Artificial Intelligence

Ethicists say AI-powered advances will threaten the autonomy of people who use neurotechnology

A new paper shows AI emerging as a tool that helps scientists test ideas, navigate literature and refine experiments

A machine-learning breakthrough could lift the veil on Earth’s early history—and supercharge the search for alien life

As AI systems exceed one benchmark after another, our standards for “humanlike intelligence” keep evolving

When anyone can forge reality, society can’t self-govern. Borrowing Denmark’s approach could help the U.S. restore accountability around deepfakes

What can AI “griefbots” do for those in mourning?

The milestone makes machine-learning trailblazer Yoshua Bengio the most cited researcher on Google Scholar

Science writer David Berreby shares his personal journey with griefbots and discusses how they can offer unexpected comfort, insight and connection in the wake of loss.

The popularization of the term “slop” for AI output follows a centuries-long pattern where new tools flood the zone, audiences adapt and some of tomorrow’s art emerges from today’s excess

A noninvasive imaging technique can translate scenes in your head into sentences. It could help to reveal how the brain interprets the world

A personal experiment with the artificial intelligence music platform Suno’s latest model echoes a new preprint study. Most listeners can’t tell AI music from the real thing, but emotional resonance still demands a human story

Faced with her son’s struggle with dyslexia, one mom built an AI platform to help kids learn their own way