Artificial Intelligence

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Robots to navigate hiking trails

If you’ve ever gone hiking, you know trails can be challenging and unpredictable. A path that was clear last week might be blocked today by a fallen tree. Poor maintenance, exposed roots, loose rocks, and uneven ground further complicate the terrain, making trails difficult for a robot to navigate autonomously. After a storm, puddles can

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Four months and 40 hours later: my epic battle with 2025’s most difficult video game

When Hollow Knight: Silksong came out last summer I was suffering from so much nerve pain that I didn’t know if I’d be able to play it. But I did, and it taught me a valuable lesson about pain managementLast year I became uncomfortably well acquainted with suffering. In March I started experiencing excruciating pain

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Ofcom investigating Elon Musk’s X after outcry over sexualised AI images

Media regulator investigating site under Online Safety Act, with a de facto ban among possible punishmentsUK politics live – latest updatesThe UK media watchdog has opened a formal investigation into Elon Musk’s X over the use of the Grok AI tool to manipulate images of women and remove their clothes.Ofcom has acted following a public

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Generative coding: 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2026

Generative AI’s ability to write software code has quickly created one of the technology’s first real use cases for business. Professional software engineers and novices alike are using AI coding assistants to produce, test, edit, and debug code, reducing the amount of time it takes to complete the often tedious steps required to finish projects.

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AI companions: 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2026

Chatbots are skilled at crafting sophisticated dialogue and mimicking empathetic behavior. They never get tired of chatting. It’s no wonder, then, that so many people now use them for companionship—forging friendships or even romantic relationships.  According to a study from the nonprofit Common Sense Media, 72% of US teenagers have used AI for companionship. Although

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Mechanistic interpretability: 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2026

Hundreds of millions of people now use chatbots every day. And yet the large language models that drive them are so complicated that nobody really understands what they are, how they work, or exactly what they can and can’t do—not even the people who build them. Weird, right? It’s also a problem. Without a clear

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