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AI Still Can't Learn From a Few Pictures the Way You Can
Apple researchers tested leading AI vision models on a simple human skill: spot what a group of images have in common, then apply that idea to a new picture. The models largely failed.
Babies Learn Faster Than the World's Most Powerful AI. Scientists Want to Know Why.
A new test pits cutting-edge AI models against toddler-level perception, and the toddlers win. Researchers say studying infant brains could make AI cheaper, greener, and smarter.
The Original Chatbot Had Many Faces, and We Never Knew It
ELIZA, the 1960s program that convinced people a computer understood them, turns out to be far stranger and more capable than anyone realised. Newly unearthed source code changes the story.
Voice AI Can Talk, But Can It Actually Listen?
A large-scale human study finds today's best voice models often miss the pauses, hesitations, and tone shifts that make real conversation work.
A consciousness expert just read Anthropic's Claude research. He is not convinced.
Anthropic published findings hinting that its AI model Claude might show early signs of consciousness. A leading brain scientist says the evidence does not hold up.
The 1960s Chatbot That Explains Why You Tell ChatGPT Your Secrets
ELIZA, a program built at MIT sixty years ago, tricked people into emotional confessions before anyone had heard the word 'chatbot'. A new book finally recovered its lost source code, and the lessons are uncomfortably relevant today.
Beyond Chatbots: World Models Are Teaching AI to Simulate Reality
The next big wave in AI is not about language. It is about teaching machines to understand how the physical world actually works, and the race is already on.