New research has revealed another set of tasks most humans can do with ease that artificial intelligence (AI) stumbles over — reading an analogue clock or figuring out the day on which a date will ...

AI isn’t just bad at making clocks; it’s also bad at reading them. A 2025 study by technologist Alek Safar suggests that ...

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A new software package detailed by Chinese scientists promises to tell what time it is on the moon, accounting for effects of ...

ChatGPT can perform several complex tasks, such as browsing the web, writing code, and analysing images. However, the popular OpenAI chatbot isn’t capable of doing a basic thing: telling you the right ...

As a personal assistant, ChatGPT is remarkably, annoyingly bad at this one basic thing. As a personal assistant, ChatGPT is remarkably, annoyingly bad at this one basic thing. is a NYC-based AI ...

Think you’re adept at telling time? Prove it by solving this week’s puzzle about a distorted analog clock. Reading time 2 minutes One of last week’s puzzles asked how many times per day all six digits ...