The Robot Report

We know how to build smarter robots. Now, we need to learn smarter ways to test them

Atharv Kolhar, a staff test automation engineer at Figure AI, says the robotics industry needs a testing philosophy that scales alongside autonomy.
Nature

Interpretable machine learning and signal processing for automated reading and quality control of lateral flow tests for schistosomiasis

We are providing an unedited version of this manuscript to give early access to its findings. Before final publication, the manuscript will undergo further editing. Please note there may be errors ...
Time

‘Learning Recession’: Why Student Test Scores Have Seen a Decade-Long Decline Across the U.S.

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Town & Country

Have the Culture Wars Come for Standardized Tests? Meet the New Conservative SAT

Starting this upcoming college admissions cycle, students applying to service academies such as West Point and the U.S. Naval Academy will be able to take a standardized test other than the SAT or ACT ...
NPR

Kids' test scores began declining way before COVID. These schools are making gains

The pandemic-era backslide in math and reading scores for students across the U.S. was not a sudden catastrophe but the continuation of a brutal, decade-long "learning recession" that began years ...
The New York Times

Why U.S. Test Scores Are in a ‘Generation-Long Decline’

The drops go beyond the pandemic and cut across income, geographic and racial divides, new data shows. By Claire Cain Miller Francesca Paris and Sarah Mervosh Something troubling is happening in U.S.
ABC Kcrg 9

Iowa Board of Regents considers adding Classic Learning Test for college admissions

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - Iowa’s Board of Regents is considering a policy change next month to allow a third standardized test at the state’s public universities, a decision that would reverse the ...
ABC7

Testing begins for the long-awaited Automated People Mover at LAX

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- For the first time, the long-awaited Automated People Mover began running on a full schedule this week - without passengers - marking a critical step toward getting the system ...
Business Insider

New AI lab Core Automation 'nerdsniped' researchers from Anthropic, Google DeepMind

A new AI startup called Core Automation, founded by an ex-OpenAI researcher, is snatching top talent from Anthropic and Google DeepMind. On Tuesday, Core Automation wrote in its first X post that it ...
NBC Los Angeles

Watch: LAX SkyLink Automated People Mover begins test runs

The LAX SkyLink Automated People Mover train system is on the move. The transport system that eventually will shuttle airline passengers to and from terminals at Los Angeles International Airport ...
The Daily Record (Maryland)

States adopt ‘Classic Learning’ college exam from MD company despite concerns

ANNAPOLIS – An upstart college entrance exam – designed to be an alternative to the ACT and SAT and featuring works from ancient Western civilization – is gaining support from the Trump administration ...
Variety

Reese Witherspoon Doubles Down on Telling Women to Learn AI: Jobs We Hold Are ‘Three Times More Likely to Be Automated By AI’

Reese Witherspoon is again advising her followers that there’s no time like the present to start learning about and using artificial intelligence in their daily lives and workplaces. “The Morning Show ...