Yesterday, a new startup called Hume AI announced it had raised $50 million in a Series B round led by EQT Ventures with participation from Union Square Ventures, Nat Friedman & Daniel Gross, ...

AI is undoubtedly reshaping our lives, but there’s still a great deal of hype surrounding it. One of today’s most popular narratives is that machines are learning to understand human feelings and ...

Whether it's a dog cuddling up to its owner on a bad day or a cat purring in response to affection, these behaviors suggest that pets have an intuitive understanding of human emotions. But is there ...

Researchers at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, have developed a model that enables computers to interpret and understand human emotions, utilizing principles of mathematical psychology. This ...

The mental health of our society is far from ideal. Rates of stress, depression, and anxiety are increasing. The data on college students is especially troubling. There are likely many reasons for ...

Competitions such as DareFightingICE demonstrate similar breakthroughs, where emotion-conditioned reinforcement learning has ...

A recent study co-led by Professor Alan McElligott of the City University of Hong Kong revealed that goats have an extraordinary ability to detect human emotions through speech. The study, published ...

In our increasingly digital world, the emergence of applications designed to detect and track micro-expressions is gaining momentum. These innovative tools have the potential to radically transform ...

For thousands of years, humans have selectively bred dogs to fulfill specific roles, ranging from guarding and hunting to herding and companionship. This deliberate shaping of traits has resulted in ...