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Chinese researchers just built an open-source rival to ChatGPT in 2 months. Silicon Valley is freaked out.
By Ben Turner published
DeepSeek-R1, a new reasoning model made by Chinese researchers, completes tasks with a comparable proficiency to OpenAI's o1 at a fraction of the cost.

AI can now replicate itself — a milestone that has experts terrified
By Owen Hughes published
Scientists say AI has crossed a critical 'red line' after demonstrating how two popular large language models could clone themselves.

AI could crack unsolvable problems — and humans won't be able to understand the results
By Ehsan Nabavi published
AI promises to accelerate scientific discovery, but if scientists aren't careful public trust may be left behind.

Just 2 hours is all it takes for AI agents to replicate your personality with 85% accuracy
By Owen Hughes published
Researchers from Google and Stanford have created accurate AI replicas of more than 1,000 people.

AI could shrink our brains, evolutionary biologist predicts
By Rob Brooks published
Evolution could alter or even eliminate some of the human traits we cherish most, changing forever what it means to be human.

Large language models can be squeezed onto your phone — rather than needing 1000s of servers to run — after breakthrough
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
Running massive AI models locally on smartphones or laptops may be possible after a new compression algorithm trims down their size — meaning your data never leaves your device. The catch is that it might drain your battery in an hour.

Meet 'Chameleon' – an AI model that can protect you from facial recognition thanks to a sophisticated digital mask
By Roland Moore-Colyer published
A new AI model can mask a personal image without destroying its quality, which will help to protect your privacy.

'This is a marriage of AI and quantum': New technology gives AI the power to feel surfaces for the 1st time
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
Combining quantum science with machine learning has led to a model that can accurately measure how surfaces feel to the touch.

We are instinctively turned off by stories labeled 'AI-generated' — even if they were secretly written by other people, study finds
By Drew Turney published
Even when a creative work is made by humans, we think it’s missing a key element of art if we think it's been written by an AI — that capacity to fully immerse you in the world being created.
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