Artificial Intelligence

Why flu cases are spiking, how AI predicts disease from your sleep, and what surprising biomechanics lie behind woodpeckers’ powerful pecks.

At CES 2026, Stevie Wonder offered a simple test for tech. And in the smart glasses boom, the most persuasive tools aren’t about perfect sight but day-to-day independence

Humanoids, robotaxis and industrial bots dominate the year’s biggest consumer technology show. Their usefulness remains an open question

From immune cell therapies to measles outbreaks to federal attacks on public health, these are some of the health topics we’ll be watching next year

Disney and OpenAI’s agreement hints at a future in which viewers don’t just choose what to watch but generate it on demand

Whether space, health, technology or environment, here are the issues in science that the editors of Scientific American are focusing on for 2026

General-purpose robots remain rare not for a lack of hardware but because we still can’t give machines the physical intuition humans learn through experience

Journalist Karen Hao unpacks the rise of AI “empires,” their ideological roots, and the hidden environmental and societal costs of OpenAI’s quest for artificial general intelligence.

A new survey offers the clearest national snapshot yet of how U.S. teens are using artificial intelligence

Billionaire-headed machines lampoon tech power and the way our images quietly become fuel for AI

On our 2025 Best Nonfiction of the Year list, Karen Hao’s investigation of artificial intelligence reveals how the AI future is still in our hands

Today’s leading AI models can already write and refine their own software. The question is whether that self-improvement can ever snowball into true superintelligence