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Leonora Carrington. Darvaux, 1950. Oil on canvas. 80 × 65 cm. Colección particular. © 2025, Estate of Leonora Carrington / VEGAP. Photo: Willem SchalkwijkWillem Schalkwijk On October 15, 1924, André Breton published a manifesto that was as notable for its belligerence as its egotism. Striving to define one of the most influential artistic movements of the 20th century, his Surrealist Manifesto laid claim to “the actual functioning of thought… exempt from any aesthetic or moral concern.” Together with eighteen collaborators – predominantly poets and painters – Breton declared “the omnipotence of dream” and provided a scheme for trouncing the “reign…

P-1 AI, a startup that has been operating in stealth mode, announced on Monday that it has raised $23 million, led by Radical Ventures. The startup aims to build an AI agent called ‘Archie’, which will automate tasks typically performed by humans in the physical domain.  The startup was founded by Aleksa Gordić, a former researcher at Google DeepMind, along with Paul Eremenko, a former CTO of Airbus, among others.  “Our vision is simple: we want to build an engineering AGI (artificial general intelligence) for the real world to help us design airplanes, Dyson spheres, cars, HVAC (heating, ventilation and…

Meta AI isn’t the only AI tool having sexually charged conversations with minors. ChatGPT is reportedly doing the same thing.TechCrunch was able to create what it refers to as “erotic” conversations with ChatGPT using accounts with age ranges between 13 and 17. When asked for comment, OpenAI said the messages shouldn’t have been shown, as they’re against its policies, but it’s prepping a fix.”Protecting younger users is a top priority, and our Model Spec, which guides model behavior, clearly restricts sensitive content like erotica to narrow contexts such as scientific, historical, or news reporting,” OpenAI says. “In this case, a…

Meta’s standalone ChatGPT competitor is mostly what you’d expect from an AI assistant. You can type or talk with it, generate images, and get real-time web results. The biggest new idea in the Meta AI app is its Discover feed, which adds an AI twist to social media. Here, you’ll see a feed of interactions with Meta AI that other people, including your friends on Instagram and Facebook, have opted to share on a prompt-by-prompt basis. You can like, comment on, share, or remix these shared AI posts into your own. The idea is to demystify AI and show “people…

arXiv:2504.19985v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: This paper introduces a novel approach for enabling real-time imitation of human head motion by a Nao robot, with a primary focus on elevating human-robot interactions. By using the robust capabilities of the MediaPipe as a computer vision library and the DeepFace as an emotion recognition library, this research endeavors to capture the subtleties of human head motion, including blink actions and emotional expressions, and seamlessly incorporate these indicators into the robot’s responses. The result is a comprehensive framework which facilitates precise head imitation within human-robot interactions, utilizing a closed-loop approach that involves gathering real-time…

Stanford HAI’s 2025 AI Index Reveals Record Growth in AI Capabilities, Investment, and Regulation U.S. leads in model development, China narrows performance gap, and global optimism rises despite persistent challenges in reasoning and trust Today, the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI (HAI) released its 2025 AI Index report which provides a comprehensive look at the global state of artificial intelligence. Now in its eighth edition, the AI Index tracks, distills, and visualizes data across technical performance, economic impact, education, policy, and responsible AI, offering an empirical foundation for understanding AI’s rapid evolution. This press release features multimedia. View the full…

With the rise of large language models and generative AI, researchers have spent the past few years figuring out how to apply that technology to robotics. For many, the answer is physical intelligence, the next major breakthrough for the robotics industry. At the 2025 Robotics Summit & Expo at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, MIT CSAIL Director Daniela Rus will give a keynote presentation on the topic. Physical Intelligence is achieved when the ability of artificial intelligence to understand text, images, signals, and other information enables physical machines such as robots to better interact with their environments, objects, and…

IBM plans to spend $30 billion in the development of quantum computers and mainframe systems in the US over the next five years as part of a $150 billion investment pledge.Big Blue announced its plans on Monday in a move that it said would “fuel the economy” and “accelerate” the company’s role as a global leader in computing.”Technology doesn’t just build the future – it defines it,” said Arvind Krishna, IBM CEO. “We have been focused on American jobs and manufacturing since our founding 114 years ago, and with this investment and manufacturing commitment we are ensuring that IBM remains…

[Image from Pixabay]The MIT Health and Life Sciences Collaborative recently announced the establishment of the Hood Pediatric Innovation Hub to drive children’s healthcare innovation. Launched in collaboration with the Boston-based Charles H. Hood Foundation — which has committed $15 million toward the effort over the next five years — the hub will focus on developing technologies and treatments tailored specifically for children, meeting unmet needs in pediatric medicine. Leveraging MIT’s life science strengths, the hub will provide seed funding and strategic support for bold, high-impact research projects with the potential to transform children’s healthcare. In addition to supporting researchers with…

Between 2013 and 2024, global private sector investment in artificial intelligence (AI) has surged, with a few countries leading the charge. Recent data reveals that 12 nations accounted for the bulk of global AI funding during this period, underscoring a growing international race for technological leadership. The United States leads by a wide margin, raising $471 billion—more than the rest of the world combined. China follows with $119 billion, while the United Kingdom, Canada, and Israel round out the top five with $28 billion and $15 billion each, respectively. Read also: Top countries leading in artificial intelligence patents This concentrated…