Artificial Intelligence32 articles archived since 1845

Humans Fold: AI Conquers Poker’s Final Milestone

A new program outperforms professionals in six-player games. Could business, political or military applications come next?

AI-Based App Could Screen for Cervical Cancer  

An algorithm that can diagnose the disease from photographs would be especially useful in developing countries 

“Superhuman” AI Triumphs Playing the Toughest Board Games

Will a general algorithm that masters chess, go and shogi succeed as well for games with less-defined rules?

AI for Molecular Design

Machine-learning algorithms are speeding up the search for novel drugs and materials

How Can AI Help to Prepare for Floods in a Climate-Changed World?

Former FEMA chief Craig Fugate talks about sea level rise, big data, and bias

Artificial Intelligence Will Serve Humans, Not Enslave Them

AI will serve our species, not control it

AI, Robotics and Your Health

At the second Science on the Hill event, AI, Robotics and Your Health, experts from academia and the private sector talked with Scientific American Editor in Chief Mariette DiChristina about the future of AI and robotics in medicine...

A Compendium of AI-Composed Pop Songs

Demystifying the Black Box That Is AI

Humans are increasingly entrusting our security, health and safety to “black box” intelligent machines

Ghost in the Sell: Hollywood’s Mischievous Vision of AI

With the new sci-fi flick Ghost in the Shell hitting theaters this week, Scientific American asks artificial intelligence experts which movies, if any, have gotten AI right...

Can Artificial Intelligence Predict Earthquakes?

The ability to forecast temblors would be a tectonic shift in seismology. But is it a pipe dream? A seismologist is conducting machine-learning experiments to find out

Open AI Ecosystem Portends a Personal Assistant for Everyone

Artificial intelligence could unlock higher productivity and better health and happiness for millions of people