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'Thermodynamic computer' can mimic AI neural networks — using orders of magnitude less energy to generate images

Researchers generated images from noise, using orders of magnitude less energy than current generative AI models require.

From ‘Optical Synapses’ to a ‘Photonic Brain’ — Integrated Photonic Neural Networks Toward Low-Power General-Purpose

SHANNON, CLARE, IRELAND, February 5, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- A new publication from Opto-Electronic Technology; DOI ...
Medical Xpress

Artificial neural networks reveal how peripersonal neurons represent the space around the body

The brains of humans and other primates are known to execute various sophisticated functions, one of which is the representation of the space immediately surrounding the body. This area, also ...
Frontiers

AI-Driven Complex Networks: Structure, Dynamics, and Intelligent Applications

In an increasingly interconnected world, understanding the behavior and structure of complex networks has become essential ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Scientists Who Developed the Building Blocks of Artificial Intelligence Win Nobel Prize in Physics

John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton won the Nobel Prize in Physics for their work on artificial neural networks and machine learning. Jonathan Nackstrand / AFP via Getty Images A pair of scientists—John ...
Queen's University

Neural Networks: When good enough is better than best

A Queen’s research team has developed a new way to train AI systems so they focus on the bigger picture instead of specific, ...
Quanta Magazine

Novel Architecture Makes Neural Networks More Understandable

“Neural networks are currently the most powerful tools in artificial intelligence,” said Sebastian Wetzel, a researcher at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. “When we scale them up to ...
The Conversation

Nobel Prize in physics spotlights key breakthroughs in AI revolution − making machines that learn

Ambuj Tewari receives funding from the NSF. If your jaw dropped as you watched the latest AI-generated video, your bank balance was saved from criminals by a fraud detection system, or your day was ...
Quanta Magazine

AI Is Nothing Like a Brain, and That’s OK

In 1943, a pair of neuroscientists were trying to describe how the human nervous system works when they accidentally laid the foundation for artificial intelligence. In their mathematical framework ...
Electronic Design

A Neural-Network-Based Approach to Smarter DPD Engines

An AI-driven digital-predistortion (DPD) framework can help overcome the challenges of signal distortion and energy inefficiency in power amplifiers for next-generation wireless communication.