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Tech Xplore / OpenAI unveils 'Operator' agent that handles web tasks

OpenAI on Thursday introduced an artificial intelligence program called "Operator" that can tend to online tasks such as ordering items or filling out forms.

Jan 24, 2025 in Machine learning & AI
Tech Xplore / A new method to fabricate soft electronics via particle engulfment printing

The electronics industry has been rapidly advancing over the past few decades, leading to the development of countless devices of different sizes and shapes, which are designed for a variety of applications.

Tech Xplore / Tiny chip could offer spectral sensing for everyday devices

Imagine smartphones that can diagnose diseases, detect counterfeit drugs or warn of spoiled food. Spectral sensing is a powerful technique that identifies materials by analyzing how they interact with light, revealing details ...

Jan 23, 2025 in Hardware
Tech Xplore / Scalable optical memory unit poised to improve processing speed and efficiency

Researchers have developed a new type of optical memory called a programmable photonic latch that is fast and scalable. This fundamental memory unit enables temporary data storage in optical processing systems, offering a ...

Tech Xplore / Embodied AI reveals how robots and toddlers learn to understand

We humans excel at generalization. If you taught a toddler to identify the color red by showing her a red ball, a red truck and a red rose, she will most likely correctly identify the color of a tomato, even if it is the ...

Jan 23, 2025 in Robotics
Tech Xplore / UI-TARS GUI agent model can automate tasks such as finding and booking airline tickets

A team of software engineers, AI specialists and programmers at Tsinghua University, working with TikTok parent company ByteDance, has announced the development of a graphical user interface (GUI) agent model called UI-TARS. ...

Jan 23, 2025 in Consumer & Gadgets
Tech Xplore / People overestimate reliability of AI-assisted language tools: Adding uncertainty phrasing can help

As AI tools like ChatGPT become more mainstream in day-to-day tasks and decision-making processes, the ability to trust and decipher errors in their responses is critical. A new study by cognitive and computer scientists ...

Jan 23, 2025 in Consumer & Gadgets
Tech Xplore / Chatbot offers empathetic, multilingual crime reporting to ease dispatcher workload

Across the nation, 911 dispatch centers are facing a worker shortage. Unfortunately, this understaffing, plus the nature of the job itself, leads to dispatchers who are often overworked and stressed. Meanwhile, when community ...

Jan 23, 2025 in Computer Sciences
Tech Xplore / London cabbies' planning strategies could help inform future of AI

Researchers have measured the thinking time of London taxi drivers—famous for their knowledge of more than 26,000 streets across the city—as part of a study into the future of AI route-mapping.

Jan 23, 2025 in Hi Tech & Innovation
Tech Xplore / Automating penmanship: Researchers develop cost-effective, AI-enhanced robotic handwriting system

Recent advances in robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) are enabling the development of a wide range of systems with unique characteristics designed for varying real-world applications. These include robots that can ...

Jan 22, 2025 in Robotics
Tech Xplore / Analog computing platform based on one-memristor array efficiently processes real-time videos

As artificial intelligence models become increasingly advanced, electronics engineers have been trying to develop new hardware that is better suited for running these models, while also limiting power-consumption and boosting ...

Jan 22, 2025 in Hardware
Tech Xplore / Porous ground treatments drastically reduce drone noise, making way for soundless city skies

Porous land such as foliage significantly lowers noise made by drones and air taxis, which could reduce disturbances for urban communities as urban air mobility (UAM) grows.

Jan 22, 2025 in Engineering