Boston Dynamics’ next-gen humanoid robot will have Google DeepMind DNA

The partnership, which was announced during the Hyundai press conference at CES 2026, is centered on robotics research that ...

Worms as particle sweepers: How simple movement, not intelligence, drives environmental order

When observing small worms under a microscope, one might observe something very surprising: the worms appear to make a ...

WA crisis centers are in jeopardy without more funding, officials warn

As Washington faces a budget shortfall, behavioral health administrators and providers worry that getting new funding ...
InsideBitcoins

When Machines Take the Gamble: AI Models Show Surprisingly Human Addiction Patterns

While AI models may exhibit addiction-like behaviors, the technology is also proving to be a powerful ally in combating real ...
Tech Xplore

Reinforcement learning accelerates model-free training of optical AI systems

Optical computing has emerged as a powerful approach for high-speed and energy-efficient information processing. Diffractive ...

Even ChatGPT gets anxiety, so researchers gave it a dose of mindfulness to calm down

Researchers found violent prompts can push ChatGPT into anxiety-like behavior, so they tested mindfulness-style prompts, ...

AI models can develop ‘humanlike’ gambling addiction when given more freedom: study

Large language models repeatedly chased losses, escalated risk and even bankrupted themselves in simulated gambling ...
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Biomimetic brain modeling mirrors animal learning and neural dynamics

A new computational model of the brain based closely on its biology and physiology not only learned a simple visual category learning task exactly as well as lab animals, but even enabled the ...
IEEE

Modeling Pedestrian Crossing Behavior: A Reinforcement Learning Approach With Sensory Motor Constraints

Abstract: Understanding pedestrian behavior is crucial for the safe deployment of Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) in urban environments. Traditional pedestrian behavior models often fall into two categories ...
eeworldonline

Antennas to bits: Modeling real-world behavior in RF and wireless systems

Engineers combine measured data, multi-level behavioral models, and simulation tools to predict real-world performance across complex RF and wireless systems. Modern RF and wireless systems push the ...