Using machine learning, a computer model can teach itself to smell in just a few minutes. When it does, researchers have found, it builds a neural network that closely mimics the olfactory circuits that animal brains use to p…
We often imagine that human consciousness is as simple as input and output of electrical signals within a network of processing units - therefore comparable to a computer. Reality, however, is much more complicated. For start…
A senior software engineer at Google was suspended on Monday (June 13) after sharing transcripts of a conversation with an artificial intelligence (AI) that he claimed to be "sentient," according to media reports. Th…
Researchers in Delft have succeeded in teleporting quantum information across a rudimentary network. This first of its kind is an important step towards a future quantum internet. This breakthrough was made possible by a grea…
For the first time, humans have played tic-tac-toe - also known as noughts and crosses - with bacteria. These were no ordinary bacteria, but E. coli extensively genetically modified and set up to act as a simple neural networ…
The project seems crazy. A new dam will be built on the Tibetan plateau without using any human labor. The construction will be entirely supported by machines controlled by artificial intelligence, which will erect the structure layer b…
ONE of three cryptography algorithms vying to become a global standard against the looming security threat posed by quantum computers has been cracked in a weekend using a standard laptop. The algorithm is now widely believed…
For the first time, researchers demonstrate an artificial organic neuron, a nerve cell, that can be integrated with a living plant and an artificial organic synapse. Both the neuron and the synapse are made from printed organic electroc…
Artificial intelligence can create such realistic human faces that people can’t distinguish them from real faces - and they actually trust the fake faces more. Fictional, computer-generated human faces are so conv…
Quantum computing. Unlike traditional computers that use bits, quantum computers use qubits to encode information as zeros or ones, or both at the same time. Coupled with a cocktail of forces from quantum physics, these refri…
The volume of data transferred is constantly increasing, but the absolute security of these exchanges cannot be guaranteed, as shown by cases of hacking frequently reported in the news. To counter hacking, a team from the Uni…
