Simple picture test helps AI diagnose addiction with over 80% accuracy

Diagnosing addiction is notoriously difficult due to stigma and denial, but scientists…

TikTok’s privacy panic proves that ambiguity is now seen as a threat

While much of the alarming language in the app’s new terms is…

AI’s energy hunger could rival 22% of US households by 2028

With AI’s energy consumption set to rival that of millions of households,…

Tiny ‘bubble bots’ powered by body waste hunt down tumours

A team of engineers has developed a new generation of “smart” microrobots…

New AI model reads brain scans in seconds with 97.5% accuracy

A new artificial intelligence model developed at the University of Michigan can…

Real-life Inception study uses sound to hack dreams and help solve problems

It sounds like the plot of a sci-fi thriller, but scientists have…

AI performs better when acting ‘chaotic’ and allowed to be ‘rude’ and interrupt

In a surprising twist for computer science, researchers have found that artificial…

Babes to the rhythm: Newborns enter the world ready for beats but deaf to tunes

Humans enter the world with an innate ability to predict rhythmic patterns…

Bonobo tea parties reveal apes share human capacity for imagination

A 43-year-old great ape named Kanzi has shattered the long-held belief that…

Black and Latino teens outperform white peers at spotting online lies

Adolescents from minoritised backgrounds possess significantly stronger digital literacy skills than their…