When you ask ChatGPT and other AIs to recommend a product or service, odds are the top answers were put there by humans. This doesn’t mean artificial intelligence is lying to you. That first answer is ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Scientists have found that memories are not static records but dynamic processes that change the brain’s wiring ...

Members of a U.S. House committee criticized Metropolitan Police Department Chief Pamela Smith's leadership and accused her of directing commanders to manipulate crime data. In an interim report, the ...

The committee cited interviews with police commanders in an effort to buttress President Trump’s federal takeover of law enforcement and the National Guard deployment in the capital city. By Minho Kim ...

When my late lab partner Xu Liu and I first illuminated the brain cells that stored a particular memory, it felt like watching a thought flicker back to life. We stimulated a constellation of neurons ...

Have you ever said no to your dog, only to cave moments later to those irresistible puppy-dog eyes? Or maybe you’ve tried to cut a walk short—yet your dog refuses to budge, digging their heels in ...

Microsoft studied interactions between AI customers and vendors. Most agents failed to resist manipulation and make wise choices. The results underscore the dangers of an AI agent-run economy. As ...

Sometimes you just want a stock to be above a certain price. Maybe it’s to secure a performance bonus, avoid being delisted, prevent margin loans that would trigger or perhaps you are trying to ...

President Donald Trump has long railed against the “fake news” as an “enemy of the people.” But this week, the president showed how far he has come in finding a new use for the media: as props.