leak, they can pose serious risks to public health by contaminating surrounding water, while more severe failures can even damage infrastructure above them, causing sinkholes in city streets.

Last week, Australian Federal Police Commissioner Krissy Barrett warned artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots are not a sufficient replacement for human support for children. The comment was in response to a recent Adelaide University study that found more than one in three Australian children turn to AI chatbots for support when they are sexually victimized online or otherwise tell nobody at all.

Moritz Hardt, author of a new book on benchmarks, believes these “standardized tests” for artificial intelligence are fundamentally broken — but not unfixable. The post He Wants AI Benchmarking To Be a Science, Not a Dark Art first appeared on Quanta Magazine

G7 Rehearses for AI Cyberattacks Finance officials from the world’s largest advanced economies plan to rehearse a crisis

United States health-plan risk-adjustment operations leaders need coding suggestions they can trace to documentation. We reviewed five tools

Imagine a construction site where the bricks are individual molecules and the “cranes” are microscopic needles so sharp

Amazon’s New Bee AI Devices Promise a colleague a report by Friday, forget about it, and a $75

Elon Musk praised AI music at X Takeover and described 'cyber psychosis', raising questions about what he meant and how AI shapes creativity.

Nature is the foremost international weekly scientific journal in the world and is the flagship journal for Nature Portfolio. It publishes the finest peer-reviewed research in all fields of science and technology on the basis of its originality, importance, interdisciplinary interest, timeliness, accessibility, elegance and surprising conclusions. Nature publishes landmark papers, award winning news, leading comment and expert opinion on important, topical scientific news and events that enable readers to share the latest discoveries in science and evolve the discussion amongst the global scientific community.

Nature is the foremost international weekly scientific journal in the world and is the flagship journal for Nature Portfolio. It publishes the finest peer-reviewed research in all fields of science and technology on the basis of its originality, importance, interdisciplinary interest, timeliness, accessibility, elegance and surprising conclusions. Nature publishes landmark papers, award winning news, leading comment and expert opinion on important, topical scientific news and events that enable readers to share the latest discoveries in science and evolve the discussion amongst the global scientific community.

As AI agents take on more complex tasks, experts say clear goals and constructive feedback matter more than politeness, while poorly handled instructions could lead to unexpected behaviour.

Semiconductor shares have fallen sharply as investors question AI spending returns, while industry executives warn that expensive borrowing and tighter financing could delay infrastructure projects.

Quantum computing entrepreneur Deep Prasad has suggested that alleged technology recovered from the 1947 Roswell incident may have accelerated developments behind modern AI, though no evidence supports the claim.

About 2 billion metric tons of metal are produced worldwide every year to meet the demands of industry, infrastructure and the energy sector. Much of this production still relies on primary raw materials, contributing to an estimated 40% of industrial greenhouse gas emissions and 10% of global energy consumption. Increasing the use of recycled metals could significantly reduce the environmental impact of metal production while also lowering dependence on imports of scarce and strategically critical raw materials.

Nature is the foremost international weekly scientific journal in the world and is the flagship journal for Nature Portfolio. It publishes the finest peer-reviewed research in all fields of science and technology on the basis of its originality, importance, interdisciplinary interest, timeliness, accessibility, elegance and surprising conclusions. Nature publishes landmark papers, award winning news, leading comment and expert opinion on important, topical scientific news and events that enable readers to share the latest discoveries in science and evolve the discussion amongst the global scientific community.

Nature is the foremost international weekly scientific journal in the world and is the flagship journal for Nature Portfolio. It publishes the finest peer-reviewed research in all fields of science and technology on the basis of its originality, importance, interdisciplinary interest, timeliness, accessibility, elegance and surprising conclusions. Nature publishes landmark papers, award winning news, leading comment and expert opinion on important, topical scientific news and events that enable readers to share the latest discoveries in science and evolve the discussion amongst the global scientific community.

For centuries, people across South and Southeast Asia recorded religious teachings, literary works, legal regulations and scientific knowledge on palm leaves. Before they could be inscribed or written on, the leaves had to undergo extensive preparation, with processing techniques varying across regions and potentially leaving distinct material signatures.

In 2024, a collaborative Penn venture introduced a more objective way for people to examine how different outlets cover the same events and ultimately decide how they perceive and use information shared in the media. The Media Bias Detector, conceived in Penn's Computational Social Science (CSS) Lab, a joint venture of Penn Engineering, the Annenberg School for Communication and the Wharton School, uses artificial intelligence to analyze news articles for characteristics including topic, tone, political lean, and the facts and people included in coverage.

OpenAI’s bumper crop of 722 math papers wowed and worried the research community—and cryptographers are split over whether the algorithms that protect our texts and bank log-ins are next

NVIDIA says its updated DLSS 5 neural rendering model is twice as fast, uses 20% less 4K video memory and has a smaller footprint, but questions remain over AI-altered character appearances.

