Measuring the quantum extent of a single molecule confined to a nanodroplet

There is no measurement that can directly observe the wave function of a quantum mechanical system, but the wave function is still enormously useful as its (complex) square represents the probability ...

Framework sets new benchmarks for 3D atom maps in amorphous materials

Researchers at the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA published a step-by-step framework for determining the ...
Morningstar

Gold's Trust Model Is Being Rebuilt Around Infrastructure, SMX Is Writing the Blueprint

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / December 23, 2025 / For much of the modern gold trade, trust has been delegated to individual companies. Refiners certified their suppliers. Traders vouched for ...
Reuters

Zara turns to AI to generate fashion imagery using real-life models

LONDON, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Zara has become the latest fast-fashion retailer to use AI to help create new images of real models in different outfits, speeding up the production process as part of an ...
CNBC

Sam Altman expects OpenAI to exit 'code red' by January after launch of GPT-5.2 model

OpenAI on Thursday announced GPT-5.2, its most advanced artificial intelligence model. The company said the model is better at creating spreadsheets, building presentations, perceiving images, writing ...
The New York Times

Why Does A.I. Write Like … That?

If only they were robotic! Instead, chatbots have developed a distinctive — and grating — voice. Credit...Illustration by Giacomo Gambineri Supported by By Sam Kriss In the quiet hum of our digital ...
VentureBeat

Microsoft’s Fara-7B is a computer-use AI agent that rivals GPT-4o and works directly on your PC

Microsoft has introduced Fara-7B, a new 7-billion parameter model designed to act as a Computer Use Agent (CUA) capable of performing complex tasks directly on a user’s device. Fara-7B sets new ...
TechCrunch

Google releases Nano Banana Pro, its latest image-generation model

Google is upgrading its image-generation model with new editing chops, higher resolutions, more accurate text rendering, and the ability to search the web. Dubbed Nano Banana Pro, the new model is ...
Gizmodo

Learning With AI Falls Short Compared to Old-Fashioned Web Search

This article originally appeared on The Conversation. Since the release of ChatGPT in late 2022, millions of people have started using large language models to access knowledge. And it’s easy to ...
Observer

Tim Berners-Lee Warns A.I. Could Kill the Web Economy as No One Visits Sites Anymore

Berners-Lee cautioned that generative A.I. threatens the foundation of today’s web economy. SXSW Conference & Festivals via We have Tim Berners-Lee to thank for the World Wide Web. But these days, the ...
People

Role Model Says He's 'Not Worried' About Topping His Viral Success and Is 'Writing a Lot' of New Music (Exclusive)

The singer-songwriter is making waves as PEOPLE's first Sexiest Man Alive centerfold Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2019, and her ...
Digital Trends

AI browsers are here, and you need to learn how to use the web properly

About a month ago, I gave a tech demo to a bunch of freshman students on how to create a custom skill in an AI browser and automate the research work on assignments. Instead of bogging them down with ...