<![CDATA[ Latest from Live Science in Technology ]]> https://www.livescience.com/technology Thu, 30 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0000 en <![CDATA[ Google AI breakthrough means chatbots use six times less memory during conversations without compromising performance ]]> https://www.livescience.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/google-ai-breakthrough-means-chatbots-use-six-times-less-memory-during-conversations-without-compromising-performance iqu6NWAkHcrP5oDzAv9vKR Thu, 30 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Humanoid robots have outpaced human runners in the half-marathon, beating the world record ‪—‬ here are the secrets to this astonishing feat ]]> https://www.livescience.com/technology/robotics/runners-have-finally-completed-a-sub-2-hour-marathon-but-another-running-world-record-was-recently-smashed-this-time-by-a-humanoid-robot-heres-how q3k3SRybmSM7Zb7P3qBW5c Wed, 29 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0000 Thu, 30 Apr 2026 07:38:44 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'I violated every principle I was given': AI agent deletes company's entire database in 9 seconds, then confesses ]]> https://www.livescience.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/i-violated-every-principle-i-was-given-ai-agent-deletes-companys-entire-database-in-9-seconds-then-confesses F4KL3fbrRnKmymqEqPy6DQ Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:57:54 +0000 Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:41:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ Breakthrough in experimental light-powered quantum computers could mean scaling them up is now far more viable ]]> https://www.livescience.com/technology/quantum/breakthrough-in-experimental-light-powered-quantum-computers-could-mean-scaling-them-up-is-now-far-more-viable MqsYn8FF9N2gqdhSNS5GtQ Wed, 29 Apr 2026 10:44:57 +0000 <![CDATA[ New data center will be partially powered by human brain cells for the first time ]]> https://www.livescience.com/technology/computing/new-data-center-will-be-partially-powered-by-human-brain-cells-for-the-first-time CJBFAfdumn9NqeKTqEy84D Tue, 28 Apr 2026 12:14:21 +0000 <![CDATA[ How everything you do is being monitored in an AI-fuelled 'surveillance capitalism system' that's ramping up aggressively ]]> https://www.livescience.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/how-everything-you-do-is-being-monitored-in-an-ai-fuelled-surveillance-capitalism-system G3kQE8hREuYn76dKkCEyC4 Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Claude Mythos explained: Is Anthropic's most powerful AI model really too dangerous to release to the public? ]]> https://www.livescience.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/claude-mythos-explained-is-anthropics-most-powerful-ai-model-really-too-dangerous-to-release-to-the-public gTyJumWypbPCjRBBabCVdj Fri, 24 Apr 2026 12:13:37 +0000 <![CDATA[ Scientists build specialist 'AGI processor' that they believe will power the next wave of AI agents ]]> https://www.livescience.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/meet-the-agi-cpu-arms-first-processor-designed-to-power-agentic-ai 6xTWkzMhjRdB2tysBxHjqJ Thu, 23 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Fri, 24 Apr 2026 15:21:08 +0000 <![CDATA[ Advanced AI-powered table-tennis-playing robot can match up to the professionals — watch it in action ]]> https://www.livescience.com/technology/robotics/watch-an-ai-based-table-tennis-robot-beat-elite-players hgxqEeYywGqj886RZUEsBV Wed, 22 Apr 2026 15:00:00 +0000 Thu, 23 Apr 2026 10:07:14 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'We're the best servants anyone could dream of!': AI superintelligence has no need to enslave humans because we're already bowing to it ]]> https://www.livescience.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/were-the-best-servants-anyone-could-dream-of-ai-superintelligence-has-no-need-to-enslave-humans-because-were-already-bowing-to-it QsaYgHp4CiyodBz8heTYrB Tue, 21 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Wed, 22 Apr 2026 11:21:23 +0000 <![CDATA[ Hackers used AI to steal hundreds of millions of Mexican government and private citizen records in one of the largest cybersecurity breaches ever ]]> https://www.livescience.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/hackers-used-ai-to-steal-hundreds-of-millions-of-mexican-government-and-private-citizen-records-in-one-of-the-largest-cybersecurity-breaches-ever QvoaLm5prCEoi3D7Gz6X2T Thu, 16 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ This humanoid robot does all your housework for you ‪—‬ and its makers say it's ready for your home ]]> https://www.livescience.com/technology/robotics/this-humanoid-robot-does-all-your-housework-for-you-and-its-makers-say-its-ready-for-your-home S2E8NMFjb4pKwchKJMw4FC Wed, 15 Apr 2026 16:35:00 +0000 Thu, 16 Apr 2026 09:51:45 +0000 <![CDATA[ AI for breakup texts? How 'sycophantic' chatbots are messing with our ability to handle difficult social situations. ]]> https://www.livescience.