Nick Allyn

A new ethical dilemma is shaking the foundations of academic publishing as AI-generated research papers flood into scientific conferences. The recent controversy at the International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR), a prestigious gathering focused on artificial intelligence, has ignited an intense debate about the boundaries between human and machine contributions to science. When AI Authors

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang took center stage at the SAP Center on Tuesday morning, clad in his signature leather jacket and speaking without a teleprompter, to deliver one of the technology industry’s most anticipated keynotes. The GPU Technology Conference (GTC) 2025, which Huang dubbed the “Super Bowl of AI,” comes at

In a move that could reshape pharmaceutical research, Google has unveiled TxGemma, a collection of open AI models specifically designed to accelerate drug discovery. The announcement came during a health-focused event in New York on Tuesday, highlighting the tech giant’s commitment to addressing the pharmaceutical industry’s notoriously lengthy development timelines and astronomical costs. A New

BEIJING — Chinese tech giant Baidu unveiled two new AI models over the weekend: ERNIE 4.5 and ERNIE X1, in what industry observers describe as a direct challenge to OpenAI’s market dominance. The announcement comes amid intensifying competition in the global AI sector. The launch has attracted significant attention from both technology analysts and enterprise

OpenAI dramatically reshaped the enterprise AI landscape Tuesday with the release of its comprehensive agent-building platform – a powerful combination of a revamped Responses API, built-in tools, and an open-source Agents SDK. This release marks a significant strategic shift, as OpenAI moves beyond providing foundation models to offering a complete ecosystem for building and deploying

A groundbreaking study from Columbia Journalism Review’s Tow Center has uncovered troubling flaws in AI-powered search engines, particularly when it comes to news retrieval. Researchers Klaudia Jaźwińska and Aisvarya Chandrasekar tested eight cutting-edge AI search tools and found they incorrectly answered over 60 percent of queries related to news sources – raising profound questions about

In a significant leap forward for artificial intelligence and robotics, Google DeepMind has introduced two groundbreaking AI models designed to transform how robots interact with the physical world. Gemini Robotics and Gemini Robotics-ER (Embodied Reasoning) promise to enable robots to handle a wider variety of real-world tasks with unprecedented adaptability, interactivity, and precision. Bringing Multimodal

A troubling new front has emerged in the global AI competition. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has raised serious concerns about state-sponsored espionage targeting critical “algorithmic secrets” developed by American AI companies. Speaking at a Council on Foreign Relations event, Amodei emphasized both the vulnerability of cutting-edge AI research and the urgent need for stronger government

In a bold move that’s reshaping the AI landscape, Google has released its newest Gemma 3 open source AI model. This lightweight yet powerful model brings impressive capabilities to developers everywhere, featuring multimodal processing, support for over 140 languages, and an expanded context window of 128,000 tokens. As the generative AI market reached $25.6 billion

Behind the familiar golden arches, McDonald’s is cooking up something entirely new: a technology revolution. The global fast-food giant is rolling out an ambitious tech upgrade across its sprawling network of 43,000 restaurants worldwide, weaving together artificial intelligence, edge computing, and internet-connected equipment to transform how it serves customers and runs its kitchens. In the

If you’ve been following tech news lately, you’ve probably heard about Manus. This new “agentic” AI platform from Chinese company The Butterfly Effect has been creating quite a stir since its preview launch. Some tech enthusiasts are calling it the “most impressive AI tool” they’ve ever used. But with all the excitement and comparisons to

Artificial intelligence is rapidly evolving beyond simply answering questions to actively performing tasks. A sophisticated new category of AI, known as “agents,” is emerging with capabilities to execute complex operations online and, potentially soon, in the physical world around us. Introduction: The Rise of AI Agents – More Than Just Chatbots The ‘Digital Ghost’ Experience: