When people are watching, a performer’s effectiveness can swing—sometimes improving, sometimes getting worse—because att…
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Dogs are famously called man’s best friend. A new study suggests we might want to call them women’s best companions instead — dogs seem to listen more closely to women…
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OpenAI researchers tried to stop and punish a model that lied and deceived. But punishment only taught it to hide its tricks more effectively. What challenges did the scientists face?…
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It turns out that plants exposed to music yield significantly larger harvests. A recent study by researchers at Tianjin Normal University offers fresh momentum for the emerging field of acoustic…
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Science & Technology
Humanoid Robots at the UN Say They’ll Outperform Humans — but Want to Collaborate
While humanity debates what counts as artificial intelligence, the humanoid robots presented at a UN summit have already claimed they are superior to humans — a claim that sounds straight…
