Research
Papers, benchmarks and the techniques behind what eventually ships.
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Most in-house lawyers in a US survey say AI is cutting the work they send to law firms
An Everlaw survey of 300 US in-house legal staff finds most now use generative AI, and 54% say it has already cut…
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RAND Europe warns attacks on military AI could raise the risk of escalation
A UK-commissioned RAND Europe study says attacks that fool or disrupt military AI could weaken deterrence and make crises harder to control.
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Microsoft’s diagnostic AI beats doctors on hard cases in a Science study, but only in simulation
A peer-reviewed study in Science reports that Microsoft’s AI panel diagnosed 83% of complex simulated cases, against 36% for doctors using reference…
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Pew finds fewer clicks when Google shows an AI summary
Pew tracked 900 US adults, who clicked a traditional result on 8% of Google visits that showed an AI summary, against 15%…
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Harvard trial finds AI tutor beats active-learning class in physics
A randomised trial in a Harvard introductory physics course found students learned more from a purpose-built AI tutor than from an in-class…
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University trial finds a built-in AI tutor lowered grades and course participation
A randomised trial with 2,379 US undergraduates found students given a course-integrated AI tutor got lower final grades, with bigger losses for…
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Suspicion over AI cheating is straining trust between teachers and students, Harvard report finds
A survey of more than 1,000 US teachers and principals found only 18% of teachers say their school has a specific generative…
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Amazon publishes how its item-to-item recommendations work
Amazon engineers Greg Linden, Brent Smith and Jeremy York describe item-to-item collaborative filtering, the method behind “customers who bought this also bought”,…
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Anthropic uses Claude to prove 123 open-source libraries crash-free, finding hidden bugs on the way
Anthropic says Claude produced computer-checked proofs that 239 entry points in 123 open-source libraries cannot crash, fixing long-hidden bugs first.
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Adobe expects AI-driven visits to US shops to more than double this holiday season
Adobe forecasts traffic from generative AI tools to US retail websites will rise 130% this holiday season, after growing 127% in August.