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Month: January 2026

Math

Beyond the eye of the beholder: Mathematically defining attributes essential to color perception

January 30, 2026 Phys Org

Research on the perception of color differences is helping resolve a century-old understanding of color developed by Erwin Schrödinger. Los Alamos scientist Roxana Bujack led a team that used geometry to mathematically define the perception […]

Internet

One Tech Tip: Escape the AI junk crowding your social media and music streams

January 29, 2026 Tech Xplore

AI slop seems to be everywhere. Low-quality digital content made with artificial intelligence has flooded our feeds, screens and speakers. Is there anything we can do about it?This article was originally published on this website.

Internet

Google adds AI image generation to Chrome browser, side panel option for virtual assistant

January 28, 2026 Tech Xplore

Google is empowering its Chrome browser with the ability to alter imagery and a virtual assistant to help with online tasks as part of its push to turbocharge its digital services with more artificial intelligence […]

Internet

Sweden plans to ban mobile phones in schools

January 28, 2026 Tech Xplore

Sweden plans to ban mobile phones from primary and middle schools in order to ensure that children can focus on learning in the classroom, the government said on Wednesday.This article was originally published on this […]

Internet

UK proposes forcing Google to let publishers opt out of AI summaries

January 28, 2026 Tech Xplore

Britain’s competition watchdog said Wednesday that Google should give news sites and content creators the choice to opt out of having their online content scraped to feed its AI overviews.This article was originally published on […]

Computers

Emoticons can confuse LLMs, causing ‘silent failures’ in coding responses

January 28, 2026 Tech Xplore

Large language models (LLMs), artificial intelligence (AI) systems that can process and generate texts in various languages, are now widely used by people worldwide. These models have proved to be effective in rapidly sourcing information, […]

Internet

Will the EU ban social media for children in 2026?

January 28, 2026 Tech Xplore

As France moves one step closer to banning social media for children, the European Union is seriously considering whether it’s time for the bloc to follow suit.This article was originally published on this website.

Computers

‘TransMiter’ technique transplants learned knowledge between AI models

January 27, 2026 Tech Xplore

How inconvenient would it be if you had to manually transfer every contact and photo from scratch every time you switched to a new smartphone? Current artificial intelligence (AI) models face a similar predicament. Whenever […]

Computers

Foundation AI models trained on physics, not words, are driving scientific discovery

January 27, 2026 Tech Xplore

While popular AI models such as ChatGPT are trained on language or photographs, new models created by researchers from the Polymathic AI collaboration are trained using real scientific datasets. The models are already using knowledge […]

Internet

French lawmakers pass bill banning social media for under-15s

January 27, 2026 Tech Xplore

French lawmakers have passed a bill that would ban social media use by under-15s, a move championed by President Emmanuel Macron as a way to protect children from excessive screen time.This article was originally published […]

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