AI giants are one big mistake away from catastrophe. They could learn a lot from the nuclear industry. Opinion - AI companies know they are being held hostage by each other, and that they need to take action to self-regulate before they suffer major reputational and legal consequences. There is a blueprint on how they can do it, says associate professor Akhil Bhardwaj.

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Self-driving, solar-powered cars that talk to each other? What vehicles might look like in 10 years.

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History of computers: A brief timeline

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'Autonomy always begins with something a human hands it': Who's responsible when an AI agent goes rogue?

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Computing -- Huawei unveils 'SuperCluster' architecture designed to make 1 million AI chips work as a single computer -- Fiona Jackson

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Poll -- 'It isn't under control at all': Live Science readers respond to whether AI is making them lazy -- Kenna Hughes-Castleberry

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Analysis -- Could AI ever build itself? Scientists map the road to the 'last AI built by humans.' -- Owen Hughes

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Opinion -- Universities should not be adopting AI to automate their own absurdities -- Akhil Bhardwaj

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Poll -- Is AI making you lazier? -- Kenna Hughes-Castleberry

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Artificial Intelligence -- 10 minutes is all it takes for AI assistance to erode your motivation, study shows -- Sascha Pare

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Artificial Intelligence -- Physicists claim they can predict when AI will turn dangerous -- Benjamin Skuse

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Communications -- New 4,300-mile-long internet cable will shuttle data along the ocean floor at 1 million gigabits per second -- Owen Hughes

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Communications -- Cheap wall tiles 'inspired by flowing streams' could fix one of superfast 6G's biggest problems -- Olivia Maule

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Communications -- Introducing Live Science Pro — a new space to get all the science with none of the distractions -- Alexander McNamara

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Communications -- Japan hits 6G key milestone with high-frequency speeds topping 100 Gbps -- Roland Moore-Colyer

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Communications -- Could there ever be a worldwide internet outage? -- Abby Wilson

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Communications -- Science history: First computer-to-computer message lays the foundation for the internet, but it crashes halfway through — Oct. 29, 1969 -- Tia Ghose

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Science history -- Science history: First two-way phone call across outdoor lines made by Alexander Graham Bell — Oct. 9, 1876 -- Tia Ghose

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Communications -- Scientists invent 'Pulse-Fi' prototype — a Wi-Fi heart rate monitor that's cheaper to set up than the best wearable devices -- Sophie Berdugo

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Communications -- Scientists develop 'full-spectrum' 6G chip that could transfer data at 100 gigabits per second — 10,000 times faster than 5G -- Rich McEachran

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Quantum Computing -- New quantum chip taps into weird quasiparticles to get qubits to communicate over long distances -- Peter Ray Allison

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Quantum Computing -- Japan switches on its first full-stack room-temperature quantum computer — and scientists plan to scale it up to 10,000 qubits -- Owen Hughes

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Computing -- Scientists build a DNA computer that can perform calculations in a drop of water -- Kenna Hughes-Castleberry

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Computing -- New laptop ditches noisy fans and heat sinks for tiny 'cooling chips' — it's much thinner and lighter than you'd expect -- Keumars Afifi-Sabet

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Quantum Computing -- IBM's new 'quantum fridges' are nearly 200 times colder than deep space -- Tristan Greene

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Quantum Computing -- Engineers build world's first portable diamond-powered quantum computer — it works at room temperature and can be plugged into an outlet -- Tristan Greene

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Quantum Computing -- IBM scientists claim they've achieved 'quantum advantage' — and they've dared others to prove them wrong -- Tristan Greene

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Computing -- AI web browsers 'aren't ready for the public,' scientists warn as they highlight massive security red flags -- Peter Ray Allison

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Analysis -- 'Cute demo, but totally impractical': Experts are skeptical that Tesla's 'Rocket' Roadster could actually work in the real world -- Owen Hughes

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Electric Vehicles -- World's first 'native' color lidar will let robots and self-driving cars map the world in full color 3D -- Fiona Jackson

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Electric Vehicles -- The first flying taxis could start operating in 2026 — will this new form of transport actually take off? -- Edd Gent

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Electric Vehicles -- Meet Sky Dragon, the giant 10-person 'flying taxi' that just passed its first flight test in China -- Alan Bradley

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Electric Vehicles -- China puts a sodium-ion battery into an EV for the first time — it can drive 248 miles on a single charge -- Rory Bathgate

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Electric Vehicles -- Sodium-ion batteries are getting ready for prime time. How can they improve EVs? -- Rory Bathgate

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Electric Vehicles -- Chinese EV maker claims it's engineered the world's first semi-solid-state EV battery with huge 620-mile range -- Alan Bradley

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Electric Vehicles -- New EV motor invention could cut 1,000 pounds from future vehicles, making them much lighter while boosting their range -- Alan Bradley

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Explainer -- New kind of AI audio chip transforms earbuds into always-on 'intelligent' devices that run without a smartphone. How does it work? -- Keumars Afifi-Sabet

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Electronic Engineering -- New LightTok chip converts light directly into 'tokens' for AI — slashing energy use in drones and other autonomous machines -- Rich McEachran

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Electronic Engineering -- 'Extreme' transistor can withstand heat of more than 1,000 degrees F — priming it for use in Venus-bound probes -- Fiona Jackson

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Life's Little Mysteries -- How small can a transistor get? -- Ashley Hamer Pritchard

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Electronic Engineering -- Planting crops in fields of solar panels is more efficient, protects the plants and helps keep workers cool, study finds -- Rebecca Owen

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Electronic Engineering -- 'Beyond human intuition': AI designs chip components 500 times smaller than what engineers could ever imagine -- Fiona Jackson

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Electronic Engineering -- New 2D memory device stores data on just a single electron -- Rich McEachran

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Electronic Engineering -- AI chip mimics the human brain's capacity for split-second motor control — it solved problems using 10,000 times fewer calculations -- Owen Hughes

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Engineering -- High-powered lasers can wirelessly charge drones mid-flight -- Rory Bathgate

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World's fastest AI-powered racing drone outflies the best human pilots -- Alan Bradley

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South Korean 'robot dog' became first to run a marathon on a single battery charge — now we know how -- Alan Bradley

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Roboticists showcase tiny, frog-like robot that can hop across wet surfaces and swim -- Bobby Hellard

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'Maybe robots can maintain houseplants': Readers react to letting humanoid robots take over their housework -- Kenna Hughes-Castleberry

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Eerily humanlike AI-powered robot enters mass production in China — its makers say it could soon be helping you out at home -- Keumars Afifi-Sabet

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Faster than Usain Bolt? Here's all the records broken at this year's World Humanoid Robot Games in China. -- Alan Bradley

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Scientists build tiny robots without motors that can fly using sound waves alone -- Olivia Maule

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Have your say: Would you trust a humanoid robot with your household chores? -- Olivia Maule

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'Thinking ahead' helps robots complete tasks twice as fast -- Niba @NotesByNiba

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Poll -- 'Most people can't handle driving in 2 dimensions let alone 3': Readers respond to our poll about flying cars -- Kenna Hughes-Castleberry

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Analysis -- Scientists can now 'watermark' AI-generated proteins to deter bioweapon creation. But will it really work? -- RJ Mackenzie

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Poll -- Will Tesla's 'flying car' ever hit the market, or is it a load of compressed air? -- Kenna Hughes-Castleberry

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