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Walter Mitty

Large language models fail to acknowledge their users’ false beliefs

Large language models may not reliably acknowledge a user’s incorrect beliefs, with…
"Living metal"

Bacterial spores embedded in liquid metal create self-healing electronics

Researchers have developed “living metal” composites embedded with bacterial endospores that exhibit…
Alzheimer's v normal ageing comparison using NextBrain

AI-assisted brain atlas maps 333 regions for living patient MRI analysis

A new AI-assisted brain atlas that can help visualise the human brain…
President Obama addresses the Mandela Washington Fellows at the Young African Leaders Summit

Purposeful hand gestures boost speaker persuasiveness, AI study reveals

Speakers who use purposeful hand gestures to illustrate their spoken content appear…
Narcissist in an escape room.

One narcissist can wreck entire team performance, escape room study shows

A single person’s narcissism can undermine an entire team’s morale and performance,…
Apple and Google logos.

Apple to use Google’s 1.2-trillion parameter Gemini for Siri revamp

Apple is planning to use a 1.2 trillion parameter artificial intelligence model…
Google Maps with Gemini.

Google Maps adds conversational AI driving assistant powered by Gemini

Google Maps is introducing hands-free, conversational navigation powered by Gemini, allowing drivers…
David vs Goliath in cyber warfare.

Technology lets small nations compete in cyberwarfare with superpowers

Small and technologically less advanced countries can now wage effective cyberwarfare against…
Robot caregiver.

Japanese embrace care robots but trust gap emerges over data sharing

Older adults in Japan show a broad openness to home-care robots when…
Lots of faces.

Secret of people who never forget faces lies in where eyes focus

People with extraordinary face recognition abilities automatically select the most informative facial…