Artificial intelligence
Explore our coverage of artificial intelligence, from its technical underpinnings to its social, political and economic consequences

Business
Masayoshi Son is back in Silicon Valley—and late to the AI race
This isn’t the first time the Japanese tech investor has missed the hot new thing

Business
Big tech is bringing nuclear power back to life
Artificial intelligence needs clean and reliable energy sources

Babbage
The 2024 Nobel prizes mark an important year for AI
Our podcast on science and technology. How the research recognised at this year’s Nobel prizes in science will transform the world

Asia
America v China: who controls Asia’s internet?
Amid an explosive data and AI boom the superpower contest hots up

Business
Will America’s government try to break up Google?
Antitrust remedies that target its generative-AI ambitions are more likely

Leaders
A map of a fruit fly’s brain could help us understand our own
A miracle of complexity, powered by rotting fruit



Science & technology
AI offers an intriguing new way to diagnose mental-health conditions
Models look for sound patterns undetectable by the human ear

Science & technology
Why it’s so hard to tell which climate policies actually work
Better tools are needed to analyse their effects

Science & technology
An adult fruit fly brain has been mapped—human brains could follow
For now, it is the most sophisticated connectome ever made

Business
AI and globalisation are shaking up software developers’ world
Their code will get cheaper. So might they

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Want to win an argument? Use a chatbot
AI appears to do a better job of countering conspiracy theories than humans do

Babbage
The AI boom needs radical new chips. Engineers are stepping up to the challenge
Our podcast on science and technology. Artificial intelligence is driving unprecedented demands on computer chips, but chipmakers are relishing the opportunity to innovate

Science & technology
China’s AI firms are cleverly innovating around chip bans
Tweaks to software blunt the shortage of powerful hardware

Business
OpenAI’s new fundraising is shaking up Silicon Valley
Generative AI is forcing America’s disrupters in chief to think differently