TL;DR: Wading through a sea of low-quality, AI-generated content on platforms like YouTube and Facebook is becoming an increasingly frustrating experience, as the endless flood of “AI slop” ruins social media for everyone. Meanwhile, humans are surprisingly better than AI at spotting deepfake videos but fail entirely with photos. Resear…

TL;DR: From silent film stars to bank tellers, professions threatened by new technology have faced similar fears, suggesting the AI job apocalypse might just be history repeating itself. Meanwhile, failing public sector AI projects refuse to die despite broken promises, Spain emerges as a surprise world leader in AI and journalism research, and onl…

TL;DR: Expertise in artificial intelligence is now often worth more than a master’s degree as employers shift to skill-based hiring, whilst science confirms that love really is blind as the brain shuts down critical judgment. Meanwhile, wild parrots are found to use complex grammar in territorial war songs, “smart underwear” is cr…

TL;DR: Humans enter the world with an innate ability to predict rhythmic patterns but are essentially “deaf” to melody, according to new research. Meanwhile, a simple picture test helps AI diagnose addiction with over 80 per cent accuracy; tiny “bubble bots” powered by body waste are hunting down tumours; and scientists have…

TL;DR: Science still cannot explain why the dying report leaving their bodies despite major new research efforts, whilst a fully autonomous AI “digital clinical team” has been built to spot early signs of dementia in patient notes. Meanwhile, robots are learning to “feel” like humans to handle raw eggs, “super agers&#8…

TL;DR: Scientists have discovered a physical “brake” in the brain that stops us from starting stressful tasks, whilst gifted dogs are learning to understand spelt-out words to eavesdrop on their owners, and swearing aloud can actually make you physically stronger. Meanwhile, a new AI model predicts 100 diseases from a single night&#8217…