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Elon Musk’s SpaceX spent an eye-watering $18.4 billion in its first quarter as a publicly traded company and warned investors to expect similarly high spending in the next two financial quarters, sending the stock price down more than 8% in late trading on Tuesday evening. A whopping $15.8 billion of that spending was to power its artificial intelligence efforts, a division that ended the quarter with a $1.3 billion net operating loss. The figure comes fro

Comparison of the strengths of humans and statistical machines, illustrating their complementary generalization in human–AI teaming scenarios. Credit: Nature Machine Intelligence (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s42256-025-01109-4 How do humans manage to adapt to completely new situations and why do machines so often struggle with this? This central question is explored by researchers from cognitive science and artificial intelligence (AI) in a joint article published

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain "This is a game changer." That's how Paul Scully, New South Wales Minister for Planning and Public Spaces, described the state government's launch of a tender for an artificial intelligence (AI) solution to the housing crisis earlier this month. The system, which is aimed at cutting red tape and getting more homes built fast, is expected to be functioning by the end of 2025. "This is allowing construction to get underway a

Credit: Vienna University of Technology Artificial intelligence is becoming increasingly versatile—from route planning to text translation, it has long become a standard tool. But it is not enough for AI to simply deliver useful results: it is becoming ever more important that it also complies with legal, ethical, and social norms. But how can such norms be taught to a machine? At TU Wien, a new approach has now been developed. By combining machine learnin

Mark Zuckerberg wears a pair of Orion AR glasses during the Meta Connect conference on Sept. 25, 2024, in Menlo Park, Calif. Credit: AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez, File Meta is expected to show off artificial intelligence-powered smart glasses at its Connect developer conference Wednesday as CEO Mark Zuckerberg continues to evangelize the glasses as the next step in human-computer interactions. "Last year's Meta Connect was far less metaverse and far more

In an annual report, the WTO identified AI as one of the few bright spots as the global trading system has been upended by the United States slapping high tariffs on its trading partners. Artificial intelligence could boost the value of global trade by almost 40% by 2040 thanks to cost reductions and productivity gains, the World Trade Organization said Wednesday. In its latest annual World Trade Report, the WTO identified AI as one of the few bright spots

Illustrative diagram of the processing of a deep research agents response into the eight metrics of the DeepTrace Framework. Credit: arXiv (2025). DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2509.04499 Artificial intelligence may well save us time by finding information faster, but it is not always a reliable researcher. It frequently makes unsupported claims that are not backed up by reliable sources. A study by Pranav Narayanan Venkit at Salesforce AI Research and colleagues fo

The multistage pipeline of DeepSeek-R1. Credit: Nature (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-09422-z Artificial intelligence is getting smarter every day, but it still has its limits. One of the biggest challenges has been teaching advanced AI models to reason, which means solving problems step by step. But in a new paper published in the journal Nature, the team from DeepSeek AI, a Chinese artificial intelligence company, reports that they were able to teach th

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Scams are nothing new—fraud has existed as long as human greed, but what changes are the tools. Scammers thrive on exploiting vulnerable, uninformed users, and they adapt to whatever technologies or trends dominate the moment. In 2025, that means AI, cryptocurrencies and stolen personal data are their weapons of choice. And, as always, the duty, fear and hope of their targets provide openings. Today, duty often means follo

Smartglasses. Credit: Wikimedia Commons Axrxax Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. More than a decade ago, pricey smart glasses that allowed people to snap photos, text and browse the web generated a lot of buzz but also resistance. People who wore Google Glass in 2014 faced backlash over fears that the smart glasses, priced at $1,500, would secretly record people or make human interactions socially awkward. Two years later,

Discovery of antibiotics from Archaea using deep learning. Credit: Nature Microbiology (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41564-025-02061-0 They've survived for billions of years in boiling acid, deep-sea vents and salt flats. Now, some of Earth's oldest life forms—microbes called Archaea—are offering a new weapon in the fight against one of today's most urgent health threats: antibiotic resistance. In a study published in Nature Microbiology, researchers at the Univer

Fluorescently tagged neural molecule imaged in a living tadpole, with colors representing imaging depth. The brain and spinal nerves appear near the top in turquoise to purple, the path of peripheral nerves is visible throughout the tadpole. Credit: Taiyo Yamamoto, University of Zurich A research team headed by the University of Zurich has developed a powerful new method to precisely edit DNA by combining cutting-edge genetic engineering with artificial in

Tian's drone is a helpful tool to assess the health of corn plants. Credit: University of Missouri Researchers at the University of Missouri have found a mix of drones and AI can help farmers measure the health of their corn more efficiently. Instead of relying on handheld devices—which are slow and impractical for larger fields—the researchers surveyed corn fields in mid-Missouri using drones equipped with special cameras to capture images and data. By an

Credit: CC0 Public Domain A study published in Nature Biotechnology reveals a powerful new use for artificial intelligence: designing small, drug-like molecules that can stick to and break down harmful proteins in the body—even when scientists don't know what those proteins look like. The breakthrough could lead to new treatments for diseases that have long resisted traditional drug development, including certain cancers, brain disorders, and viral infecti

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Online political debates are often characterized by sharp divisions, personal attacks and a low level of information. But a new study from the University of Copenhagen and King's College London shows that this does not have to be the case. By adjusting just a few elements in the way we debate, the quality of the conversation can be significantly improved. However, a better tone of debate does not necessarily change people'

Fuels map of the 2025 Eaton Fire, as predicted by FuelVision. Credit: Riyaaz Shaik and Patrick Hadinata/UCLA Researchers from the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering and their collaborators have developed FuelVision, a new system that could help enhance nationwide wildfire preparedness by combining satellite imagery with artificial intelligence to rapidly and accurately identify wildfire fuel sources. In validation tests using data from two of California's

Global composites of Sentinel-3 OLCI canopy chlorophyll content at 8-day intervals. Credit: Remote Sensing of Environment (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2025.114845 A common data basis is the prerequisite for efficient and informed action. Up to now, this has, however, been lacking for plant health, which is of great importance for global agriculture and climate research. Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed a method to record