Britain's energy transition has entered a new phase. AI innovation and data center electricity consumption are pushing demand to new levels. The challenge is no longer just about replacing fossil ...

Neuromorphic computers modeled after the human brain can now solve the complex equations behind physics simulations — something once thought possible only with energy-hungry supercomputers. The ...

One would imagine that an AI capable of solving the hardest Olympiad problems would naturally produce novel scientific ...

Suchi Rudra is a writer whose work has appeared in The New York Times, BBC and Vice, among other publications. As the world tries to keep up with the rapid advances of artificial intelligence across ...

Umbrella or sun cap? Buy or sell stocks? When it comes to questions like these, many people today rely on AI-supported recommendations. Chatbots such as ChatGPT, AI-driven weather forecasts, and ...

A key problem facing artificial intelligence (AI) development is the vast amount of energy the technology requires, with some ...

Slime molds look like simple goop, but their behavior suggests a surprising kind of problem-solving ability. Without a brain or nervous system, they can navigate obstacles, optimize routes, and adapt ...

Yann LeCun helped create the technology behind today’s chatbots. Now he says many tech companies are on the wrong path to creating intelligent machines. Yann LeCun ...

The future never feels fully certain. But in this time of rapid, intense transformation—political, technological, cultural, scientific—it’s as difficult as it ever has been to get a sense of what’s ...

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. The Trump administration is planning to use artificial ...

Underwriters at Allianz and other insurance companies have long faced an intimidating challenge: the need to find specific answers across hundred-page documents before they can make an attractive ...

China’s rapid electrification has been hailed as a miracle. By some measures, India is even further ahead. The nation is electrifying faster and using fewer fossil fuels per capita than China did when ...