In 1989, a computer scientist tackled the messy challenge of reading handwritten zip codes for the US Post Office. This ...

When Kenyan tech entrepreneur Paul Akwabi visited a juvenile prison on the outskirts of Mombasa, he didn’t see young criminals — he saw himself. “I thought, ‘This could have been me,’” Akwabi recalled ...

Tim Mulkerin is a freelance writer, editor, and social media manager who has been working in digital media and the tech world since 2016. He has a bachelor's degree in art history and is currently ...

Anthropic is bringing its most powerful AI model to the general public for the first time, but it’s doing it with guardrails. On Tuesday, the AI firm launched Claude Fable 5, the first publicly ...

Comic legend Richard Pryor used the n-word so much during his standup routines that he once said, “I said it over and over like a preacher singing hallelujah.” Yet one of the most notorious examples ...

Abstract: Recognition of hand gestures is an essential HCI technology that enables touch-free, intuitive communication with digital systems. Its applications cross several domains, such as ...

Abstract: Ancient handwritten Chinese character recognition plays a vital role in advancing the digital preservation of Chinese historical and cultural heritage. In recent years, deep learning-based ...

Uber Technologies Inc. has set usage caps on some artificial intelligence-powered tools used by its staff, a move meant to manage costs after the company blew through its AI budget earlier this year.

Microsoft used its Build 2026 developer conference on Tuesday to announce a new family of in-house AI models, alongside a slew of other news. The announcements, delivered during CEO Satya Nadella's ...