Summary: A new study shows that observing violence can make individuals more likely to act aggressively later, but the effect depends on familiarity. Male mice who watched familiar peers attack…
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Putting AI vision into better focus with method that mimics human processing
NYU researchers are building an algorithm that would enable AI systems to learn from their environment, such as a city street, in order to effectively identify its surroundings. Credit: New…
Artificial Sweeteners Tied to Faster Cognitive Decline
Summary: A large study of nearly 13,000 adults found that consuming high levels of certain artificial sweeteners is linked to faster declines in memory and thinking over eight years. The…
Undersea cables cut in the Red Sea, disrupting internet access in Asia and the Mideast
This is a locator map for Yemen with its capital, Sanaa. Credit: AP Photo Undersea cable cuts in the Red Sea disrupted internet access in parts of Asia and the…
AI shakes up the call center industry, but some tasks are still better left to the humans
Armen Kirakosian, Global Senior Manager, Learning & Development TTEC poses in Athens, Greece, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025. Credit: AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis Armen Kirakosian remembers the frustrations of his first job…
Google avoids being dismantled after US court battle—and it’s down to the rise of AI
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A year ago, Google faced the prospect of being dismantled. Today, artificial intelligence (AI) and a new court judgment has helped it avoid this fate. Part…
To fix broken electricity markets, stop promoting the wrong kind of competition
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Competition is seen as a panacea in electricity markets: if only we had more, prices would be lower, and investment and supply security would be higher.…
AI giant Anthropic to pay $1.5 bn over pirated books
Anthropic, led by CEO Dario Amodei, recently closed a $13 billion funding round that it said values the generative artificial intelligence startup at $183 billion. Anthropic will pay at least…
Engineers design origami structures that change shape and stiffness on demand
Elastic components allow engineers to create structures that respond in new ways to outside force. Credit: Wright Seneres/Princeton University Princeton engineers are twisting, stretching and creasing structures to create a…
Brain Structure Differences in Children with ADHD Discovered
Summary: Researchers tested a new MRI correction method, called the traveling-subject (TS) approach, to resolve inconsistencies in ADHD brain imaging results. By scanning the same healthy subjects across multiple MRI…
