Aphantasia challenges a centuries-old theory of abstract thought

Aphantasia, the inability to form mental images, poses a serious challenge to an influential theory of abstract thought in ...
MIT Technology Review

LLMs are stuck in a groupthink groove. This startup is trying to get them out.

Chatbots are far more predictable in their responses than you might expect. That's fine for research or coding, but it's a ...

Physicists and AI model Claude 'collaborate' to prove a 10-year-old jamming conjecture

A mathematical problem that had remained unsolved for more than 10 years in the physics of complex systems has finally been ...

Physical AI Hits A Data Labeling Wall That Only Cash Can Fix

Physical AI raised $10B+ in 2025, but robots still train on under 5,000 hours of real-world data. Who's funding the race to ...
InfoWorld

How fuzzy APIs are remaking the web

With the advent of AI-mediated APIs, the era of manually hard-coding every integration between every microservice may be ...
Artnet

Inside the Artist Residency ‘Scandal’ Dividing the Internet

Hundreds of artists received what appeared to be personal acceptance letters to a lavish art residency last week, only to discover the emails had gone out to a massive, undisclosed number of people.
Food Dive

3 real-world examples of modeling and simulation for food safety

Consumer confidence in food safety reached a record low in 2024 due to food recalls and increased reporting on toxic ingredients, according to the International Food Information Council (Ref. 1), ...
WHYY

REAL ID appointments now easier and quicker to make according to New Jersey’s Motor Vehicle Commission

New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill announced improvements in the state Motor Vehicle Commission's REAL ID program. (David Matthau/WHYY) From Camden and Cherry Hill to Trenton and the Jersey Shore, what ...