Artificial intelligence

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


Leaders

The breakthrough AI needs

A race is on to push artificial intelligence beyond today’s limits

Technology Quarterly

AI has propelled chip architecture towards a tighter bond with software

It has also been pushed farther towards specialisation

Technology Quarterly

AI has returned chipmaking to the heart of computer technology

And the technological challenges are bigger than the political ones, argues Shailesh Chitnis

Business

AI will not fix Apple’s sluggish iPhone sales any time soon

The technology is not yet ready for prime time on phones or other devices

Culture

The information wars are about to get worse, Yuval Noah Harari argues

The author of “Sapiens” is back with a timely new book about AI, fact and fiction

Culture

A gripping new novel about AI captures what it means to be human 

“Hum” evokes a techno-dystopia that feels eerily realistic

Podcast Babbage

What is artificial general intelligence?

Our podcast on science and technology. In the first of two episodes on the quest for AGI, we evaluate a buzzy but slippery concept

Business

Meta is accused of “bullying” the open-source community

It hopes its models will set the standard for open-source artificial intelligence

Science & technology

Digital twins are making companies more efficient

They will also help them reap the benefits of advances in AI

Business

What could stop the Nvidia frenzy?

Two contradictions could stymie the AI chipmaker-in-chief

China

Is Xi Jinping an AI doomer?

China’s elite is split over artificial intelligence

Leaders

Regulators are focusing on real AI risks over theoretical ones. Good

Rules on safety may one day be needed. But not yet

By Invitation

Mark Zuckerberg and Daniel Ek on why Europe should embrace open-source AI

It risks falling behind because of incoherent and complex regulation, say the two tech CEOs

Finance & economics

Why don’t women use artificial intelligence?

Even when in the same jobs, men are much more likely to turn to the tech

Schools brief

AI needs regulation, but what kind, and how much?

Different countries are taking different approaches to regulating artificial intelligence

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