How to Use AI as a Tutor Without Making Your Brain Lazy

October 25, 2026

MIT professor Eric So says AI can weaken memory and problem-solving when it becomes an answer machine. Here's how to use it as a tutor instead.

Can AI Read Your Health From a Face Photo? What a New Study Found

October 25, 2026

Mass General Brigham built FAHR-Face, an AI that estimates biological age and cancer survival risk from one face photo. Here is how it works and what it can't...

Can AI Read Your Health From a Face Photo? What FAHR-Face Does

October 25, 2026

Mass General Brigham researchers built FAHR-Face, an AI that estimates biological age from one face photo. Here's how it works and where the limits are.

How AI Identifies Bees by Their Buzz, No Traps Needed

October 25, 2026

Researchers trained AI to recognize bee activity and tell honeybees from bumblebees using field audio, offering a way to track pollinators without lethal traps.

How AI Can Identify Bees by Their Buzz, No Traps Needed

October 25, 2026

Researchers trained AI to recognize bee activity from field audio and tell honeybees from bumblebees, offering a way to monitor pollinators without killing...

How AI Could Fence Off Science Everyone Shares

October 25, 2026

A new arXiv paper compares AI's use of public research to the enclosure of common land. Here's the analogy, who might benefit, and what it means for shared...

Before You Try a Speech AI, Read What Its Privacy Notice Says

October 25, 2026

Block's Dessa, a conversation model trained only on speech, has a privacy notice. Here is what it covers and the questions to ask before testing any voice AI.

Before You Try a New AI Speech Tool, Read the Privacy Page

October 25, 2026

Block's Dessa, a conversation model trained only on speech, drew attention on Hacker News. Here's what to check in an AI tool's privacy notice before you try...