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Elon Musk has launched xAI’s Grok 4—calling it the “world’s smartest AI” and claiming it can ace Ph.D.-level exams and ...

Today’s large language models are hardly related to the kinds of machine intelligence we see in science fiction, according to ...

Words frequently used by ChatGPT, including “delve” and “meticulous,” are getting more common in spoken language, according ...

Alexander Clapp, author of new nonfiction book 'Waste Wars,' tracks the world-wide blackmarket trade of our garbage ...

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Autism has at least four subtypes, an analysis of more than 5,000 children’s genes, traits and developmental trajectories has ...

Given the meteoric rise of AI applications, the control tower may be ripe for full automation in the near future. Human ...

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The selection of Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy to temporarily lead NASA adds to the deep political uncertainties ...

If Americans don’t fight back against efforts to dismantle higher education, the U.S. will lose lifesaving medical research, ...

Japan’s new earthquake-detection network lengthens warning times, and researchers in Wales have harnessed nuclear blast ...