Artificial intelligence

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


Finance & economics

Artificial intelligence is losing hype

For some, that is proof the tech will in time succeed. Are they right?

Science & technology

AI scientists are producing new theories of how the brain learns

The challenge for neuroscientists is how to test them

Schools brief

LLMs will transform medicine, media and more

But not without a helping (human) hand

Culture

These are the two new books you need to read about AI

They explore the people who make AI work—for good or ill

Business

A court says Google is a monopolist. Now what?

The ruling could lead to a big-tech showdown

Business

A history-lover’s guide to the market panic over AI

Past technologies offer clues to what comes next

Schools brief

How AI models are getting smarter

Deep neural networks are learning diffusion and other tricks

Science & technology

GPT, Claude, Llama? How to tell which AI model is best

Beware model-makers marking their own homework 

Science & technology

How America built an AI tool to predict Taliban attacks

“Raven Sentry” was a successful experiment in open-source intelligence 

Schools brief

The race is on to control the global supply chain for AI chips

The focus is no longer just on faster chips, but on more chips clustered together

By Invitation

Keep the code behind AI open, say two entrepreneurs

Martin Casado and Ion Stoica argue that open-source models will power innovation without compromising security

By Invitation

Not all AI models should be freely available, argues a legal scholar

The more capable they are, the greater the risk of catastrophe, reckons Lawrence Lessig

Business

What could kill the $1trn artificial-intelligence boom?

A fast-growing supply chain is in danger of over-extending

Leaders

How to ensure Africa is not left behind by the AI revolution

Weak digital infrastructure is holding the continent back

Europe

To understand the perils of AI, look to a Czech novel—from 1936

“War with the Newts” offers a satirical allegory of life under the spell of machines 

Middle East & Africa

Why the AI revolution is leaving Africa behind

Large infrastructure gaps are creating a new digital divide

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