Scientists have discovered that the human brain understands spoken language in a way that closely resembles how advanced AI language models work. By tracking brain activity as people listened to a long podcast, researchers found that meaning unfolds step...

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Quantum computers could revolutionize everything from drug discovery to business analytics—but their incredible power also makes them surprisingly vulnerable. New research from Penn State warns that today’s quantum machines are not just futuristic tools, but potential gold mines for...

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Why 2026 marks the end of "business as usual" for AI ethics. Source

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✍️By Selen Dogan Kosterit. Selen is a PhD Student in Political Science and a Graduate Affiliate at the Governance and Responsible AI Lab (GRAIL), Purdue University. 📌 Editor’s Note: This article is part of our AI Policy Corner series,...

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Humans pay enormous attention to lips during conversation, and robots have struggled badly to keep up. A new robot developed at Columbia Engineering learned realistic lip movements by watching its own reflection and studying human videos online. This allowed...

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A generative AI system can now analyze blood cells with greater accuracy and confidence than human experts, detecting subtle signs of diseases like leukemia. It not only spots rare abnormalities but also recognizes its own uncertainty, making it a...

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Stanford researchers have developed an AI that can predict future disease risk using data from just one night of sleep. The system analyzes detailed physiological signals, looking for hidden patterns across the brain, heart, and breathing. It successfully forecast...

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Researchers have built a new platform that produces ultrashort UV-C laser pulses and detects them at room temperature using atom-thin materials. The light flashes last just femtoseconds and can be used to send encoded messages through open space. The...

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Associate Professor Raphaël Millière awarded APA AI2050 Prize for Early Career Researchers Publication date 6 Jan 2026 Cristina.Bratu 06/01/2026 - 14:05 Associate Professor Raphaël Millière has been awarded the 2025 AI2050 Prize for Early Career Researchers by the American...

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Researchers have created microscopic robots so small they’re barely visible, yet smart enough to sense, decide, and move completely on their own. Powered by light and equipped with tiny computers, the robots swim by manipulating electric fields rather than...

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Happy New Year! We kick of our first Brief of 2026 with our State of AI Ethics Report Part V: Collective Action, and mark the return of our Recess collaboration with Encode Canada Source

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✍️By Emma Edney from Encode Canada. Emma is a BCL/JD McCall MacBain Scholar candidate at McGill University. Her interests include ethical issues surrounding personal information in technology and the impact of AI on litigation work. Emma is a writer at...

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✍️By Natalie Jenkins from Encode Canada. Natalie is an MSc candidate in Digital Policy at University College Dublin, based in Toronto, Ontario. She is interested in the impacts of emerging technologies on human rights and democracy. Natalie is a...

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✍️By Kennedy O’Neil from Encode Canada. Kennedy is an undergraduate sociology student at McGill University, with a minor in psychology, and a writer for Encode Canada. 📌 Editor’s Note: This piece is part of our Recess series, featuring university...

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New research shows that AI doesn’t need endless training data to start acting more like a human brain. When researchers redesigned AI systems to better resemble biological brains, some models produced brain-like activity without any training at all. This...

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A philosopher at the University of Cambridge says there’s no reliable way to know whether AI is conscious—and that may remain true for the foreseeable future. According to Dr. Tom McClelland, consciousness alone isn’t the ethical tipping point anyway;...

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AI is creating new opportunities for some and new vulnerabilities for others, deepening the socioeconomic inequalities already embedded in the labour market.

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As AI rapidly reshapes white-collar work, early data already shows rising unemployment in the most exposed industries, raising the provocative question of whether certain knowledge-worker roles are ultimately destined for 100 percent automation as AI accelerates toward AGI.

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Join us in this episode of "Eye on AI" as we dive into the latest advancements shaping the digital content world. Discover how a leading social media platform is pushing the boundaries of user interaction through groundbreaking AI technology....

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