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AI can predict how you’ll respond to a survey. But that’s not the same as understanding you

July 9, 2026 (Conversation) What makes people change their minds, or their behaviour? Social scientists spend a lot of time thinking about this question, and experiments are one of the most powerful ways to answer it. Experiments – testing ideas on real people – take considerable amounts of time and money. Enter large language models (LLMs): artificial intelligence (AI) systems trained to mimic certain kinds of text-based human behaviour based on vast amounts of human-produced text. A new study led by Harvard psychology researcher Ashwini Ashokkumar, published today in Nature, suggests LLMs such as GPT-4 can predict the outcomes of

China, India-linked hacking groups targeted Pakistani law enforcement, report says

July 9 (Reuters) – Multiple Pakistani law ​enforcement agencies were targeted in separate hacking campaigns linked to groups associated with China and India, researchers ‌at cybersecurity firm SentinelOne said on Thursday. The campaigns offer a glimpse into foreign efforts to gather information on Pakistan’s security challenges including militant violence, tensions with Afghanistan and the country’s economic collaboration with China. “When multiple cyberespionage actors operate against law enforcement institutions of a single state, the convergence itself is ​a signal of target value,” Aleksandar Milenkoski, a principal threat researcher at SentinelOne, wrote in a blog published on Thursday. “What draws them ​is

Gold slips Rs 350 in Delhi as local demand stays muted

New Delhi, Jul 9 (PTI) Gold fell for the fourth straight session, with prices slipping Rs 350 to Rs 1,48,100 per 10 grams in the national capital on Thursday as a strong rupee and sluggish local demand weighed on the precious metal. The yellow metal of 99.9 per cent purity had closed at Rs 1,48,450 per 10 grams in the previous session. Silver also extended its losses, falling Rs 7,800 to Rs 2,32,000 per kilogram (inclusive of all taxes) from Wednesday’s closing level of Rs 2,39,800 per kg. The precious metals declined despite gains in the overseas markets. Traders attributed

US Justice Department tells state officials they could be prosecuted over noncitizen voting

WASHINGTON, July 9 (Reuters) – The U.S. Department ​of Justice has sent letters to all 50 U.S. states warning that election officials could ‌face criminal charges for allowing noncitizens to remain on their lists of eligible voters. The letters, sent on Tuesday, are the latest attempt by Republican President Donald Trump’s administration to pressure states ahead of November’s midterm elections, which will decide control of Congress. The ​letters, sent by Harmeet Dhillon, the head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, warn that ​state election officials can be charged under several federal laws designed to safeguard U.S. ⁠elections and bar

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