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Month: July 2025

Ecology

Soundscape analysis shows wildlife rhythms are more predictable than urban noise

July 9, 2025 Phys Org

An international group of researchers collected one hundred years’ worth of sounds from around the world to investigate how soundscapes differ between urban and natural environments. They also examined how these soundscapes change throughout the […]

Education

Private tutoring linked to student disengagement, researchers find

July 9, 2025 Phys Org

Private tutoring and supplemental learning are intended to enhance classroom learning, but new research led by a professor in the Penn State College of Education has revealed that it may actually erode student engagement. The […]

Education

AI is driving down the price of knowledge—universities have to rethink what they offer

July 9, 2025 Phys Org

For a long time, universities worked off a simple idea: knowledge was scarce. You paid for tuition, showed up to lectures, completed assignments and eventually earned a credential.This article was originally published on this website.

Internet

Musk’s AI company scrubs inappropriate posts after Grok chatbot makes antisemitic comments

July 9, 2025 Tech Xplore

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company said Wednesday that it’s taking down “inappropriate posts” made by its Grok chatbot, which appeared to include antisemitic comments that praised Adolf Hitler.This article was originally published on this website.

Computers

New open-source language model offers multilingual support and public transparency

July 9, 2025 Tech Xplore

This summer, EPFL and ETH Zurich will release a large language model (LLM) developed on public infrastructure. Trained on the Alps supercomputer at the Swiss National Supercomputing Center (CSCS), the new LLM marks a milestone […]

Education

Culturally diverse Western Australian kids face disadvantage from day one at school

July 9, 2025 Phys Org

Children from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds are twice as likely to face developmental vulnerability in communication skills and general knowledge when starting school compared to their peers, according to new Curtin-led research.This article was […]

Education

Major US teachers union teams up with AI giants

July 9, 2025 Phys Org

The second biggest teachers union in the United States unveiled a groundbreaking partnership Tuesday with AI powerhouses Microsoft, OpenAI, and Anthropic to develop a comprehensive training program helping educators master artificial intelligence.This article was originally […]

Computers

Can ChatGPT actually ‘see’ red? New study results are nuanced

July 8, 2025 Tech Xplore

ChatGPT works by analyzing vast amounts of text, identifying patterns and synthesizing them to generate responses to users’ prompts. Color metaphors like “feeling blue” and “seeing red” are commonplace throughout the English language, and therefore […]

Technology

Novel system turns quantum bottlenecks into breakthroughs

July 8, 2025 Tech Xplore

Quantum computers have operated under a significant limitation: They can run only one program at a time. These million-dollar machines demand exclusive use even for the smallest tasks, leaving much of their expensive and fast-running […]

Computers

Interoperable indoor positioning systems can determine locations of people and objects within buildings

July 8, 2025 Tech Xplore

Maxim Van de Wynckel, a researcher at the WISE lab of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), successfully defended his Ph.D. in computer science on 30 June 2025. Over six years, he explored a major challenge […]

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