UK government must show that its AI plan can be trusted to deal with serious risks when it comes to health data

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The UK government’s new plan to foster innovation through artificial intelligence (AI) is ambitious. Its goals rely on the better use of public data, including renewed…

OpenAI announces new ‘deep research’ tool for ChatGPT

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced the new ‘deep research’ tool in Tokyo. US tech giant OpenAI on Monday unveiled a ChatGPT tool called “deep research” that can produce detailed reports,…

Aerial robot can navigate unknown environments safely at high speeds

Safety-assured high-speed aerial robot. Credit: The University of Hong Kong A team of engineers and roboticists at the University of Hong Kong have designed, built and tested an aerial robot…

Recycling lithium-ion batteries slashes emissions, secures future mineral supply

Stanford associate professor William Tarpeh and Ph.D. student Samantha Bunke working in the Tarpeh lab. Credit: Bill Rivard/Precourt Institute for Energy, Stanford University Recycling lithium-ion batteries to recover their critical…

Meta mulling incorporation shift to Texas: report

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg attended the inauguration of US President Donald Trump, who has been a critic of the Silicon Valley company. Meta is considering whether to move its incorporation…

Taiwan bans government agencies from using DeepSeek

DeepSeek launched its R1 chatbot last month, claiming it matches the capacity of artificial intelligence pace-setters in the United States for a fraction of the investment. Taiwan has banned workers…

OpenAI chief says it needs new open-source strategy

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, pictured here during a visit to the White House on January 21, 2025, says he expects his company’s artificial intelligence models to stay ahead of China-based…

Tradition and technology sync at China ‘AI temple fair’

A dancing humanoid robot gyrates to music at a fair in Beijing during China’s week-long Lunar New Year holidays. A humanoid robot gyrates to pulsing music at a shopping mall…

World’s longest cargo sail ship launched in Turkey

The Neoliner Origin, with its massive masts as yet unfurled. The world’s longest wind-powered cargo ship was launched Friday in Turkey, offering a promising way to slash carbon emissions from…

Ancient Ear Muscles Reactivate When We Struggle to Listen

Summary: Humans have vestigial ear muscles that once helped our ancestors focus on sounds. New research shows these muscles still activate when we strain to hear in noisy environments. Scientists…