Artificial Intelligence

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

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. 

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

Some amount of chatbot hallucination is inevitable. But there are ways to minimize it

Two popular chatbots showed some difficulty in providing medical information when asked in Spanish, Hindi or Mandarin

AI-generated art is creating new ethical issues—and competition—for digital artists. Nightshade and Glaze are two tools helping creators fight back.

To learn how to move, groom itself and flap its wings, a fruit fly AI devoured hours of video of real insects

Several recent proposals for using AI to generate research data could save time and effort but at a cost

Machine-learning algorithms allow composers to create all-new instruments.

AI has deciphered ancient texts, learned new math and provided new ideas about human consciousness