As Big Tech platforms go on trial with social media alleged to be addictive, we should ask if the drug analogy is being stretched too far. What if it only reflects who we are and we don’t like what we ...
Alan Turing, a pivotal World War II codebreaker, developed the theoretical basis for modern computing and artificial intelligence. Despite his immense contributions, he was prosecuted for his ...
What are the most pressing global crises in 2026? Each year, the International Rescue Committee’s (IRC) Emergency Watchlist identifies the countries at greatest risk of new or worsening humanitarian ...
The New York Times Editorial Board has long supported marijuana legalization, but a new article titled “It’s Time for America to Admit That It Has a Marijuana Problem” sheds light on some of the ...
The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values. It is separate from the newsroom. Thirteen years ago, no ...
Will artificial intelligence ever be able to reason, learn and solve problems at levels comparable to humans? Four experts at the University of California San Diego believe the answer is yes – and ...
Five years ago, mathematicians Dawei Chen and Quentin Gendron were trying to untangle a difficult area of algebraic geometry involving differentials, elements of calculus used to measure distance ...
Microsoft’s MSFT-2.58%decrease; red down pointing triangle Copilot chatbot has become central to its artificial-intelligence strategy as the company’s close partnership with OpenAI diminishes. But the ...
The world owes so much to Alan Turing. Without his quick and clever mind, the Allied Forces may never have been able to unravel the impossible messages produced by the German Enigma machine. WWII ...
Biodiversity loss is continuing at an unprecedented rate, with species becoming extinct at between 100 and 1,000 times the average pre-human, or ‘background’, rate. Human activities are the main cause ...
Good news for fans of Netflix’s 3 Body Problem: the second season of the hit series has already wrapped filming and will return later this year. The cast and crew were hard at work filming from last ...
Four cross-disciplinary faculty at UC San Diego believe the answer is yes Does AI already have human-level intelligence? Four UC San Diego faculty suggest the machine intelligence foreshadowed by Alan ...