Interesting Engineering

US researchers build fall-safe biped robots to advance real-world reinforcement learning

HybridLeg robots Olaf and Snogie use impact-safe design and self-recovery to enable scalable, real-world hardware ...

Humans&, a ‘human-centric’ AI startup founded by Anthropic, xAI, Google alums, raised $480M seed round

Humans&, a startup that believes AI should empower people, not replace them, has reportedly raised a $480 million seed round ...
IEEE

Reinforcement Learning for Multi-Agent Path Finding in Large-Scale Warehouses via Distributed Policy Evolution

Abstract: Efficient multi-agent path finding (MAPF) is essential for large-scale warehousing and logistics systems. Despite the potential of reinforcement learning (RL) methods, current approaches ...

Why reinforcement learning plateaus without representation depth (and other key takeaways from NeurIPS 2025)

Why reinforcement learning plateaus without representation depth (and other key takeaways from NeurIPS 2025) ...

How Google’s 'internal RL' could unlock long-horizon AI agents

Google researchers introduce ‘Internal RL,’ a technique that steers an models' hidden activations to solve long-horizon tasks ...
IEEE

Reinforcement Learning-Based Predictive Control for Power Electronic Converters

Abstract: Finite-set model predictive control (FS-MPC) appears to be a promising and effective control method for power electronic converters. Conventional FS-MPC suffers from the time-consuming ...

Dopamine under control: Precision regulation of inhibition shapes learning, memory and mental health

For decades, dopamine has been celebrated in neuroscience as the quintessential "reward molecule"—a chemical herald of ...
EurekAlert!

Multi-constraint reinforcement learning in complex robot environments

FPMCO decomposes multi-constraint RL into KL-projection sub-problems, achieving higher reward with lower computing than second-order rivals on the new SCIG robotics benchmark.
Microsoft

Agent Lightning: Adding reinforcement learning to AI agents without code rewrites

AI agents are reshaping software development, from writing code to carrying out complex instructions. Yet LLM-based agents are prone to errors and often perform poorly on complicated, multi-step tasks ...
Scientific American

Learning Another Language May Slow Brain Aging, Huge New Study Finds

Speaking multiple languages could slow down brain ageing and help to prevent cognitive decline, a study of more than 80,000 people has found. The work, published in Nature Aging on 10 November, ...
SCOTUSblog

Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump (Tariffs)

06/17/2025 Motion to expedite consideration of the petition for a writ of certiorari before judgment filed by petitioners Learning Resources, Inc., et al. 06/18/2025 Response to motion from ...