Kids outlearn AI - and we still don’t know why
People have been talking to each other for at least 100,000 years, as best we can tell. And in all that time, there has been only one thing in the world that could learn a human language to perfect fluency: a human child. Now there are two. Four short years after the release of ChatGPT, many of us now take it for granted that we can converse naturally with our phones or computers. LLMs like Claude, DeepSeek, and OpenAI’s GPT models are fluent and flexible enough to masquerade convincingly as hum
The tech section covers stories about technology making life better, not just more profitable. Open-source tools reaching new audiences, accessibility breakthroughs, AI applications in healthcare and education, infrastructure improvements that quietly make cities work better. Product launches and funding rounds are excluded unless they deliver tangible public benefit.
Good news deserves a clean reading experience. AdGuard blocks ads, trackers, and malware across all your devices so you can focus on what matters.
Try AdGuard →
The Artemis II crew will receive the Congressional Space Medal of Honor after becoming the first humans in more than 50 …
Methane is a short-lived but powerful greenhouse gas; cutting methane emissions can slow near-term warming and improve a…
A programmable microfluidic device developed at the Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan, combines deterministic lateral di…
Washington State University researchers used artificial intelligence to find a more efficient, less expensive way to 3D-…
Most news feeds won't give you another one. Our morning letter will: one email at sunrise with the day's best good news.
Start tomorrow morning →