The promise and peril of artificial intelligence everywhere
Tavis Coburn
Inside the new AI world order: A special report
From the exam room to the classroom, artificial intelligence is no longer just a tool—it's infrastructure. An introduction to our special report on life in the age of AI.
AI enters the exam room
When alerts misfire or can’t explain themselves, nurses still carry the risk
A deepfake can ruin you before breakfast
Digital forensics pioneer Hany Farid explains what it will take to rebuild trust in the deepfake era
The ghost in the machine
AI is forcing us to redraw the line between author and tool
The AI scribe that lets doctors stop typing and start listening
When a patient shared the story of her sister’s death, an AI captured the clinical details—freeing physician Christopher Sharp to just be present
She asked a robot about race. The answer scared her
Transdisciplinary artist Stephanie Dinkins challenges us to rethink what we feed our machines—and asks what AI might become if it were trained on care
After teaching for 30 years, Jen Roberts has found an unlikely ally in AI
Veteran teacher Jen Roberts explains why generative tools are more than just a platform for cheating—they’re a way to make classrooms fairer and more human
This civil rights lawyer uses AI to battle the FBI
Joseph McMullen uses AI to sort through terabytes of evidence, freeing him to focus on what the machines can’t find: the human story
The chemist who taught AI to run the lab
Gabriel Gomes built an agent that turns plain English into physical experiments, enabling research that humans alone could never sustain
How AI-powered ‘smart homes’ could transform care for people with dementia
How AI‑powered “smart home” technologies could improve safety and ease caregiver burden for people with Alzheimer’s and other types of dementia