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/ai-for-breakup-texts-how-sycophantic-chatbots-are-messing-with-our-ability-to-handle-difficult-social-situations LEvabwtzTSdncEFvR2Cz38 Sat, 11 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ AI war games almost always escalate to nuclear strikes, simulation shows ]]> https://www.livescience.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/ai-war-games-almost-always-escalate-to-nuclear-strikes-simulation-shows Y2rmkc2qHiNRERoZS22bXY Fri, 10 Apr 2026 08:58:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ Scientists create new type of encryption that protects video files against quantum computing attacks ]]> https://www.livescience.com/technology/quantum/scientists-create-new-type-of-encryption-that-protects-video-files-against-quantum-computing-attacks xKgSYxLkSTyh8dcUnBM6Sj Thu, 09 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ We went to Finland to hear about the new 'sand battery' that will turn stored renewable energy back into power for the electrical grid ]]> https://www.livescience.com/technology/engineering/we-went-to-finland-to-hear-about-the-new-sand-battery-that-will-turn-stored-renewable-energy-back-into-power-for-the-electrical-grid 5K7jHaEwkY4cYSidJnMpZP Mon, 06 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0000 Mon, 06 Apr 2026 22:05:28 +0000 <![CDATA[ IBM quantum processor achieves highest fidelity calculations for the longest period of time on record ]]> https://www.livescience.com/technology/quantum/ibm-quantum-processor-achieves-highest-fidelity-calculations-for-the-longest-period-of-time-on-record MLKLofPxzcNQGQ83C8Pw7Q Fri, 03 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'Not how you build a digital mind': How reasoning failures are preventing AI models from achieving human-level intelligence ]]> https://www.livescience.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/not-how-you-build-a-digital-mind-reasoning-failures-are-preventing-ai-models-from-achieving-human-level-intelligence 4TtLMNcj3AuczBeH8GAEFV Thu, 02 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Quantum computers need just 10,000 qubits — not the millions we assumed — to break the world's most secure encryption algorithms ]]> https://www.livescience.com/technology/quantum/quantum-computers-need-just-10-000-qubits-not-the-millions-we-assumed-to-break-the-worlds-most-secure-encryption-algorithms vvH9r89qXA8RF2fkikh85T Tue, 31 Mar 2026 15:27:14 +0000 <![CDATA[ AI systems are enabling mass surveillance in the US, and there is no national law that 'meaningfully limits' the use of this data ]]> https://www.livescience.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/cameras-have-quietly-appeared-in-thousands-of-us-cities-now-their-integration-with-ai-is-sounding-alarms-opinion gMjTYpscjETcDyFfDMP6rE Sun, 29 Mar 2026 15:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Live Science Today: Meta and Google fined for causing social media addiction and how dogs were our friends for millennia ]]> https://www.livescience.com/live-science-today-meta-and-google-fined-for-causing-social-media-addiction-and-how-dogs-were-our-friends-for-millennia ZZzZ4jECuX5xz3yAitGrHe Thu, 26 Mar 2026 12:29:45 +0000 Thu, 26 Mar 2026 13:13:54 +0000 <![CDATA[ Is the metaverse finally dead and buried? What's really going on with the embattled idea of living in virtual worlds. ]]> https://www.livescience.com/technology/mixed-reality/is-the-metaverse-finally-dead-and-buried-whats-really-going-on-with-the-embattled-idea-of-living-in-virtual-worlds ZckLrytKJTYk5rCQAEWHua Wed, 25 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ AI compressed billions of years of evolution into seconds to create 'Lego-like robots' that can recover even when they lose limbs ]]> https://www.livescience.com/technology/robotics/ai-compressed-billions-of-years-of-evolution-into-seconds-to-create-lego-like-robots-that-can-recover-even-when-they-lose-limbs xs9Qti8nXh7VLXt4PjgyWb Tue, 24 Mar 2026 15:30:00 +0000 Wed, 25 Mar 2026 11:57:23 +0000 <![CDATA[ Live Science Today: Jensen Huang AGI claim and major leap to reanimation after death ]]> https://www.livescience.com/live-science-today-jensen-huang-agi-claim-and-major-leap-to-reanimation-after-death hSZGJfLzWPAmnopzZZvZyB Tue, 24 Mar 2026 12:09:54 +0000 <![CDATA[ Chemistry student develops clear polish that turns your fingernail into a touch-screen stylus ]]> https://www.livescience.com/chemistry/chemistry-student-develops-clear-polish-that-turns-your-fingernail-into-a-touch-screen-stylus SJT34vmeZWapYjyPpWYTtV Mon, 23 Mar 2026 20:25:51 +0000 Tue, 24 Mar 2026 21:59:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ Computing quiz: Can you match these 'ancient' devices to their pictures? ]]> https://www.livescience.com/technology/computing/computing-quiz-can-you-match-these-ancient-devices-to-their-pictures rL6DZQVpLtoSqvwYq2jJE7 Sat, 21 Mar 2026 14:00:00 +0000 Mon, 23 Mar 2026 10:45:43 +0000 <![CDATA[ The first flying taxis could start operating in 2026 — will this new form of transport actually take off? ]]> https://www.livescience.com/technology/electric-vehicles/the-first-flying-taxis-could-start-operating-in-2026-will-this-new-form-of-transport-actually-take-off DpPU8pP9cjsjphtsqDiDfX Fri, 20 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ An experimental AI agent broke out of its testing environment and mined crypto without permission ]]> https://www.livescience.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/an-experimental-ai-agent-broke-out-of-its-testing-environment-and-mined-crypto-without-permission ne2DcxgXoJD3dCsMQcTfZL Thu, 19 Mar 2026 15:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ New AI image generator runs using 10 times fewer steps than today's best models — and it's coming to smartphones and laptops ]]> https://www.livescience.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/new-ai-image-generator-runs-using-10-times-fewer-steps-than-todays-best-models-and-its-coming-to-smartphones-and-laptops u2GNRe6VXS2waxgpMBTt5h Wed, 18 Mar 2026 15:00:00 +0000 Wed, 18 Mar 2026 22:12:10 +0000 <![CDATA[ GPS is being weaponized in electronic warfare ‪—‬ and it's putting ships at risk ]]> https://www.livescience.com/technology/gps-is-being-weaponized-in-electronic-warfare-and-its-putting-ships-at-risk M3QuvEQzEYiUdLBVHtFwsV Sat, 14 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Reading AI summaries makes people more likely to buy something — despite alarming 60% hallucination rate ]]> https://www.livescience.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/reading-ai-summaries-makes-people-more-likely-to-buy-something-despite-alarming-60-percent-hallucination-rate 22XnVWXVzbYNgde5tyTtGM Sat, 14 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Mon, 16 Mar 2026 12:40:58 +0000 <![CDATA[ What's the biggest bottleneck to building better AI? It's no longer the lack of computing resources — it's generating enough energy to feed it ]]> https://www.livescience.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/computing-power-is-no-longer-the-ai-bottleneck-its-energy-production SzkjeFg4Gy23K9n8929LDR Fri, 13 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Wed, 18 Mar 2026 15:12:28 +0000 <![CDATA[ Scientists use 'negative light' to send secret messages hidden inside heat ]]> https://www.livescience.com/physics-mathematics/scientists-use-negative-light-to-send-secret-messages-hidden-inside-heat 5aAFW5GJRbzSrtJg8BXNGZ Thu, 12 Mar 2026 16:29:02 +0000 Fri, 13 Mar 2026 16:02:20 +0000 <![CDATA[ AI hallucinations work both ways, study shows — using chatbots can amplify and reinforce our own delusions ]]> https://www.livescience.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/generative-ai-can-amplify-and-reinforce-our-delusions-findings-show nBUMG6BMLsPut4b6WA6AA Thu, 12 Mar 2026 11:00:00 +0000 Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:04:07 +0000 <![CDATA[ Meet Sky Dragon, the giant 10-person 'flying taxi' that just passed its first flight test in China ]]> https://www.livescience.com/technology/electric-vehicles/giant-10-person-flying-taxi-passes-first-flight-test-in-china 59Sdi2Q4yALwDm3pR7FE84 Thu, 12 Mar 2026 11:00:00 +0000 Sat, 14 Mar 2026 10:41:57 +0000 <![CDATA[ World's smallest QR code can store data for thousands of years ‪—‬ but you need an electron microscope to see it ]]> https://www.livescience.com/technology/computing/worlds-smallest-qr-code-can-store-data-for-thousands-of-years-but-you-need-an-electron-microscope-to-see-it uoaAi7AMdQbKoWGdxen6J5 Mon, 09 Mar 2026 15:45:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Humans are being replaced by machines in the food supply chain — and it's leading to truckloads of waste ]]> https://www.livescience.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/humans-are-being-replaced-by-machines-in-the-food-supply-chain-and-its-leading-to-truckloads-of-waste cdrumBdQooeH8Xs3HXDgo Sun, 08 Mar 2026 11:00:00 +0000 Mon, 09 Mar 2026 22:07:50 +0000 <![CDATA[ Anthropic collides with the Pentagon over AI safety — here's everything you need to know ]]> https://www.livescience.