Animals
Chatty cats and talking dogs could one day ‘speak’ in our language
Scientists are making advances in decoding animal sounds. That might someday make animal translators a possibility.
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Pokémon Go players helped build new maps of cities
Players often upload pictures of landmarks. AI can use these to build a virtual 3-D model of a city, which robots might use like a map to navigate the real thing.
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AI may be giving teens bad diet advice
The meal plans that AI made for fictional teens cut an entire meal’s worth of calories per day.
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Don’t trust AI for help with citations, science-fair judges warn
Fake, AI-generated citations have begun disqualifying major science-fair projects. Such ‘ghost’ references even haunt research journals.
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A new shield could guard AI agents against cyberattacks
A teen’s software could help guard AI that handles sensitive data against sneaky “prompt injection attacks.”
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Sneaky: AI auto-complete may be shaping our views
People are increasingly using AI auto-complete features when writing. Those tools may change how we think — even without our knowing.
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At least half of U.S. teens use chatbots for homework and more
Most also feel optimistic about benefits of chatbots and other AI. But use of this tech varies quite a bit by race and family income.
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Bots have their own social network, and it’s worrying experts
Security experts warn that Moltbook, which launched last month, is a "nightmare" where people may get their bots to steal others’ identities and money.
- Animals
Lions have a second roar that scientists have only just discovered
This insight from machine-learning analyses of recordings of calls in the wild might help detect where lions are declining.
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Chatbots may make learning feel easy — but it’s shallow
People who use search engines gain deeper knowledge and care more about what they learn than those who rely on AI chatbots, a new study finds.
