Why AI Still Can’t Make Creative Leaps Like Einstein
Research from Emily Wenger showing that LLMs tend to congregate around the same creative ideas supports the hypothesis that AI is incapable of making creative leaps in science and research.
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1% of Resumes Contain Hidden Prompts to Trick AI Hiring Tools
Neil Gong and industry partners found that 1% of resumes submitted to an online recruitment company contained hidden instructions designed to manipulate AI hiring systems.
Meet the Duke Startup Trying to Put a Satelitte in Space
Backed by more than $7 million in seed funding, a Duke University spinout is hoping to launch a new generation of satellite cameras into space in the next few years.
What’s in the Black Box? Inscrutability vs. Explainability
Cynthia Rudin says black box AI does not have to be complex or opaque to work well and provides several examples.
State Budget Gives Alamance-Burlington Schools $3.2m for AI School Safety Pilot
Emily Wenger comments on the potential pitfalls associated with hiring a company to collect and use data for security purposes without strong guardrails in place.
Chinese lidar maker with Nvidia ties accused of being cyber risk for U.S.
Miroslav Pajic, Duke ECE professor, discusses how lidar can be compromised using malware, with serious consequences.
The Meta Hack Shows There’s More to AI Security Than Mythos
Professor Neil Gong and other scholars have been issuing warnings about the security vulnerabilities of AI agents for a while.
CRA Congratulates New AAAS and SIAM Fellows and AAA&S Members
Hai "Helen" Li was elected a 2025 fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
Scientists tested the creativity of AI models, and the results were surprisingly homogeneous
Research from Duke ECE's Emily Wenger finds that artificial intelligence chatbots can match or exceed human creativity on individual tasks, but they produce highly similar responses when compared to one another.
How a Tiny Yellow Handheld Changed How Duke University Teaches Game Design
Duke's MEng in Game Design, Development, and Innovation program connected with an alumnus to use a quirky, yellow, handheld game console to teach iterative design.
How an Invisibility Cloak Actually Works (And Why You Can’t Have One)
David Smith and colleague Sir John Pendry explain how metamaterials work.
The Uncomfortable Truth Behind the Hype Around 2D Semiconductor Performance
Aaron Franklin shows that a common lab setup can inflate 2D transistor performance by up to five times, raising questions about how future chips are benchmarked.