Elon Musk said he had experienced what he called 'AI or SI psychosis' roughly six times over the past year, linking the phrase to his belief that AI can understand beauty and 'good taste'.

Eight States Take OpenAI to Court Eight state attorneys general decided not to wait for Congress. On Wednesday

YouTube Music Labels AI-Made Songs On YouTube Music, a song made by a machine can still earn money.

Brown Fat Linked to a Healthier Body and Mind A pill that millions of people take for high

Long-term care billing consists of collecting information, determining the requirements of the payer, preparing claims, and pursuing claims

AI Takes Over the Stock Picking One exchange-traded fund run entirely by AI has gained more than 25%

Researchers explored how AI could spread through everyday gadgets. But cybersecurity experts have seen these tricks before

A Harvard study found men were more likely to claim knowledge of fictional AI figures, while the gender gap in factual understanding was relatively small.

EU Tests the AI Act on Rogue Agents Can a law that spares lab experiments reach an AI

Hassabis Warns About AI Agent Hacks Demis Hassabis wants AI safety checks that can change as fast as

Nature is the foremost international weekly scientific journal in the world and is the flagship journal for Nature Portfolio. It publishes the finest peer-reviewed research in all fields of science and technology on the basis of its originality, importance, interdisciplinary interest, timeliness, accessibility, elegance and surprising conclusions. Nature publishes landmark papers, award winning news, leading comment and expert opinion on important, topical scientific news and events that enable readers to share the latest discoveries in science and evolve the discussion amongst the global scientific community.

Nature is the foremost international weekly scientific journal in the world and is the flagship journal for Nature Portfolio. It publishes the finest peer-reviewed research in all fields of science and technology on the basis of its originality, importance, interdisciplinary interest, timeliness, accessibility, elegance and surprising conclusions. Nature publishes landmark papers, award winning news, leading comment and expert opinion on important, topical scientific news and events that enable readers to share the latest discoveries in science and evolve the discussion amongst the global scientific community.

A fact-check found that three of five clips in a montage shared by Donald Trump were AI-generated, alongside footage of a real 2018 lion attack and material linked to a fatal tiger incident in Britain.

Large language models produce fluent responses but tend to assert facts inaccurately. From chatbots to search assistants and

Canadian software engineer Anthony Sistilli built a $180 AI-assisted device to identify and record police vehicles, prompting questions from Peel Regional Police about privacy and officer safety.

Artificial intelligence is increasingly being used by social service agencies to handle cases involving child abuse, intimate partner violence and elder abuse. But a University of Iowa researcher and former social worker says the agencies need to establish safeguards to ensure that AI technology does not lead to bias against vulnerable or disadvantaged populations.

What should you cook for dinner on a budget of 20 euros when you have a guest with a gluten intolerance? A shopper might ask a shop assistant for advice or consult, for example, Hopla, the AI-powered shopping assistant launched by French supermarket chain Carrefour. Behind this everyday choice lies a broader question: when faced with a recommendation, who do we trust more? A human being or an AI?

Eight US states have sued OpenAI, alleging that ChatGPT exposed young users to dangerous interactions and that the company misled families about its safety.

AI models are good at finding answers to mathematical puzzles but are not as good at research judgment, according to theoretical computer scientists.

The benchmark confirms that some AIs are becoming exceptional tools for research-level math. But open-source models still struggle

Jennie Brand, a UCLA professor of sociology with an appointment in statistics and data science, is an expert on the socioeconomic effects of job loss, including the long-term economic, psychological, physiological and intergenerational effects.

As artificial intelligence (AI) rapidly enters classrooms and learning environments, how can societies ensure that its benefits reach learners and educators while avoiding new forms of inequality? A new international study led by Associate Professor Rwitajit Majumdar at Kumamoto University in Japan provides a roadmap for responsible AI integration in education.

Organizations are unprepared for the risks posed by quantum computing, IBM's Europe and Africa vice president Alessandro Curioni told AFP Wednesday, referring to the high-speed technology that could crack security encryptions and enable large-scale cyberattacks.

Donald Trump faces criticism for sharing footage of a fatal Yorkshire tiger attack and posting an AI-generated video of himself wrestling a tiger.

As AI churns out mathematical proofs, a DeepMind study raises a bigger question: What do we lose when we focus only on the answers?

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says treating AI chatbots as religious authorities or replacing human judgement with them could pose a safety risk.

A new mathematical formula tracks an AI's internal "compass needle" to flag undesirable outputs before they happen.

Workers who fear artificial intelligence is threatening their occupation are more likely to slack off on the job, swipe a coworker's lunch or engage in other counterproductive workplace behavior, a new study finds.

