Technology

The Trump administration released a new artificial intelligence blueprint on Wednesday that aims to loosen environmental rules and vastly expand AI exports to allies, in a bid to maintain the American edge over China in the critical technology.

More than 70% of teens have used AI companions and half use them regularly, according to a new study from Common Sense Media, a group that studies and advocates for using screens and digital media sensibly.

AI systems have the potential to improve human health globally—to make reliable health information universally available, help clinicians deliver better care, and empower people to better understand and advocate for their health.

MIT researchers have developed a new bionic knee that can help people with above-the-knee amputations walk faster, climb stairs, and avoid obstacles more easily than they could with a traditional prosthesis.

 Amazon opens new tab is developing software for humanoid robots that could eventually take the jobs of delivery workers.

The researchers suggest that human-AI interactions have similarities to human-human relationships in terms of attachment anxiety and avoidance

New Technologies to Help Our Health

Doctors say continuous glucose monitor may help those with prediabetes, but for others the data might only reinforce existing healthy habits.

A University of Nebraska–Lincoln engineering team is another step closer to developing soft robotics and wearable systems that mimic the ability of human and plant skin to detect and self-heal injuries.

A breakthrough at the University of Missouri could help scientists better understand how genes work — and how certain types of cancer develop.