Artificial Intelligence

To build safe but powerful AI models, start by testing their ability to play games on the fly

The world's leading mathematicians were stunned by how adept artificial intelligence is at doing their jobs

Thanks to faulty artificial intelligence, deepfakes and plain bad actors, children encounter a lot on the Internet that isn’t true. Here’s how to help them spot it

The latest version of Grok, the chatbot created by Elon Musk’s xAI, is promoting fringe climate viewpoints in a way it hasn’t done before, observers say

A large language model for dolphin vocalization could let us better understand these beloved marine mammals.

A Google DeepMind system improves chip designs and addresses unsolved math problems but has not been rolled out to researchers outside the company

AI chatbot companions may not be real, but the feelings users form for them are. Some scientists worry about long-term dependency

A new AI platform called Xanthorox markets itself as a tool for cybercrime, but its real danger may lie in how easily such systems can be built—and sold—by anyone

Many people believe AI will one day cause human extinction. A little math tells us it wouldn’t be that easy

New rules that trim crash reporting requirements and widen testing access for U.S. robotaxis are hailed as an innovation edge and criticized for eroding safety oversight

AI systems could show signs of consciousness. We need to develop better tests to show whether they are actually aware

AI chatbots called “griefbots” or “deadbots” offer our loved ones a new digital way to grieve but raise ethical and privacy concerns.