New research reveals that our perception of others’ tears as sincere or manipulative depends heavily on context.

Overview of main manipulation of face warmth as based on walker et al. (2018) and tears digitally added. Wróbel et al., 2025, ...

Crying is perceived as more likely to be genuine when its people least expected to turn on the waterworks who are shedding the tears.

A new study adds to evidence suggesting that people's perceptions of others' tears as sincere or manipulative likely depend ...

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A new study adds to evidence suggesting that people’s perceptions of others’ tears as sincere or manipulative likely depends ...

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Hugging Face released an open AI model for robotics called SmolVLA that can run on low-cost hardware thanks to its small size, the company says.

While many lament the loss of the blue color and frowny face for sentimental reasons, others have more legitimate concerns.