Technology

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.

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

When alerts misfire or can’t explain themselves, nurses still carry the risk

Sources say an Army antidrone laser near Fort Bliss prompted a brief FAA airspace closure—spotlighting the hazards of battlefield technology in civilian skies

Researchers used a browser extension to reorder people’s X feeds, reducing their polarizing effect

A Roman stone board game has been unplayable since its discovery more than a century ago, but AI might have just worked out the rules

From vegetation scans to 360-degree smoke detectors, new tools are trying to shine a light on the most dangerously dark areas of the electric grid

Data centers are eating up computing resources and pushing chipmakers toward AI-grade memory, tightening supply for Nintendo and other hardware makers

Acquiring xAI could boost SpaceX’s plans to launch a one-million-strong satellite constellation to act as an orbital data center network

Researchers mimicked the air-trapping tricks of diving bell spiders to create aluminum that stays afloat—even when punctured

Coding for the rest of us finally feels possible now that tools like Claude Code turn plain English into working software

This open-source agent installs software, makes calls and runs your digital life—redefining what “digital assistants” are supposed to do