What can AI learn from children?
UC Berkeley researchers explore how AI can learn language more efficiently by mimicking children’s imitation-based learning, using speech and virtual vocal tracts to reduce training data needs.
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Watch: Did ancient humans really throw spears at mammoths? A Berkeley archaeologist says no.
A UC Berkeley archaeologist challenges the Hollywood myth of spear-throwing mammoth hunters, arguing that ancient humans used ground-planted pikes for survival.
A global, hardwired pause of frontier AI training is feasible, says new report
A multidisciplinary study led by UC Berkeley scholars outlines a feasible 10-year global pause on frontier AI training through coordinated chip regulation and verification measures.
Using AI for just 10 minutes erodes your ability to persist at hard things
A UC Berkeley-led study finds 10 minutes using AI tools weakens focus and persistence on difficult tasks, with experiments showing users struggle once assistance is withdrawn.
Watch: How UC Berkeley’s Space Sciences Laboratory leads NASA missions like ESCAPADE
UC Berkeley’s Space Sciences Laboratory manages NASA satellite missions like ESCAPADE, a Mars-bound project launching in 2025 to study the planet’s magnetic field and atmospheric loss.
To decipher local laws, researchers used AI to build a database of millions of them
UC Berkeley researchers created a free AI-powered database compiling millions of local laws nationwide, enabling easier comparison and analysis of municipal ordinances for the first time.
Watch: A sustainable construction material is reinvented at UC Berkeley’s Wood Lab
UC Berkeley’s Wood Lab advances mechanically laminated timber (MLT), a sustainable wood product now commercially produced in California to address wildfires and housing shortages.
Watch: the history of capitalism in 101 seconds
UC Berkeley historian Trevor Jackson traces capitalism’s 300-year evolution in a 101-second video, arguing its rise was neither inevitable nor intentional.
Berkeley Talks: W. Kamau Bell on AI, creativity and resisting the pull of automation
Comedian and filmmaker W. Kamau Bell discussed AI’s influence on creativity and communication during a UC Berkeley symposium, warning against unchecked automation and corporate control of technology.
AI creates risk, opportunities for key human rights fields, report finds
A UC Berkeley Human Rights Center report examines how large language models in law, journalism, and education both advance and threaten human rights, urging tailored safeguards and regulations.
New AI model for DNA learns from evolution to unlock secrets of the human genome
UC Berkeley researchers unveiled GPN-Star, an AI model that decodes non-coding DNA variants linked to disease using evolutionary alignments, offering faster, more efficient predictions than existing tools.
From ghost stories to climate entrepreneurship, 9 fascinating new classes at UC Berkeley
UC Berkeley’s fall semester introduces nine new courses spanning Afrofuturism, climate entrepreneurship, historical horror, and robotics, blending interdisciplinary learning with real-world applications.
As fall semester begins, thousands of new UC Berkeley students gather for a warm campus welcome
UC Berkeley welcomed over 9,000 new students during Golden Bear Orientation, featuring move-in, convocation, and campus resource sessions to ease their transition to university life.
Poetry as life: From writing in secret to studying at UC Berkeley
Michael Battisto, a UC Berkeley transfer student, reflects on how poetry shaped his life from childhood struggles to studying English at Berkeley after careers in restaurants and writing.
25 years, 133 cultural icons: A private portrait series makes its public debut
UC Berkeley’s Magnes Collection unveils 133 unpublished portraits by late photographer Nancy Lee Katz, donated by her partner after her death, offering intimate views of cultural icons from Ruth Bader Ginsburg to Maya...
UC Berkeley announces new professional graduate degree in AI and machine learning
UC Berkeley will launch a Master of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in fall 2027, accepting applications from September 24, 2026. The two-semester program focuses on core AI and machine learning principles,...
Moffitt Library is back — and built for a new generation of UC Berkeley students
UC Berkeley’s Moffitt Library reopens after a $58 million renovation, nearly doubling student-centered space with flexible study areas, a maker studio, and expanded café, shaped by undergraduate input.
A promising new weight loss and diabetes treatment helps burn fat while keeping muscle
UC Berkeley researchers identified a compound, TOFA, that helps burn fat without reducing food intake or muscle mass, unlike GLP-1 drugs. The discovery, published in *Science Advances*, shows promise in mouse models for...
Berkeley Talks: Leaping robots, AI companies and a NASA mission: Stories of Berkeley student innovation
A UC Berkeley professor highlights the achievements of former students, including AI entrepreneurs and a NASA astronaut, during a lecture on student innovation and AI advancements.
As California embraces universal transitional kindergarten, the state’s other child-care workers are struggling
California’s universal transitional kindergarten program, now available to all 4-year-olds, is reshaping the child-care sector, leaving providers scrambling to adapt their business models and care for younger children.
Watch: Decode the chatter of birds with a Berkeley neuroscientist
UC Berkeley neuroscientist Julie Elie decoded zebra finch chatter, mapping distinct calls for hunger, distress, and social needs. Her work, recognized with the 2026 Coller-Dolittle Prize, reveals finches understand...
California has an affordability crisis. The fix may be politically uncomfortable.
A UC Berkeley study argues California’s affordability crisis stems from anti-growth policies, costly regulations, and inefficient state programs, urging voters to reconsider long-held beliefs to restore opportunity.
UC Berkeley computer scientist on the promise and perils of agentic AI
UC Berkeley hosted the Agentic AI Summit 2026 to explore autonomous AI systems that reason, plan, and use tools independently, addressing safety and governance challenges alongside technical progress.
In the heart of campus, a new hub opens for undergraduate education
UC Berkeley opens the Undergraduate Academic Building this fall, adding 25 classrooms and a 400-seat auditorium to centralize undergraduate education and host 10% of campus general assignment classrooms.
Can ‘digital twins’ help California manage its growing flood risk?
UC Berkeley researchers are developing a digital twin of California’s Lower Pajaro River Valley to improve flood risk understanding and management amid rising climate threats and social equity concerns.
New Study Finds Politically Mismatched Couples Are More Likely to Break Up, With Abortion Bans Accelerating Separations
A UC Berkeley study finds politically mismatched couples are 14% more likely to separate, with abortion bans accelerating splits in states criminalizing the procedure after the 2022 Dobbs decision.
Why we don’t need more data centers to build better AI
UC Berkeley researchers argue that smaller, energy-efficient open-source AI models can match the performance of large proprietary systems, reducing environmental and economic costs while preserving scientific control.
For a Berkeley ROTC cadet, the road less traveled rises toward service and leadership
Isshin Shiraishi, a UC Berkeley senior, will serve as cadet commander of the Army ROTC Golden Bears Battalion, transitioning from an unplanned arrival to a commitment to military service.
Into the light: Photographer Judy Dater’s archive comes to The Bancroft Library at UC Berkeley, capturing a life behind the lens
The Bancroft Library at UC Berkeley has acquired photographer Judy Dater’s archive, including letters, diaries, and photographs spanning her six-decade career, offering insight into her artistic development and...
Berkeley Talks: How we’ve long misread gun violence (and ways to prevent it)
Jens Ludwig of the University of Chicago Crime Lab argues most gun violence stems from impulsive acts rather than deliberate choices, citing behavioral research and advocating low-cost prevention tools like youth...