The model learns that hedging is a signal of lower-quality output. This creates a systematic bias toward sounding certain.

History is in reach for Scottie Scheffler, who will play for a career Grand Slam at the 2026 U.S. Open, and he could accomplish the feat on his 30th birthday. On paper, the World No. 1 is the man to ...

Working memory is like a mental chalkboard we use to store temporary information while executing other tasks. Scientists worked with more than 200 elementary students to test their working memory, ...

President Donald Trump weighed in on a conspiracy theory about a group of missing or dead scientists who some content creators claim had access to classified nuclear or aerospace material, downplaying ...

“Never talk about goblins, gremlins, raccoons, trolls, ogres, pigeons, or other animals or creatures unless it is absolutely and unambiguously relevant,” reads OpenAI’s coding agent instructions.

Then-gubernatorial candidate Lt. Gov. Josh Green and running mate Sylvia Luke lifted their hands after the first printout at the Hawaii Democratic Party headquarters in the Hawai‘i Convention Center ...

It seemed like this might have been a rare week without a “robot doing dumb shit” story—but never fear, because Jeff Bezos’s squadron of airborne delivery drones is here to save the day. Prime Air, ...

Scientists have demonstrated, for the first time, that several psychedelic drugs – including psilocybin, LSD, mescaline, DMT and ayahuasca – produce a common pattern of brain activity despite their ...

In the fall of 2023, Ilya Sutskever, OpenAI’s chief scientist, sent secret memos to three fellow-members of the organization’s board of directors. For weeks, they’d been having furtive discussions ...

Peloton became a household name during the coronavirus pandemic. Its connected exercise bikes allowed customers to feel like they were working out with a group. At a time when businesses like gyms ...