The four faculty that assembled to explore artificial general intelligence represent multiple disciplines across UC San Diego ...

In a recent preprint study, researchers put GPT-4.5 to the test—not to solve complex problems or write code, but to do something far more human: hold a conversation. The results were impressive. When ...

Opinion Remember ELIZA? The 1966 chatbot from MIT's AI Lab convinced countless people it was intelligent using nothing but simple pattern matching and canned responses. Nearly 60 years later, ChatGPT ...

The Turing test challenges the boundary between human and machine intelligence, and recent experiments suggest modern ...

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Taking effect on Jan. 1, 2026, SB 243 is directed at regulating AI-powered companion chatbots (with limited exceptions) that engage users across multiple interactions, with a multi-pronged approach.

It may not have a soul, but AI has learned the mathematical recipe for the sights and sounds that most people find moving. Jacob Wackerhausen/iStock via Getty Images Plus Pick up an August 2025 issue ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Tamilla Triantoro, Quinnipiac University (THE CONVERSATION) Pick up an August 2025 ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) For decades, fashion images have been retouched. But this isn’t airbrushing a real ...