Step aside, LLMs. The next big step for AI is learning, reconstructing and simulating the dynamics of the real world. Barbara is a tech writer specializing in AI and emerging technologies. With a ...

Jon covers artificial intelligence. He previously led CNET's home energy and utilities category, with a focus on energy-saving advice, thermostats, and heating and cooling. Jon has more than a decade ...

A new study suggests AI systems could be a lot more efficient. Researchers were able to shrink an AI vision model to 1/1000th ...

Use.AI simplifies access to multiple AI models, allowing users to explore, experiment, and adopt tools efficiently while highlighting transparency, usability, and real-world value.

You’ve probably seen an artificial intelligence system go off track. You ask for a video of a dog, and as the dog runs behind the love seat, its collar disappears. Then, as the camera pans back, the ...

In recent years, we’ve become used to seeing text, pictures, videos and even computer code generated by AI. But what if it could go a step further and create entire worlds? Well, for developers ...

AI models are trained on massive amounts of data. But that training doesn’t do much good without what’s known as “reinforcement learning,” a process that involves human experts teaching models the ...

AI has changed the way searching happens—and that, in turn, has changed how discovery works. With tools like Perplexity, ChatGPT, and Gemini, the way they crawl the web is completely different from ...

I pushed eight free AI chatbots to their limits to find the best AI chatbots of 2026. To explore our top picks, check out ZDNET's chatbot-by-chatbot guide.

After a merciful lack of hurricanes in the U.S. and an unusually quiet Gulf of Mexico, the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season wasn’t too memorable in Louisiana. But the season will be remembered for ...

Once, in a pinch at a conference where she needed to set up a printer, she asked ChatGPT to translate incomprehensible instructions into a step-by-step guide “for someone who only uses a computer for ...

Anthropic has launched Claude Opus 4.6, its most powerful AI model, designed to revolutionize financial analysis and ...