MIT’s new lidar chip could give self-driving cars a wider view
22/07/2026 10:00 – Artificial Intelligence News
MIT engineers have found a way to give chip-based lidar a wider, clearer view without relying on moving parts. Their design uses differently shaped antennas…
New programmable photonic chip can control how fast light moves
22/07/2026 02:43 – Artificial Intelligence News
Scientists have created a programmable optical chip that can slow light on demand, giving engineers far greater control over how optical signals propagate through a…
Alan Turing's biggest AI assumption may have been wrong
14/07/2026 03:12 – Artificial Intelligence News
A new book claims AI has been built on a flawed assumption dating back to Alan Turing's famous 1950 paper. Peter J. Denning argues that…
Scientists discovered the brain doesn't make decisions the way we thought
13/07/2026 12:12 – Artificial Intelligence News
A new study suggests the brain begins making decisions much earlier than scientists previously thought. Researchers found that even primary sensory regions are influenced by…
Quantum mechanics once baffled scientists. Now it's changing the world
05/07/2026 18:13 – Artificial Intelligence News
Quantum mechanics has journeyed from a strange and controversial idea to the foundation of some of humanity’s most advanced technologies. Now researchers are pushing its…
Millions of exploding stars could soon reveal dark energy's secrets
29/06/2026 21:57 – Artificial Intelligence News
A new AI-powered framework could transform how astronomers measure the expansion of the Universe. By analyzing images of Type Ia supernovae and modeling their environments…
SpaceX wants to build AI data centers in space. Will it work?
19/06/2026 03:43 – Artificial Intelligence News
The race to build data centers in space is gaining momentum as AI drives unprecedented demand for computing power. Orbital facilities could tap into abundant…
Brain-inspired chip runs near absolute zero and could transform quantum computing
12/06/2026 10:38 – Artificial Intelligence News
Scientists at the University of Hong Kong have created a remarkable new type of brain-inspired chip that can function just above absolute zero, one of…
A classic brain test exposed AI's biggest weakness
10/06/2026 10:52 – Artificial Intelligence News
Researchers gave top AI models a classic attention test used in psychology and found a major flaw. While the models could correctly name colors in…
Scientists are seriously asking if bees and ChatGPT are conscious
05/06/2026 05:27 – Artificial Intelligence News
New studies suggest consciousness can't be judged solely by behavior, whether it's a chatbot discussing philosophy or a bee searching for nectar. Researchers are increasingly…
Forget electrons, this breakthrough uses light-matter particles to power AI
19/05/2026 00:23 – Artificial Intelligence News
Researchers at Penn have created a hybrid light-matter particle that could dramatically speed up AI computing while using far less energy. The breakthrough may help…
NASA’s new AI space chip could let spacecraft think for themselves
15/05/2026 08:13 – Artificial Intelligence News
NASA is testing a next-generation space computer chip that could give spacecraft the ability to operate far more independently in deep space. The radiation-hardened processor…
New quantum algorithm solves “impossible” materials problem in seconds
13/05/2026 07:33 – Artificial Intelligence News
A new quantum-inspired algorithm has cracked a problem so massive that conventional supercomputers struggle to even approach it. Researchers used the method to simulate extraordinarily…
Your “um” and pauses could reveal early dementia risk
13/05/2026 04:18 – Artificial Intelligence News
The little pauses, “ums,” and moments when you struggle to find the right word may reveal far more about your brain than anyone realized. Researchers…
AI lets chemists design molecules by simply describing them
06/05/2026 00:20 – Artificial Intelligence News
Creating complex molecules usually requires years of experience and countless decisions, but a new AI system is changing that. Synthegy lets chemists guide synthesis and…
