The deepfake detective
09/02/25 — PBS: Professor Hany Farid, a leading voice in AI research and digital forensics, helps us identify what’s real in the digital age
AI & robotics
California communities can reduce wildfire damage by half. Here’s how.
08/28/25 — UC Berkeley-led study demonstrates how two mitigation strategies — home hardening and defensible space — can have a major impact on wildfire destructiveness
Are we truly on the verge of the humanoid robot revolution?
08/27/25 — UC Berkeley roboticist Ken Goldberg explains why robots are not gaining real-world skills as quickly as AI chatbots are gaining language fluency
New database on police use of force and misconduct makes public once-secret records
08/04/25 — UC Berkeley Journalism: Team used emerging technologies such as generative AI to create a searchable user interface
Computer scientists propose evidence-based AI policy recommendations
07/31/25 — CDSS: Researchers articulate a vision to address the opportunities and challenges of 'increasingly powerful AI'
A smarter approach to designing metamaterials
07/22/25 — AI-driven framework creates defect-tolerant materials with complex functionality
From COVID to cancer, new at-home test spots disease with startling accuracy
07/08/25 — Novel technology uses the ‘coffee-ring effect,’ paired with plasmonics and AI, for rapid diagnostics
Berkeley engineers develop customizable, 3D-printed robot for tech newbies
06/25/25 — The open-source Berkeley Humanoid Lite provides an entry point into the robotics field
Cracking the code of life
06/17/25 — The Evo 2 machine learning model enlists the power of AI in the fight against diseases.
From silence to sound
06/11/25 — An AI-based method can synthesize signals from brain-computer interfaces into audible speech in near-real time.
Insect-sized innovation
06/11/25 — Engineers have unveiled the world’s smallest wireless flying robot.
Q+A on assistive devices
06/11/25 — The Dorsal Grasper enables grasping with supernumerary robotic fingers on the back of the user's hand.
Smarter searches
06/11/25 — Alum Aravind Srinivas is the co-founder of Perplexity, an AI-driven search engine that only provides results it can reference.
Berkeley engineers’ crowd-sourced AI ranking system rises to the top
05/07/25 — Chatbot Arena, which allows users to rank and compare AI models, has quickly grown to 1 million monthly users
Podcast: ‘Locked in’ stroke survivor hears her voice again with help from AI
04/28/25 — Researchers describe using a brain-computer interface to restore Ann Johnson’s ability to speak
Ashmita Kumar’s startup aims to detect signs of stroke and save lives
03/31/25 — Using AI and an iPhone, Berkeley EECS student seeks to improve stroke health care
Brain-to-voice neuroprosthesis restores naturalistic speech
03/31/25 — AI-based model streams intelligible speech from the brain in real time
Berkeley engineers create world’s smallest wireless flying robot
03/28/25 — The bumblebee-inspired robot, less than a centimeter in diameter, can hover, change directions and even hit small targets.
No robot can match a squirrel’s ability to leap from limb to limb — until now
03/19/25 — UC Berkeley engineers and biologists design a robot that can stick a landing on a branch
Berkeley alum wants to ‘make the planet smarter’
03/10/25 — Aravind Srinivas, co-founder of Perplexity, seeks to create a better AI chatbot