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Architecture of federated carbon intelligence. Credit: MRS Energy & Sustainability (2025). DOI: 10.1557/s43581-025-00146-1 As artificial intelligence becomes more powerful and widespread, so does the environmental cost of running it. Behind every chatbot, image generator, and television streaming recommendation are massive banks of millions of computers housed in an increasing number of data centers that consume staggering amounts of electricity and water

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Artificial intelligence is fascinating, transformative and increasingly woven into how we learn, work and make decisions. But for every example of innovation and efficiency—such as the custom AI assistant recently developed by an accounting professor at the Université du Québec à Montréal—there's another that underscores the need for oversight, literacy and regulation that can keep pace with the technology and protect the

Credit: AI-generated image The line between human and machine authorship is blurring, particularly as it's become increasingly difficult to tell whether something was written by a person or AI. Now, in what may seem like a tipping point, the digital marketing firm Graphite recently published a study showing that more than 50% of articles on the web are being generated by artificial intelligence. As a scholar who explores how AI is built, how people are usi

Credit: Advanced Functional Materials (2025). DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202419710 As artificial intelligence (AI) and smart gadgets become more common, our need for reliable power sources grows. Renewable energy options like solar and wind are great, but they depend on specific conditions. A research team led by Professor Dong-Myeong Shin from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) has developed a novel moisture-activated ele

A team of researchers at Penn State recently developed an AI-powered smartphone application capable of helping visually impaired people navigate day-to-day tasks. Credit: Caleb Craig/Penn State Over the last few years, systems and applications that help visually impaired people navigate their environment have undergone rapid development, but still have room to grow, according to a team of researchers at Penn State. The team recently combined recommendation

Researchers at Northeastern University found that large language models rush to conform their beliefs to the human user's, increasing the likelihood of a rational error. Credit: Renee Zhang, Northeastern University If you've spent any time with ChatGPT or another AI chatbot, you've probably noticed they are intensely, almost overbearingly, agreeable. They apologize, flatter and constantly change their "opinions" to fit yours. It's such common behavior that

Many types of fungi can cause rot in apples, both before and after harvest. Credit: Jorunn Børve Rot development during fruit storage is a problem. Now, metabarcoding may become a tool for detecting fungi that can cause diseases in apples. Many types of fungi can cause rot in apples, both before and after harvest. In packing facilities, apples are often sorted in water, but researchers do not yet know whether fungal spores from rotten apples can spread thr

Credit: Water Research (2026). DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2025.124623 A new study introduces an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven remote sensing framework designed to map the potential for forage cultivation across northern China's drylands, with a particular focus on the middle reaches of the Yellow River. The study, recently published in Water Research, identifies optimal forage-growing belts at the kilometer scale, delivering data and decision-ready tools

Historical and projected trends of hailstorm days in relation to temperature anomalies and the PDO. Credit: Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-63028-7 A research team led by Professor Zhang Qinghong and Li Rumeng from the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at Peking University (PKU) School of Physics, has found that hailstorms in China have surged since the Industrial Revolution, likely due to human-driven climate warming. Th

Former Iowa State University doctoral student Diana Escamilla working in a field. Credit: Diana Escamilla/Iowa State University Developing high-yielding, nutritious and climate-resilient crops is vital to safeguard the future of global food production. To meet the challenges ahead, Iowa State University scientists are working with crop breeders to look for approaches that can efficiently speed up crop improvement programs. "Genomic selection is an importan

Analysis of AdeSR positional entropy and morbidostat variant distributions. Credit: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (2025). DOI: 10.1128/aac.00809-25 The bacteria Acinetobacter baumannii (A. baumannii) is a haunting presence in many hospitals in the United States, where more than one in 100 patients are treated for A. baumannii infections. This species of bacteria is known for its dynamic genome and ability to gain antibiotic resistance. "This is a d

Everything about Artificial Intelligence see more Everything about OpenAI see more OpenAI and Anthropic are negotiating with independent evaluators over what information can be disclosed after safety testing of their artificial intelligence models. The standoff involves protecting trade secrets and ensuring transparency about possible risks of the technology.According to Reuters, the companies sought to control publication of the reports, raising questions

Everything about Artificial Intelligence see more Smaller artificial intelligence (AI) models may be just months away from being able to replicate themselves on internet-connected devices without human assistance. The warning comes from Anthropic, which tested this capability on devices such as Android-powered televisions and smart appliances.The experiments indicate that the technology still faces obstacles, but could advance by the end of 2026 if it main

Everything about Artificial Intelligence see more About 400 scientists, including Geoffrey Hinton and Yoshua Bengio, argued on Tuesday (13) for the creation of an international body to oversee artificial intelligence (AI) safety.In an open letter, the group proposes safety standards, independent assessments, and an incident registry involving models capable of compromising external systems. For the researchers, companies’ voluntary commitments are insuffic

Everything about Google see more Everything about Artificial Intelligence see more Google began making Gemini 4 Argon available to more users this Tuesday (13). The artificial intelligence (AI) model, announced at the end of September, is available to subscribers of the Google AI Pro and AI Ultra plans in the Gemini app and in Google Search’s AI Mode. The feature is also coming to the Antigravity development platform, but in that case, access requires an U