Nature Machine Intelligence, Published online: 28 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s42256-026-01306-9

Wu et al. show that neural networks learning multiple tasks organize into specialized modules, particularly under capacity constraints. Incremental multitask learning strengthens this modularity and produces architectures resembling brain networks.

Nature Machine Intelligence, Published online: 20 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s42256-026-01274-0

Li et al. show that recurrent neural networks optimized for free recall discover diverse, human-like memory strategies beyond classical temporal context models, with top models using an index-based mechanism resembling the memory palace technique.