Google's Gemini 3.5 Pro reportedly targets July 17 after a full model rebuild, featuring a 2M token context window and Deep ...

Gemini 3.5 Pro release targets July 17, 2026 — four days away — but Google has not confirmed the date, the 2-million-token ...

By combining native vision, audio, and reasoning in a compact model, Gemma provides a compelling platform for local AI agents ...

How can you have a proof without proving anything? Mathematicians found a way and, in the process, came to blows over it – ...

Microsoft's Work Trend Index 2026 found that 18% of Hong Kong AI users are advanced "Frontier Professionals," but only 19% say leadership is aligned on AI.

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A conversation with author Anne Morriss on why the slow and steady approach can leave issues unresolved. When it comes to solving complex, layered problems, the default for many organizational leaders ...

German psychologist Wolfgang Köhler set up a famous experiment more than 100 years ago that changed how scientists understand animal intelligence and the power of insight — or spontaneous ...

In a new study, bumble bees solve a completely novel object-manipulation task. What makes this behavior especially remarkable is that the bees had never been trained. The findings challenge the ...

Bumblebees faced with a challenge know how to play ball. Buff-tailed bumblebees can figure out on their own how to use a ball as a ladder to nab sugar from an out-of-reach fake flower, researchers ...

Despite having tiny brains, bumblebees have demonstrated a remarkable ability to socially learn how to use tools, solve simple puzzles, and cooperate to achieve a goal. It seems they can also solve ...

Recent advances in Visual-Language-Action (VLA) models have shown promising potential for robotic manipulation tasks. However, real-world robotic tasks often involve long-horizon, multi-step ...