The technology raises concerns about whether AI-generated visuals preserve a developer's original artistic intent, with some users calling for a dedicated "developer intended" visual mode. According to PCWorld, AI upscaling is becoming essential as hardware costs rise, though the debate over visual accuracy versus performance remains unresolved. Nvidia's controversial DLSS 5 is out this week, and it was a big topic of discussion in this week's episode of The Full Nerd. While I haven't had a chance to test it out myself, by the time you read this I'll be furiously updating my Nvidia drivers and seriously considering splurging on a copy of just to get a look at the earliest game to launch with official DLSS 5 support. I'm curious to see if the reported performance dips that come with enabling DLSS 5 are actually counteracted by Nvidia tech like Multi-Frame Generation, and I want to see what kind of tuning the player can do to adjust how DLSS 5's new real-time AI model upscales game graphics.

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Researchers have developed a low-cost, semi-automated, AI-driven method that uses remote cameras to survey bumblebees and potentially other insects. The new tool could have important implications for efforts to conserve declining insect populations . This includes bumblebee species, several of which have been petitioned to be listed under the Endangered Species Act. Researchers also say the technology could benefit agriculture, given that many crops depend on insects as pollinators. "Insects are vitally important, and we need methods to better understand their populations," said Michael Getz, a data scientist at Biodiversity Research Institute in Maine, who led this research as a master's student at Oregon State University.

When you purchase through links in our articles, we may earn a small commission. AI helps kids do better in school. AI is already a fact of life in classrooms across the country, and studies indicate it may create as many problems as it solves. The best way for us grownups to prepare for AI is to use AI, I've frequently argued. But when it comes to the benefits of using AI, there are far more questions than answers.

The success of a program linking zoos across the US has created social media stars and generated a wave of interest in how to protect the endangered great apes in the wild. "It's a girl!" Melissa Peterson exclaims. Just outside the operating room, the hallway erupts in cheers. Joseph Dewane, an ob-gyn, has just delivered a healthy baby via C-section; Autumn Joi Goodwin-Samson, a neonatalist, tends to the newborn still slick with a waxy film. It's a successful delivery just like any other except for one, minor, difference: The patient is an orangutan .

We're Suing ChatGPT--And Trump Just Got Involved. Get your news from a source that's not owned and controlled by oligarchs. The other day I asked ChatGPT about a political moment I'll never forget: "What was the 47 percent story about?" That's accurate as far as it goes. But there's one glaring omission: any reference to, which uncovered the story that reshaped that election cycle. The summary contained no links or citations to our reporting.

Five years ago, people who hang out in the stranger corners of the web started arguing that the internet was mostly fake . It had been this way since about 2016, they said, when Google introduced its artificial neural network for machine translation. Supposedly, from that point forward, online interactions began to be replaced, until nearly every message and picture had been posted by a bot. Everywhere you looked, websites were "empty and devoid of people," as one scholar of the theory put it. This wasn't true, but the core idea was tethered to a real phenomenon.

The robots -- one modeled after a rockhopper penguin and the other after a gentoo penguin -- are exhibited among real penguins at the theme park, the world's only facility to house 10 species of penguins. Visitors looked amazed to see one of the robots deftly move its flippers to change direction and dive deeper into the water as it swam next to real Humboldt penguins. "I thought it was real," one visitor said. The robots were created by Ikuma Okada, the 34-year-old leader of a group within the Adventure World operator. The robot penguins were created by Ikuma Okada, the 34-year-old leader of a group within the Adventure World operator.

Macs are fantastic computers, but you'll need one of these great displays to complete your work-from-home setup. The Mac Mini is back. And so is the Mac Studio . They've been nearly impossible to buy for most of 2026 thanks to the rising demand for running AI models locally . Prices have risen, yes, but when new models go on sale in late September, they'll finally be out in the wild. And with that, you'll want a decent monitor to match. Whether you need something basic or you're a content creator looking for a high-end display, one of these monitors I've tested below should do the trick.

Homeland Security Investigations agents hit the outdoor retailer with a controversial subpoena as part of a dragnet search for the identities of protesters who entered a Minnesota church in March. Did you buy a beanie from REI recently? The Department of Homeland Security might be looking for you. New court filings allege that Homeland Security Investigations agents subpoenaed the outdoor retailer in March, requesting the transaction information for "all persons" in the greater Minneapolis-St. Paul area who had purchased a specific type of dark green beanie from the company since 2024.