AI agents lack independent agency but can still seek multistep, extrapolated goals when prompted. Even if some of those prompts include AI-written text (which may become more of an issue in the ...

An AI agent sparked controversy after its performance-focused pull request to Matplotlib was rejected on the grounds that the issue was reserved for human contributors.

An AI agent got nasty after its pull request got rejected. Can open-source development survive autonomous bot contributors?

Sign of the times: An AI agent autonomously wrote and published a personalized attack article against an open-source software ...

Daniel Stenberg, founder and lead developer of curl, has been dealing with AI slop bug reports for the past two years and ...

Learn how to create contour plots in Python using NumPy’s meshgrid and Matplotlib. This step-by-step tutorial shows you how to generate grids, compute functions over them, and visualize data ...

A deck brush can be a good tool for the right task. Just ask Veronika, the Brown Swiss cow. Veronika uses both ends of a deck brush to scratch various parts of her body, researchers report January 19 ...

Workdays without busywork are closer to reality than ever, thanks to artificial intelligence. AI tools that can sort and summarize emails, take meeting notes and file expense reports promise to free ...

A female wild wolf living on the central coast of British Columbia was filmed pulling a crab trap out of the ocean to eat the bait — a never-before-seen behavior that could constitute the first ...

To better understand which social media platforms Americans use, Pew Research Center surveyed 5,022 U.S. adults from Feb. 5 to June 18, 2025. SSRS conducted this National Public Opinion Reference ...

Your favorite latte at the local coffee shop could soon cost $5, $5.10 or $5.25—depending on how you pay. A settlement between Visa, Mastercard and U.S. merchants announced this week could usher in a ...

A growing number of special education teachers say they use artificial intelligence platforms to draft all or part of students’ individualized education programs, even as many districts lack policies ...