Three engineering students from rural Maharashtra built an AI chatbot to help parents of autistic children with daily care. Their project won first place at GRASP 2026.
When OpenAI launched ChatGPT-5 in August of last year, many academics scoffed at the tech company’s claims its new artificial intelligence (AI) model possessed “PhD-level” intelligence. After all, how ...
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North Korean hackers pushed out malicious updates to a popular open source project by hacking a top developer's computer in a ...
A computer does one thing at a time, even if it feels like it’s doing multiple things at once. In reality, it’s just ...
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Sachin Kamdar, a co-founder of Elvex, an A.I. agent start-up, said he created a rule around 16 months ago that all of the ...
‘Project Hail Mary’ Filmmakers Had a Radical Idea for Composer Daniel Pemberton The composer, also known for Phil Lord and Chris Miller's 'Spider-Verse' movie, discusses his process on the hit film, ...
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The quest to build a better AI tutor

It’s easy to get swept up in the hype about artificial intelligence tutors. But the evidence so far suggests caution. Some studies have found that chatbot tutors can backfire because students lean on ...
The former senator wants to heal the America he’s leaving behind.
Artificial intelligence is often portrayed as a tool that replaces human work, but new research from Swansea University suggests a far more exciting role: creative collaborator. In a large study with ...