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Generations in Dialogue: Embodied AI, robotics, perception, and action with Professor Roberto Martín-Martín

AIHub

Generations in Dialogue: Bridging Perspectives in AI is a podcast from AAAI featuring thought-provoking discussions between AI experts, practitioners, and enthusiasts from different age groups and backgrounds. Each episode delves into how generational experiences shape views on AI, exploring the challenges, opportunities, and ethical considerations that come with the advancement of this transformative technology. In the third episode of this new series from AAAI, host Ella Lan chats to Professor Roberto Martín-Martín about taking a screwdriver to his toys as a child, how his research focus has evolved over time, how different generations interact with technology, making robots for everyone, being inspired by colleagues, advice for early-career researchers, and how machines can enhance human capabilities. Roberto Martín-Martín is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the University of Texas at Austin, where his research integrates robotics, computer vision, and machine learning to build autonomous agents capable of perceiving, learning, and acting in the real world. He previously worked as an AI Researcher at Salesforce AI and as a Postdoctoral Scholar at the Stanford Vision and Learning Lab with Silvio Savarese and Fei-Fei Li, leading projects in visuomotor learning, mobile manipulation, and human-robot interaction.


Revealed: What makes the perfect Race Across the World partner (and why it probably ISN'T your mum!)

Daily Mail - Science & tech

National Guard soldiers shot in Washington DC'terror attack' are named... as Afghan gunman's chilling 40-hour drive across the country emerges Patrick Mahomes' bizarre addition to his Thanksgiving meal leaves fans disgusted My book on the Kennedys was used as a'mistress manual' by Olivia Nuzzi... then this wannabe Carolyn Bessette had the nerve to hound me with these outrageous texts: MAUREEN CALLAHAN Bryan Kohberger becomes nightmare prison diva... as he throws huge tantrum over BANANAS behind bars Campbell's under fire again just a day after top exec was canned for soup ingredient bombshell Watch distressing moment'drugged' Tara Reid COLLAPSES... as friends reveal urgent developments about'surveillance footage': 'They should be prosecuted' Deaths from highly infectious virus are growing... as states brace for widespread outbreaks Karoline Leavitt's family member was swarmed by ICE agents while picking up son from school as child's father tell her to'self deport' Cuckolded ex of writer who'had affair' with RFK Jr rebounds with lookalike feminist... who hates men but fetches his coffee How my bifold doors nearly killed me. It's a middle-class status symbol, but a horrific danger landed me in surgery. Her people tell me extraordinary accusation is'highly defamatory'. Princess of Wales visits the Anna Freud Centre to launch new project supporting children's mental health Revealed: What makes the perfect Race Across the World partner (and why it probably ISN'T your mum!) READ MORE: How does your commute compare to the world's longest? From former spouses to reunited brothers, BBC's Race Across the World has had a wide range of pairings over the years.


Reranking partisan animosity in algorithmic social media feeds alters affective polarization Science

Science

We recruited participants through two online platforms, CloudResearch and Bovitz, targeting US residents over 18 years old who self-identified as either Republican or Democrat and were active users of X (SM section S1.1). Qualified individuals were invited to complete a screening task, which included installing a browser extension that analyzed their X feed. To ensure the interventions could have a meaningful impact on participants' feeds, only those with at least 5% of posts related to politics or social issues were invited to participate. Figure S1 summarizes the recruitment funnel, including the number of individuals at each stage of the process. Participants were not instructed to use X in any particular way, but they received daily reminders if they had not used the platform that day.


Platform-independent experiments on social media Science

Science

Social media is an important source of political information, yet there is little external oversight of platforms' ever-changing algorithms and policies. This opacity presents a major problem: Conducting a real-world experiment on the causal effects of platform features generally requires the collaboration of the platform being studied, which rarely happens, and even when it does, future platform changes may invalidate prior findings. The authors introduce a methodological paradigm for testing the effect of social media on partisan animosity without platform collaboration by reranking users' existing feeds using large language models (LLMs) and a browser extension. They find that changing the visibility of polarizing content can influence people's feelings about opposing partisans. Social media is in a period of upheaval.


Mathematics is hard for mathematicians to understand too Science

Science

At a recent conference on mathematics in the age of automated proofs, mathematician and Fields Medalist Akshay Venkatesh presented “How do we talk to our students about AI?'' He quoted an email he'd received from a young student who asked, “Do you believe that mathematics is worth being studied in a world in which a machine can answer everything for you? What do you believe would be the 'job’ of a mathematician in this world?” Venkatesh framed AI as an opportunity to correct what he called an “essential gap that has opened between the practice of mathematics and our values.” Mathematician William Thurston has explained these values by writing, “mathematics is not about numbers, equations, computations, or algorithms: it is about understanding.” But Venkatesh argued that the record on this is terrible, lamenting that “for a typical paper or talk, very few of us understand it.” He is not alone in thinking that something is wrong with the current state of mathematics research.


