EurekAlert! In the Spotlight - Artificial Intelligence

Welcome to In the Spotlight, where each month we shine a light on something exciting, timely, or simply fascinating from the world of science.

This month, we’re focusing on artificial intelligence (AI), a topic that continues to capture attention everywhere. Here, you’ll find the latest research news, insights, and discoveries shaping how AI is being developed and used across the world.

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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 30-Apr-2026 01:15 ET (30-Apr-2026 05:15 GMT/UTC)

13-Apr-2026

Boston University’s Ioannis Paschalidis inducted into 2026 AIMBE College of Fellows

Boston University
Grant and Award Announcement

Boston University’s Ioannis Paschalidis Inducted into 2026 AIMBE College of Fellows

13-Apr-2026

UT San Antonio’s Doctor of Physical Therapy program climbs national rankings

The University of Texas at San Antonio Health Science Center
Business Announcement

School of Health Professions at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UT San Antonio) earns national recognition from U.S. News & World Report,, highlighted by a significant rise in its Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) program rankings as the school marks its 50^th anniversary.

13-Apr-2026

AI spots hidden behavior patterns in self-organizing bacteria

Rice University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A custom-built artificial intelligence system developed by Rice researchers helped uncover how bacterial communities self-organize.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

13-Apr-2026

Too many cooks, or too many robots?

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Harvard SEAS researchers show mathematically that when many robots share a space, adding a certain amount of randomness in their paths improves their efficiency.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

13-Apr-2026

Widespread AI use narrows society’s creative space

Duke University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

According to new research from Duke University, the creative outputs of commercial LLMs are more similar to each other than users might hope. When challenged with three standard tasks assessing creativity, answers from commercial LLMs are much more alike than their human counterparts.

Journal: PNAS Nexus

13-Apr-2026

Adaptive edge-cloud collaboration optimizes intelligent machine tool task processing

Higher Education Press
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Check out this new research in Engineering! It introduces an adaptive edge-cloud collaboration method for intelligent machine tools, tackling large-scale computational tasks with complex data links. The method cuts task processing time, boosts energy efficiency and keeps data secure, with solid real-world validation on digital twin machining centers—great for next-gen smart manufacturing!

Journal: Engineering

13-Apr-2026

Research uses AI to examine social exchanges and interactions

Carnegie Mellon University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study addresses this problem by using generative AI to systematically classify thousands of everyday social interactions. In a new study, researchers analyzed thousands of textual descriptions of two-person social interactions, then used generative artificial intelligence (AI) to code the exchanges by features, resulting in a taxonomy of categories of social interactions. Then they related these groups to variables like conflict, power, and duty to provide a comprehensive, data-driven framework for quantifying the structure of interactions.

Journal: Psychological Science