The simulation hypothesis—the idea that our universe might be an artificial construct running on some advanced alien computer—has long captured the public imagination. Yet most arguments about it rest on intuition rather than clear definitions, and few ...

Artificial intelligence is taking a leap forward with new tools that take us well beyond writing essays and summarizing documents. While large language models (LLMs) are adept at text and visual learning models (VLMs) are excellent at producing graphics ...

Computational Modelling and Simulation (CM&S) is a powerful tool. When applied well, with the right questions and inputs, it can speed development and provide higher quality results than with bench or clinical testing alone.

Unless you, dear reader, are a web-scraping software bot quietly pulling this text into a data-hungry LLM, you’re probably a human. And though you’ve likely never seen me in person, you have good reason to believe I’m human, too. But we don’t know ...

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The promise of physical AI is that engineers will be able to program physical agents the same way they do digital ones. We’re not there yet. Robotics is still held back by a paucity of data from physical spaces. To train their machines, companies need to ...

Like the lunar landing, the mapping of the familiar fruit fly in 2024—bane of humid groceries and kitchen cringe—represents a major accomplishment. Other creatures have been mapped, but Mr. Fly is so iconic, now living within a simplified computer ...

Switzerland forward Breel Embolo was sent off in the second half of a World Cup quarterfinal match with Argentina after a video review showed that he had tried to make it appear that he had