In the 1930s, unusual footprints discovered in the Paluxy Riverbed in Texas sparked claims that human and dinosaur tracks existed side by side. Some observers argued the impressions showed humans ...

In a series of tea party-like experiments, Johns Hopkins University researchers demonstrated for the first time that apes can use their imagination and play pretend, an ability thought to be uniquely ...

They’re canceling the robot apocalypse — for now at least. The AI bots who were supposedly caught predicting mankind’s downfall by 2047 were little more than Internet trolls roleplaying as machines ...

Playing as a dinosaur sounds like a power fantasy, but turning prehistoric biology into balanced gameplay creates a serious design problem. This video compares predator and herbivore mechanics, ...

Moltbook. This word emerged as one of the most discussed social media topics in the past few days, with users expressing curiosity about this insane Reddit-like social network, meant only for AI bots.

Researchers adapted the playbook for studying young children to stage a juice party for Kanzi. They poured imaginary juice from a pitcher into two cups, then pretended to empty just one. They asked ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Although Kanzi, who died in ...

Children love to play pretend, holding imaginary tea parties, educating classrooms of teddies or running their own grocery stores. Now, a new study suggests that such make-believe play is not a ...

A male bonobo called Kanzi is the first non-human animal to clearly grasp the concept of make believe. In experiments reported today in Science, the ape favoured a cup that scientists had pretended to ...

Can animals play pretend? It took a tea party with a bonobo to find out. In a set of experiments, a team of researchers offered a bonobo named Kanzi invisible juice and grapes, presenting the tests as ...

Evidence is piling up that Moltbook, the new social platform billed as a space where only "AI agents" can post and interact with one another, is at least partly powered by humans pretending to be bots ...