Isack Hadjar: F1's first Arab driver

Al Jazeera

He's stepping onto a grid dominated for decades by European drivers and teams. And his rise comes at a moment when Arab nations are reshaping the sport. Samantha Johnson breaks down what Hadjar represents, on the grid and off it. Why does Israel play in European Football? What's behind bans on away fans?


Scientists have come up with an unusual way to stop the Gulf Stream collapsing and plunging Europe into another Ice Age - and it involves MELTING an ice sheet

Daily Mail - Science & tech

National Guard soldiers shot in Washington DC'terror attack' are named... as Afghan gunman's chilling 40-hour drive across the country emerges Patrick Mahomes' bizarre addition to his Thanksgiving meal leaves fans disgusted My book on the Kennedys was used as a'mistress manual' by Olivia Nuzzi... then this wannabe Carolyn Bessette had the nerve to hound me with these outrageous texts: MAUREEN CALLAHAN Bryan Kohberger becomes nightmare prison diva... as he throws huge tantrum over BANANAS behind bars Campbell's under fire again just a day after top exec was canned for soup ingredient bombshell Watch distressing moment'drugged' Tara Reid COLLAPSES... as friends reveal urgent developments about'surveillance footage': 'They should be prosecuted' Deaths from highly infectious virus are growing... as states brace for widespread outbreaks Karoline Leavitt's family member was swarmed by ICE agents while picking up son from school as child's father tell her to'self deport' Cuckolded ex of writer who'had affair' with RFK Jr rebounds with lookalike feminist... who hates men but fetches his coffee How my bifold doors nearly killed me. It's a middle-class status symbol, but a horrific danger landed me in surgery. Her people tell me extraordinary accusation is'highly defamatory'. Princess of Wales visits the Anna Freud Centre to launch new project supporting children's mental health READ MORE: Gulf Stream on the verge of collapsing reveals key'fingerprint' Melting the West Antarctic Ice Sheet could save the Gulf Stream, a remarkable new study reveals. The vast icy mass in the southern hemisphere contains around 750,000 cubic miles of ice - enough to fill Wembley Stadium nearly three billion times.


Do YOU drink more than your partner? Mismatched alcohol consumption is a 'warning sign' for your marriage, study finds

Daily Mail - Science & tech

National Guard soldiers shot in Washington DC'terror attack' are named... as Afghan gunman's chilling 40-hour drive across the country emerges Patrick Mahomes' bizarre addition to his Thanksgiving meal leaves fans disgusted My book on the Kennedys was used as a'mistress manual' by Olivia Nuzzi... then this wannabe Carolyn Bessette had the nerve to hound me with these outrageous texts: MAUREEN CALLAHAN Bryan Kohberger becomes nightmare prison diva... as he throws huge tantrum over BANANAS behind bars Campbell's under fire again just a day after top exec was canned for soup ingredient bombshell Watch distressing moment'drugged' Tara Reid COLLAPSES... as friends reveal urgent developments about'surveillance footage': 'They should be prosecuted' Deaths from highly infectious virus are growing... as states brace for widespread outbreaks Karoline Leavitt's family member was swarmed by ICE agents while picking up son from school as child's father tell her to'self deport' Cuckolded ex of writer who'had affair' with RFK Jr rebounds with lookalike feminist... who hates men but fetches his coffee How my bifold doors nearly killed me. It's a middle-class status symbol, but a horrific danger landed me in surgery. Her people tell me extraordinary accusation is'highly defamatory'. Princess of Wales visits the Anna Freud Centre to launch new project supporting children's mental health Do YOU drink more than your partner? Mismatched alcohol consumption is a'warning sign' for your marriage, study finds Couples who booze together, stay together, according to a new study.


5 Great Video Games You Might Have Missed (2025): Blippo , Sektori, Dispatch, Blue Prince

WIRED

When you've finished playing the big-name video games, try,,, and some of our other favorites from 2025. It's hard to keep track of every game launch. While a handful of titles like,, or are sure to top the year's Best Of lists, many more will go unrecognized for their brilliance, fun, or sheer absurdity. The good news is we've got you covered. Whether you're stuck at home for the holidays and itching for something to play, or you just want to make sure you don't let any hidden gems slip under your radar, here are five games from this year's slate you should not miss.


EU proposal to delay parts of its AI Act signal a policy shift that prioritises big tech over fairness

AIHub

The roll-out of the European Union's Artificial Intelligence Act has hit a critical turning point. The act establishes rules for how AI systems can be used within the European Union. It officially entered into force on August 1 2024, although different rules come into effect at different times. The European Commission has now proposed delaying parts of the act until 2027. This follows intense pressure from tech companies and from the Trump administration.