Artificial Intelligence

For humanity’s brightest future, the blue-sky, lofty thinkers in AI need the help of the muddy-boots pragmatists

In a field in Oklahoma, researchers are using new technology to spot deadly munitions built to maim and kill

Engineers at the company DeepMind built a machine-learning system based on research on how babies’ brain works, and it did better on certain tasks than its conventional counterparts.

Predicting severity can help address deadly effects to olive groves

Over two years, a machine-learning program warned thousands of health care providers about patients at high risk of sepsis, allowing them to begin treatments nearly two hours sooner

Is it possible for an artificial intelligence to be sentient?

A computer model simulating how objects react to physical forces approximates how babies understand their surroundings

A close look reveals that the newest systems, including DeepMind’s much-hyped Gato, are still stymied by the same old problems

An artificially intelligent first author presents many ethical questions—and could upend the publishing process

We need to change rules and institutions while still promoting innovation to protect people from faulty AI

New work maps a region’s nutrient landscape

Eventually, the most ethical option might be to divert all resources toward building very happy machines