Artificial Intelligence60 articles archived since 1845

How to Preserve the Privacy of Your Genomic Data

A technology called “fully homomorphic encryption” is so secure that even future quantum computers won’t be able to crack it

AI Assesses Alzheimer’s Risk by Analyzing Word Usage

New models used writing samples to predict the onset of the disease with 70 percent accuracy

Deepfakes and the New AI-Generated Fake Media Creation-Detection Arms Race

Manipulated videos are getting more sophisticated all the time—but so are the techniques that can identify them

Can AI Fix Electronic Medical Records?

Digitization of patient charts was supposed to revolutionize medical practice. Artificial intelligence could help unlock its potential 

Will Machines Ever Become Conscious?

AI may equal human intelligence without matching the true nature of our experiences

Artificial Intelligence Sniffs Out Unsafe Foods

Researchers trained machine-learning algorithms to read Amazon reviews for hints that a food product would be recalled by the FDA. Christopher Intagliata reports.

AI Can Predict Kidney Failure Days in Advance

A new program could save lives in hospitals, where kidney injury is one of the most common causes of death

Rhinos and Their Gamekeepers Benefit From A.I.

Starting in 2017, an artificial intelligence monitoring system at the Welgevonden Game Reserve in South Africa has been helping to protect rhinos and their caretakers.  

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