Engineers build neuromorphic robotic skin that mimics humans' pain response

Human skin transmits sensory information as electrical pulses, or spikes, that encode signals related to pressure and pain. NRE-skin mimics this biological process by converting pressure ...
The Baltimore Sun

Hopkins scientist designed artificial intelligence to work like a human brain

Artificial intelligence systems designed to physically emulate natural brains can simulate human brain activity before being trained, according to new research from Johns Hopkins University. “The work ...
The New York Times

The Data on Self-Driving Cars Is Clear. We Have to Change Course.

Dr. Slotkin is a neurosurgeon. I recently got called to see a teenager ejected in a rollover car crash. The trauma team rushed him into surgery to stop major abdominal bleeding, but we all knew. When ...
HUB

Small changes make some AI systems more brain-like than others

Artificial intelligence systems that are designed with a biologically inspired architecture can simulate human brain activity before ever being trained on any data, according to new research from ...
Business Wire

Tavus Raises $40M to Build the Next Frontier of Intelligence: Human Computing

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Tavus announced $40 million in Series B funding to build the future of human computing, led by CRV with participation from Scale Venture Partners, Sequoia ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Chimpanzees Weigh Evidence to Make a Smart Choice, in a Process Resembling Human Rationality

Two chimpanzees sit in the Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary in Uganda, where the study took place. Merryjack via Flickr under CC BY-SA 4.0 Whether you realize it or not, you spend a large chunk of ...
VentureBeat

This new AI technique creates ‘digital twin’ consumers, and it could kill the traditional survey industry

A new research paper quietly published last week outlines a breakthrough method that allows large language models (LLMs) to simulate human consumer behavior with startling accuracy, a development that ...
Forbes

Using AI To Simulate Emotional States And Explore Vital Elements Of Human Psychology

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Lance B. Eliot is a world-renowned AI scientist and consultant. In today’s column, I examine the use of AI to simulate ...
Reuters

Scientists create human eggs using skin cells

The method could one day become a treatment for infertility A decade of further research needed, scientists say The process overcomes an obstacle that stymied previous attempts Significant safety ...
Popular Science

3D-printed skin stretches, bleeds like the real thing

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Budding surgeons may soon train on stretchy, lifelike 3D-printed ...
Cfr.org

Trump’s Boycott of the UN’s Human Rights Process Puts America Last, Not First

CFR scholars provide expert analysis and commentary on international issues. Catherine Powell, an adjunct senior fellow for women and foreign policy at the Council on Foreign Relations, is the former ...
The Hill

Unprecedented: Trump has pulled the US out of its UN human rights review

Every four-and-a-half years, on a revolving basis, each of the 193 member countries of the United Nations submits a report to the U.N. Human Rights Council on its domestic human rights record under ...