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Microsoft’s carbon footprint is swelling. A BloombergNEF report from Thursday found that the tech giant bought about 80% fewer carbon removal credits so far this year than it did in the same time period last year, marking its first retreat in three years in the global carbon removal market that it dominates. In response, the tech giant told Bloomberg that carbon removal is not the only strategy they are implementing towards previously proclaimed decarboniz

AI companies have already scraped much of the public internet to train their models. Now Amazon is turning to Twitch streamers. Twitch announced Wednesday that it is adding a new account setting that allows users to opt out of having content from their channels used to train parent company Amazon’s generative AI models. The catch is the the setting is turned on by default. “Generative AI content models are AI tools that can help create or synthesize conten

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Credit: CC0 Public Domain The term artificial intelligence renders the sense that what computers do is either inferior to or at least apart from human intelligence. AI researcher Blaise Agüera y Arcas argues that may not be the case. Agüera y Arcas, Google's CTO of technology and society, traced the evolution of both human and artificial intelligence in ways that seem to mirror each other as part of a Wednesday event sponsored by Harvard Law School's Berkm

Examples of AI art exhibitions. Credit: Retos (2025). DOI: 10.17163/ret.n29.2025.01 Artificial intelligence is transforming the creative process. AI can not only generate complex texts, high-quality images, and videos in just a few minutes. It can also support creative thinking and act as a research tool in the stages prior to artistic production. However, its adoption also raises ethical concerns around issues such as originality, authorship, ownership, a

Panos Panay, senior vice president of devices and services at Amazon, speaks during an Amazon event in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025. Credit: AP Photo/Seth Wenig Online juggernaut Amazon Inc. unveiled its next generation of Kindle, Ring and Echo devices, among other gadgets, that are all powered by artificial intelligence and connected to Alexa+, its AI-infused personal assistant, which made its debut in February. The lineup, announced at a presentatio

Conceptual comparison between a neuron and a frequency-tunable neuristor. The intrinsic plasticity of brain neurons regulates excitability through ion channels. Similarly, the frequency-tunable neuristor uses a volatile Mott device to generate current spikes, while a non-volatile VCM device adjusts resistance states to realize comparable frequency modulation characteristics. Credit: Advanced Materials (2025). DOI: 10.1002/adma.202502255 The human brain doe

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain When a machine fails, our first reaction is often frustration. A computer freezing at the worst possible moment, a navigation app leading us straight into a traffic jam, or a washing machine suddenly stopping mid-cycle—all are everyday situations that trigger anger and irritation. But a new study by two Israeli researchers offers a different perspective: it turns out that we also apply mechanisms of forgiveness toward tec

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, takes his seat before a meeting of the White House Task Force on Artificial Intelligence Education in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025, in Washington. Credit: AP Photo/Alex Brandon If the future of the internet looks like a constant stream of amusing videos generated by artificial intelligence, then OpenAI just placed its stake in an emerging market. The company behind ChatGPT released its new Sora social

Nvidia Chief Executive Jensen Huang, left, and Fujitsu Chief Executive Takahito Tokita shake hands during an announcement in Tokyo Friday, Oct. 3, 2025. Credit: Kyodo News via AP U.S. technology company Nvidia and Fujitsu, a Japanese telecommunications and computer maker, agreed Friday to work together on artificial intelligence to deliver smart robots and a variety of other innovations using Nvidia's computer chips. "The AI industrial revolution has alrea

“Text With Jesus,” a religion-based chatbot displayed on this iPhone, has thousands of paying subscribers and lets users ostensibly ask questions of Mary, Joseph, Jesus and nearly all 12 apostles. Artificial intelligence, the technology upending nearly every corner of society, is creeping into religion, serving up virtual Jesus and automated sermons—a change drawing mixed reviews from the faithful. Religious chatbots and other faith-based digital tools are

Renewable energy-driven (photo)electrochemical system. Credit: Nature Reviews Clean Technology (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s44359-025-00089-3 A review reimagines solar-driven water electrolysis not as a mere hydrogen production technology but instead as a relatively versatile platform for sustainable chemical manufacturing, according to Professor Fatwa F. Abdi from the School of Energy and Environment at City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK). This review article

Sanmay Das. Credit: Craig Newcomb for Virginia Tech In the discussion around artificial intelligence (AI) and automation, Sanmay Das has found one constant: While many people believe that some jobs can be replaced by AI, they believe that their own job is far too nuanced and complex to be handed over to the machines. That dynamic is at the center of his research at the Sanghani Center for Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics, where he is the associat

The proposed theory in this study explains the complex size- and time-dependent growth of nanoparticles, representing a fundamental shift in nanoparticle research. Credit: Ph.D. student Jingyu Kang, Dr. Ji-Hyun Kim, and Professor Jaeyoung Sung / Chung-Ang University Nanoparticles have diverse applications in modern science and industry, powering technologies like quantum-dot displays, nanocatalysts and drug delivery. Their unique physicochemical properties

Investigating herbivory and plant defense strategies using herbarium specimens. Credit: Nature Reviews Biodiversity (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s44358-025-00071-8 Herbaria, or "museums for plants," house millions of samples collected over centuries. Stanford biologist Barnabas Daru shares how modern technology can unlock this treasure trove, providing scientists with vital insights into plants and the ecosystems they support. A single dried flower pressed flat on

Credit: International Rice Research Institute An international research team has uncovered the key drivers of rice yield sustainability by applying artificial intelligence (AI) to the world's longest-running triple-cropping experiment. The study, published in Field Crops Research, provided new insights into how climate, crop varieties, and management practices influence long-term rice productivity under growing climate and food security challenges. In this