
Teen AI Chatbot Use Surges, Raising Mental Health Concerns
A new survey offers the clearest national snapshot yet of how U.S. teens are using artificial intelligence

Teen AI Chatbot Use Surges, Raising Mental Health Concerns
A new survey offers the clearest national snapshot yet of how U.S. teens are using artificial intelligence

Satirical Art Exhibit Takes on Tech Titans and Our AI Future
Billionaire-headed machines lampoon tech power and the way our images quietly become fuel for AI


OpenAI’s Secrets are Revealed in Empire of 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

Data Centers in Space Aren’t as Wild as They Sound
Space-based computing offers easy access to solar power but presents its own environmental challenges

Breakthrough in Digital Screens Takes Color Resolution to Incredibly Small Scale
These miniature displays can be the size of your pupil, with as many pixels as you have photoreceptors—opening the way to improved virtual reality

AI Slop Is Spurring Record Requests for Imaginary Journals
The International Committee of the Red Cross warned that artificial intelligence models are making up research papers, journals and archives

How Sound Waves Can Fight Fires without Water
A new sound-based system could squelch small fires before they grow into home-destroying blazes

Are We Seeing the First Steps Toward AI Superintelligence?
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

AI Chatbots Are Shockingly Good at Political Persuasion
Chatbots can measurably sway voters’ choices, new research shows. The findings raise urgent questions about AI’s role in future elections

Autonomous Deep-Sea Robots to Lead New Search for Missing Flight MH370
Texas-based firm Ocean Infinity will send swarms of autonomous underwater vehicles into the southern Indian Ocean in a high-risk attempt to locate this missing jet

The Her Talking Phone May Have Arrived—She Speaks Chinese
The company behind TikTok is rolling out a smartphone AI assistant that behaves less like an app and more like a secretary

Could Symbolic AI Unlock Human-Like Intelligence?
Combining newer neural networks with older AI systems could be the secret to building an AI to match or surpass human intelligence