It’s no secret that regular exercise can help you sleep better—but which types of physical activity are best when you really, really need more shut-eye? According to a new study, several standouts may be especially effective for easing insomnia: yoga, Tai Chi, and walking or jogging. Chronic insomnia affects about 12% of Americans and can…
French AI lab Mistral introduced a range of new features to its Le Chat chatbot on Thursday that bring it closer to the capabilities of rivals like OpenAI and Google. The new update includes a new “deep research” mode, native multilingual reasoning, and advanced image editing. The news comes a couple days after Mistral released…
AI researchers from OpenAI, Google DeepMind, Anthropic, and a broad coalition of companies and nonprofit groups, are calling for deeper investigation into techniques for monitoring the so-called thoughts of AI reasoning models in a position paper published Tuesday. A key feature of AI reasoning models, such as OpenAI’s o3 and DeepSeek’s R1, are their chains-of-thought…
Most people try to follow a nutritious diet so they feel alert and healthy during the day. But a new study shows that eating more fruits and vegetables can lead to benefits while you’re asleep, too. The study, published June 11 in Sleep Health, found that participants saw a 16% improvement in sleep quality when they…
The Mediterranean diet—one of the most popular healthy eating patterns out there—might be good for more than just lowering your risk of heart attack, stroke, and dementia. A new study suggests it could ease symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), too. The research, published in Neurogastroenterology & Motility in April, suggests that the Mediterranean diet…
If and when AI will start replacing human labor has been the subject of numerous debates. While it’s still hard to say with certainty if AI is beginning to take over roles previously done by humans, a recent survey from the World Economic Forum found that 40% of employers intend to cut staff where AI…
