From live speech translation in video calls to auto-dubbing on TikTok, the technology to dissolve language barriers has arrived. Real-time…
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I teach writing and rhetoric, but my college students and I often overlook a surprisingly complicated question: What is writing? And…
The nonprofit ARC Prize Foundation, on May 1, 2026, released the results of a new benchmark: a test of an AI system’s ability…
A billboard tries to sell you something. So does a used car salesman. But no matter how smooth the pitch,…
Judging by a slew of recent corporate announcements, your next “co-worker” might be an artificial intelligence (AI) agent – doing…
If you suffer from information overload, or are unsure what to trust online, you’re not alone. Australians are increasingly disengaging from…
The use of artificial intelligence is quietly reshaping the music people listen to — sometimes without them realising it. Millions…
Until recently, AI’s role in research felt like having a useful assistant. It could summarise a paper, clean up a…
In recent days, evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins wrote an op-ed suggesting AI chatbot Claude may be conscious. Dawkins did not express…
The cybersecurity community went on alert when Anthropic announced on April 7, 2026, that its latest and most capable general-purpose…