A study in the Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics (JCAP) explores how a machine-learning strategy known as transfer learning could dramatically reduce the computational cost of searching for new physics beyond the standard cosmological model — while also revealing an unexpected risk: sometimes AI systems can become too reliant on what they already know.

A study in the Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics (JCAP) explores how a machine-learning strategy known as transfer learning could dramatically reduce the…

When it comes to physics, AI seems to be as bound by prior biases as human scientists.