Technology

The influential AI design that makes chatbots tick now runs on quantum computers

Millions of human-made objects travel at high speeds in low-Earth orbit, polluting space and increasing the chance of collision with satellites and other spacecraft

A new report finds that AI matches or outperforms people at tasks such as competitive math and reading comprehension

A philosopher who lived centuries before artificial intelligence might be able to help us understand the field's personhood questions

This eight-legged probe would scour Mars’s underground lava tubes for places where explorers might camp—or for signs of past life

AI can better education, not threaten it, if we learn some lessons from the adoption of the calculator into the classroom

Volcano detectives use artificial intelligence to sleuth out ancient secrets in Alaska. 

More U.S. states are requiring online ID checks. A proposed French strategy aims to balance child safety with users’ privacy rights

A high-tech pair of gloves can help make learning instruments and other hands-on activities easier

Artificial DNA sorts images like a neural network does

Small start-ups and big professional platforms are using AI to find and recruit new hires—but these tools can reinforce bias

A rectangular nine-volt battery is basically just a bunch of smaller batteries in a trench coat