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Tech Xplore / OpenAI hires creator of 'OpenClaw' AI agent tool

OpenAI has hired the Austrian creator of OpenClaw, an artificial intelligence tool able to execute real-world tasks, the US startup's head Sam Altman said on Sunday.

26 minutes ago in Machine learning & AI
Tech Xplore / Job threats, rogue bots: five hot issues in AI

As artificial intelligence evolves at a blistering pace, world leaders and thousands of other delegates will discuss how to handle the technology at the AI Impact Summit, which opens Monday in New Delhi.

5 minutes ago in Machine learning & AI
Tech Xplore / Hollywood groups condemn ByteDance's AI video generator, claiming copyright infringement

A new artificial intelligence video generator from Beijing-based ByteDance, the creator of TikTok, is drawing the ire of Hollywood organizations that say Seedance 2.0 "blatantly" violates copyright and uses the likeness of ...

33 minutes ago in Machine learning & AI
Medical Xpress / As some people push to make profound autism its own diagnosis, this family is raising twins with it

Connor Murphy walked in circles around his dad, then flopped down on the kitchen floor, got up and walked in circles again.

30 minutes ago in Pediatrics
Medical Xpress / Indian Health Service to phase out use of dental fillings containing mercury by 2027

The federal agency that provides health care to Native Americans and Alaska Natives has announced it will phase out the use of dental fillings containing mercury.

15 minutes ago in Dentistry
Phys.org / Study of 65,000 college students links 16 hours a week on social media to higher loneliness

More than half of college students are lonely—and those who use social media the most are particularly likely to feel isolated, a study of tens of thousands of 18 to 24-year-olds in the US shows. Just 16 hours a week—two ...

4 hours ago in Other Sciences
Phys.org / How a certain form of dark matter may lead to the generation of cosmological magnetic fields

Tiny highly uniform magnetic fields are known to pervade the universe, influencing various cosmological processes. To date, however, the physical mechanisms underpinning the generation of these fields remain poorly understood. ...

16 hours ago in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / Strong correlations and superconductivity observed in a supermoiré lattice

Two or more graphene layers that are stacked with a small twist angle in relation to each other form a so-called moiré lattice. This characteristic pattern influences the movement of electrons inside materials, which can ...

15 hours ago in Physics
Medical Xpress / A common biomarker of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder revealed

For decades, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder (BD) were treated as distinct and unrelated psychiatric disorders. Schizophrenia is a psychiatric disorder characterized by altered thinking and emotional patterns, hallucinations, ...

15 hours ago in Genetics
Phys.org / Ancient cone-shaped vessels may have served as beeswax lamps during ritual processions, study finds

Chalcolithic cornets are conical ceramic vessels produced exclusively during the Chalcolithic period, recovered in abundance at some archaeological sites but absent at others. Their function has long been debated. However, ...

15 hours ago in Other Sciences
Tech Xplore / Why AI may overcomplicate answers: Humans and LLMs show 'addition bias,' often choosing extra steps over subtraction

When making decisions and judgments, humans can fall into common "traps," known as cognitive biases. A cognitive bias is essentially the tendency to process information in a specific way or follow a systematic pattern. One ...

15 hours ago in Computer Sciences
Medical Xpress / National poll finds gaps in community preparedness for teen cardiac emergencies

Sudden cardiac arrest can happen to anyone, including teens, and a new national poll suggests many schools and families may not be fully prepared to respond. Only about half of parents say they are aware that their teen's ...

4 hours ago in Cardiology