AI can evaluate social situations similar to humans
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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 13-Nov-2025 22:11 ET (14-Nov-2025 03:11 GMT/UTC)
Artificial intelligence can detect and interpret social features between people from images and videos almost as reliably as humans, according to new a study from the University of Turku in Finland.
This study demonstrated that environment influences autism-like behaviours in genetically predisposed zebrafish. By altering perceived safety and anxiety levels, the study revealed that lack of social behaviour in ube3a mutant zebrafish could be improved, suggesting new therapeutic avenues that focus on environmental adjustments for autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
As obesity in America continues to rise at alarming rates, researchers are finding that diet and exercise are not the only driving factors. A new scientific review from UCLA Health explains how stress, hardship and other social challenges can reshape a person’s gut bacteria and brain performance in ways that make it harder to keep weight off.
The European Research Council (ERC) is funding the research project “SINOFANTASY – Studying Imaginative Otherworlds: Chinese Fantasy Fiction, Literary Politics, and Media Creativity” by junior professor Dr. Jessica Imbach (Institute of Chinese Studies, University of Freiburg) with around 1.4 million euros over five years.
The project examines Chinese fantasy and science fiction literature as a mirror and medium of social transformation since the 1990s.
The ERC Starting Grant enables Imbach to systematically build a research team to investigate the media, social and political dimensions of Chinese fantasy in the long term.
Tracking human behavioral patterns in cities can be used to determine urban delineations and urban land use, which has the potential to improve urban planning.