Nature Machine Intelligence, Published online: 14 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s42256-026-01276-y

Chen et al. explore limitations of current knowledge editing techniques in large language models and propose three promising research directions that respect the complexity of knowledge representation in a real-world setting.

Nature Machine Intelligence, Published online: 14 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s42256-026-01281-1

Wang et al. summarize advances in machine listening and speaking, speech-based interaction, and audio–visual understanding.