EurekAlert! In the Spotlight

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.

Latest News Releases

Updates every hour. Last Updated: 17-Nov-2025 13:11 ET (17-Nov-2025 18:11 GMT/UTC)

11-Nov-2025

Viewing AI as magical sparks adoption among less tech-savvy consumers

American Marketing Association

Consumers with lower AI literacy are more likely to adopt AI tools because they view AI as magical and awe-inspiring.

Journal: Journal of Marketing

11-Nov-2025

Mind readers: Stevens researchers peek at how large language models encode theory-of-mind

Stevens Institute of Technology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Humans have the cognitive capacity to infer and reason about the minds and thoughts of other people. Our brains are very good at it—much better than the Large Language Models or LLMs. Although LLMs were inspired by some concepts from neuroscience and cognitive science, they aren’t exact mimics of the human brain. Now, two scientists team up in a multi-disciplinary effort to tune the LLMs to make fewer redundant computations, so they operate closer to how a human brain does.

11-Nov-2025

Chatting with your cells

CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Single-cell sequencing provides great insights into the inner workings of cells – but making sense of the data requires advanced bioinformatics skills. Researchers at CeMM, Medical University of Vienna, and St. Anna Children’s Cancer Research Institute have now developed an artificial intelligence (AI) method and software tool that lets scientists explore such datasets through natural-language conversations – speaking English with the computer instead of having to learn a programming language. This study, published in Nature Biotechnology (DOI 10.1038/s41587-025-02857-9), illustrates how modern AI makes biomedical research more accessible and effective.

Journal: Nature Biotechnology

11-Nov-2025

Meet us at PFF Summit 2025 | Insilico Medicine to showcase generative AI platform and introduce their latest AI-driven Pulmonary Fibrosis clinical research at PFF Summit 2025 in Chicago, IL

InSilico Medicine
Meeting Announcement

Meet us at PFF Summit 2025 | Insilico Medicine to showcase generative AI platform and introduce their latest AI-driven Pulmonary Fibrosis clinical research at PFF Summit 2025 in Chicago, IL