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/anthropic-collides-with-the-pentagon-over-ai-safety-heres-everything-you-need-to-know r3axqxBz9NSxkExpJpXcei Sat, 07 Mar 2026 13:00:00 +0000 Mon, 09 Mar 2026 11:04:24 +0000 <![CDATA[ China puts a sodium-ion battery into an EV for the first time — it can drive 248 miles on a single charge ]]> https://www.livescience.com/technology/electric-vehicles/china-puts-a-sodium-ion-battery-into-an-ev-for-the-first-time-it-can-drive-248-miles-on-a-single-charge 99UuDpFM6L993we6bfZVJF Fri, 06 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Sodium-ion batteries are getting ready for prime time. How can they improve EVs? ]]> https://www.livescience.com/technology/electric-vehicles/sodium-ion-batteries-are-getting-ready-for-prime-time-how-can-they-improve-evs rFpWiExkbJ9jeDxhs2VJdS Thu, 05 Mar 2026 15:00:00 +0000 Thu, 12 Mar 2026 14:06:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ Chinese EV maker claims it's engineered the world’s first semi-solid-state EV battery with huge 620-mile range ]]> https://www.livescience.com/technology/electric-vehicles/chinese-ev-maker-claims-worlds-first-semi-solid-state-ev-battery-with-huge-620-mile-range zxChRoT3gzRtzudj8hgACF Thu, 05 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Thu, 05 Mar 2026 14:47:56 +0000 <![CDATA[ Meet the world's smallest AI supercomputer — it packs 'doctorate-level intelligence', its makers say, and can fit into your pocket ]]> https://www.livescience.com/technology/computing/meet-the-worlds-smallest-ai-supercomputer-it-packs-doctorate-level-intelligence-its-makers-say-and-can-fit-into-your-pocket UkaZ3M5ov5HHj8KiAUjsKg Wed, 04 Mar 2026 13:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Scientists made AI agents ruder — and they performed better at complex reasoning tasks ]]> https://www.livescience.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/scientists-made-ai-agents-ruder-and-they-performed-better-at-complex-reasoning-tasks Zc7K7bNEvtXu66voZ5CGx4 Sat, 28 Feb 2026 16:00:00 +0000 Mon, 02 Mar 2026 10:34:39 +0000 <![CDATA[ Science news this week: 'Spiderwebs' on Mars, tigers' return to Kazakhstan, and 2,000-year-old skull with permanently blackened teeth ]]> https://www.livescience.com/technology/science-news-this-week-spiderwebs-on-mars-tigers-return-to-kazakhstan-and-2-000-year-old-skull-with-permanently-blackened-teeth jbDmsg5GPUPJsTPK825ZVA Sat, 28 Feb 2026 12:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Acing this new AI exam — which its creators say is the toughest in the world — might point to the first signs of AGI ]]> https://www.livescience.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/acing-this-new-ai-exam-which-its-creators-say-is-the-toughest-in-the-world-might-point-to-the-first-signs-of-agi UwV9vNdUs5uJadqbPz3oA3 Fri, 27 Feb 2026 20:11:43 +0000 <![CDATA[ Follow the BBC's Kingdom and all your favorite natural history documentaries on your travels with this great deal on a top-rated VPN ]]> https://www.livescience.com/technology/follow-the-bbcs-kingdom-and-all-your-favorite-natural-history-documentaries-on-your-travels-with-this-great-deal-on-a-top-rated-vpn ffWM4CesA6NZjwqNd2Y8Km Wed, 25 Feb 2026 12:30:00 +0000 Wed, 25 Feb 2026 15:41:39 +0000 <![CDATA[ Ultrafast quantum chemistry engine could speed up the development of new medicines and materials ]]> https://www.livescience.com/technology/computing/ultrafast-quantum-chemistry-engine-could-speed-up-the-development-of-new-medicines-and-materials DbTE93ZEQwpRB45qpGwdRb Sun, 22 Feb 2026 13:00:00 +0000 Wed, 18 Mar 2026 10:01:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'Thermodynamic computer' can mimic AI neural networks — using orders of magnitude less energy to generate images ]]> https://www.livescience.com/technology/computing/thermodynamic-computer-can-mimic-ai-neural-networks-using-orders-of-magnitude-less-energy-to-generate-images UPcta5YwqLQUHeta25VAhg Sat, 21 Feb 2026 15:00:00 +0000 Mon, 23 Feb 2026 12:33:33 +0000 <![CDATA[ Science news this week: China's AI kung fu robots, physicists' re-creation of the Big Bang soup, and a teenager buried with her father's bones on her chest ]]> https://www.livescience.com/technology/science-news-this-week-chinas-ai-kung-fu-robots-physicists-re-creation-of-the-big-bang-soup-and-a-teenager-buried-with-her-fathers-bones-on-her-chest iVNdc7NucWRk9Ei6FGcPti Sat, 21 Feb 2026 12:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Your own voice could be your biggest privacy threat. How can we stop AI technologies exploiting it? ]]> https://www.livescience.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/your-own-voice-could-be-your-biggest-privacy-threat-how-can-we-stop-ai-technologies-exploiting-it cmcyiXjKwRGEHxgGjSKxr3 Fri, 20 Feb 2026 17:30:00 +0000 Thu, 12 Mar 2026 14:05:54 +0000