In the rush to build and train ever-larger AI models, developers have swept up much of the searchable Internet, quite possibly including some of your own public (and possibly private) data.
We present the latest updates on ChatGPT, Bard and other competitors in the artificial intelligence arms race.
Generative AI algorithms use probability to create visuals from noise
The new field of digital bioacoustics is using machine learning to try decipher animal speak, including honeybee toots and quacks and whoops.
The Luddites did not hate technology—but they did fight the way it was used to exploit humans.
A Nobel laureate in economics explains how artificial intelligence will affect inequality—and how solutions such as a shorter work week might mitigate its negative effects
Scientists used a smoking machine—complete with a 3-D-printed mouthpiece—to figure out how to get the most cannabinoid per puff.
New AI technology predicts hit songs—by listening to someone’s body.
Here’s what’s behind the A.I technology that has worried so many actors—including something called “the orb.”
Here’s how large language models, or LLMs, actually work.
If the missing Titan submersible was near the Titanic when it imploded, it would have experienced pressure higher than that of a great white shark bite
A new electrically conductive material could lead to better self-healing soft robots
From the technology upsetting jobs and causing intellectual property issues to models making up fake answers to questions, here’s why we’re concerned about generative AI.
Humans are building meaningful relationships with AI chatbots. What will the consequences be?
The AI GPT-4 has emergent abilities—but that’s not why it’s scary.
A new material was used in a simple snail robot, but it could one day make artificial nervous systems for more complex machines
The burgeoning field of “digital bioacoustics” is helping us understand animals like never before.
OpenAI just released an updated version of its text-generating artificial intelligence program. Here’s how GPT-4 improves on its predecessor
Will a possible breakthrough for room-temperature superconducting materials hold up to scrutiny?
The results of a test involving dozens of employers and thousands of employees suggests that working only four days instead of five is good for workers’ well-being—without hurting companies
From space aliens to foreign surveillance, we spoke to experts to find out what’s really going on with the balloon brouhaha.
Every question we have about the airborne objects that may or may not be spying on the U.S.
Portable sensors and artificial intelligence are helping researchers decode animal communication—and begin to talk back to nonhumans
An expert explains why it’s so odd that the suspected Chinese spy balloon can change course