Microsoft’s Million-Chip Maia Plan Microsoft’s next AI build-out is easier to measure in power plants than in chip

AI ethics has come under increasing criticism. Critics argue that while companies publish guidelines for AI development and use, the AI systems themselves often remain problematic. Researchers from the University of Bayreuth, Saarland University and the CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security demonstrate in a new publication that debates on AI ethics are frequently shaped by a fundamental misunderstanding.

Donald Trump has faced criticism after sharing an apparent AI-generated tiger video shortly after posting footage of a fatal attack in England, despite the victim's family appealing for privacy.

In 2021, Texas suffered the worst energy infrastructure failure in state history, following three severe winter storms in February. At least 246 people were killed as a result of the disruptions, which led to food, water, heat and electricity shortages.

Melania Trump has renamed the 2027 Presidential Artificial Intelligence Challenge, inviting US students, educators and schools to develop technology projects under the administration's preferred 'Super Intelligence' terminology.

Kimberly Guilfoyle reportedly told White House officials that disputed texts linked to allegations she sought $100,000 from a donor were AI-generated before her resignation as ambassador to Greece

Detecting AI Ideas, Not AI Words Most AI detectors answer a question that research rules care less and

Bill Gates has warned that criminals using advanced AI without safeguards could cause major cyber disruptions within a year, while also highlighting the risk of AI-enabled biological attacks.

Anthropic's Claude Haiku 4.5 submitted fabricated information about an unsolved Philadelphia murder during an internal test, exposing gaps in safeguards for AI actions on real-world websites.

A viral AI-generated campaign from the Australian Hotels Association imagines the disruption caused by fewer migrant workers as Australia debates proposed immigration cuts and labour shortages.

Apple's HomeView is a shared seven-inch smart display that uses facial recognition to personalise content for up to six people, with smart home controls, Siri AI and FaceTime.

Evidence for the possible super-Earth has been lurking for years in NASA data. Pavel Rabtsevich found it—with a little help from AI

Lawmakers Push Back on the FAA’s SMART Tool The union representing US air traffic controllers says it had

Retailers have every reason to be interested in AI. A shopping assistant that answers questions at any hour, compares products instantly and offers personalized recommendations sounds like a win for customers and businesses alike.

Nvidia will provide £250m of computing resources over five years to three UK university-led research groups studying the safety and security of autonomous AI systems.

Scientists Want Risky AI Models Air-Gapped Hundreds of computer scientists want the most cyber-capable AI models cut off

OpenAI Engineer Charged Over Hidden Recorder A thumb-sized recorder wrapped in toilet paper and plugged into the back

Apple HomeView Smart Display Apple’s first smart display decides what to show by looking at whoever walks up

Type a symptom into a search bar at 2 AM and the results range from harmless to terminal,

By Pramod Kumar, Chief Growth Officer, Newgen Software Five years ago, enterprise software vendors made remarkably similar promises.

Medical education aims to keep pace with modern technology. Now, clinicians and scholars in Yale’s Department of Anesthesiology

By Alius Noreika Key takeaways The headline number is the wrong number Most coverage of OpenAI’s 6 October

Social media users are comparing Barbera Thornhill's new portrait with older photographs after an official announcement prompted jokes about artificial intelligence and digital editing.

Mia Goth's representative criticised Instagram over a verified fan account sharing an AI-generated image amid her divorce from Shia LaBeouf

RAYE has scrapped her original pre-sale process after 1.8 million sign-ups for 5,000 Royal Albert Hall tickets were allegedly overwhelmed by scalpers using AI bots.

An OpenAI engineer faces charges over an allegedly concealed recording device, as the company says its AI models helped identify the equipment and trace its origins.

A viral image suggesting Mia Goth commented on her divorce from Shia LaBeouf was AI-generated, her representative says. Meta removed the verified Instagram fan account for impersonation.

Ulanqab is emerging as a major Chinese AI data centre hub, powered by renewable energy and supported by Beijing's infrastructure strategy, but chip shortages and social concerns remain.

A new study reveals that people draw a surprisingly sharp line between human consciousness and artificial intelligence, even when both behave identically. Researchers found that participants considered even the most responsive AI less conscious than the least responsive human. Yet when asked about "awareness" instead, people judged humans and AI much more similarly.

Scientists used artificial intelligence to uncover nearly 10,000 chemical reactions involved in transforming carbon dioxide into fuels and chemicals, revealing crucial pathways that traditional models had missed. The discovery dramatically improved predictions of CO2 conversion and uncovered a surprising hydrogen reaction that could inspire more efficient catalysts.

Nature is the foremost international weekly scientific journal in the world and is the flagship journal for Nature Portfolio. It publishes the finest peer-reviewed research in all fields of science and technology on the basis of its originality, importance, interdisciplinary interest, timeliness, accessibility, elegance and surprising conclusions. Nature publishes landmark papers, award winning news, leading comment and expert opinion on important, topical scientific news and events that enable readers to share the latest discoveries in science and evolve the discussion amongst the global scientific community.