AI chatbots must learn to say ‘help!’ says Microsoft exec

Microsoft’s AI assistant ‘Copilot’ specializes in sales, accounting and online services. Generative AI tools will save companies lots of time and money, promises Vik Singh, a Microsoft vice president, even…

Robot waiters in Kenya create a buzz. But there are concerns about what it means for human labor

Robotic waiter serves customers at a Robot Cafe in Nairobi, Kenya Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. The three robots, christened Claire, R24 and Nadia, are not programmed to have a full…

On the first day without X, many Brazilians say they feel disconnected from the world

Brazilian Supreme Court Chief Justice Alexandre de Moraes arrives for a court hearing, in Brasilia, Brazil, June 22, 2023. Credit: AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File The blocking of social media platform…

You use Spotify to listen to music. Here’s how money from ads and subscription fees flows to artists

This March 20, 2018 file photo shows the Spotify app on an iPad in Baltimore. Credit: AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File Every day, millions of people use Spotify to stream music.…

Donkey depiction discovered at Karahan Tepe

Karahan Tepe is a prehistoric complex, first discovered in 1997 near Yağmurlu in Şanlıurfa Province, Türkiye. Karahan Tepe is thought to be connected with Göbekli Tepe, as both sites feature…

How a simple blood test could affect how Alzheimer’s is diagnosed

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A simple blood test to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease, which afflicts nearly 7 million Americans, could soon replace more invasive and expensive diagnostic methods such as spinal…

The Nuremberg Code isn’t just for prosecuting Nazis—its principles have shaped medical ethics to this day

The dock of defendants seated during the Doctors Trial at Nuremberg. Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum via Wikimedia Commons After World War II, Nuremberg, Germany, was the site of…

A quantum neural network can see optical illusions like humans do. Could it be the future of AI?

Data from space probes show that Alfvén waves drive the acceleration and heating of the solar wind

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe and ESA’s Solar Orbiter missions measuring the same stream of plasma flowing away from the sun at different distances. Parker measured copious magnetic waves near the…

But scientists are getting closer to finding it

Credit: Matthew Kapust / Sanford Underground Research Facility Most of the matter in the universe is missing. Scientists believe around 85% of the matter in the cosmos is made of…