Large language models already read, write, and answer questions with striking skill. They do this by training on vast ...

Progress in self-­driving cars and other forms of automation will slow dramatically unless machines can hone skills through experience. Inside a simple computer simulation, a group of self-driving ...

Formless 'slime' robots that shape-change to complete complex tasks – it sounds like science fantasy. However, MIT researchers have developed a machine-learning technique that brings shape-changing ...

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The sunshine vitamin could affect your immune system and heart health. The idea that machines will be as smart as—or smarter than—humans has hijacked an entire industry. But look closely and you’ll ...

Nearly a century ago, psychologist B.F. Skinner pioneered a controversial school of thought, behaviorism, to explain human and animal behavior. Behaviorism directly inspired modern reinforcement ...

Machines that learn like babies: Reinforcement learning expert David Silver speaking at the Heidelberg Laureate Forum on 15 September, 2025. (Courtesy: Bernhard Kreutzer/HLF) Today’s artificial ...