Artificial Intelligence

  1. Animals

    This biologist tracks seadragons, with help from the public

    Nerida Wilson uses artificial intelligence to identify seadragons in photos taken by citizen scientists.

    By Aaron Tremper
  2. Artificial Intelligence

    The brain of a tiny worm inspired a new type of AI

    A liquid neural network mimics how neurons interact in the brain of a worm. This type of AI can better adapt to new situations.

    By Kathryn Hulick
  3. Tech

    Want to spot a deepfake? Focus on the eyes  

    A technique from astronomy could help detect deepfakes by spotting unrealistic reflections in the eyes of AI-generated images.

    By Ananya
  4. Artificial Intelligence

    Soccer-playing robots show how nimble AI-powered machines can be

    Being controlled by reinforcement learning — a type of AI — helps robots navigate tough terrain. This could bring computer smarts to the real world.

    By Matthew Hutson
  5. Artificial Intelligence

    Does AI steal art or help create it? It depends on who you ask

    With AI image generators on the scene, artists see both power and peril ahead.

    By Kathryn Hulick
  6. Artificial Intelligence

    AI image generators tend to exaggerate stereotypes

    The racism, sexism, ableism and other biases common in bot-made images may lead to harm and discrimination in the real world.

    By Kathryn Hulick
  7. Artificial Intelligence

    Artificial intelligence is making it hard to tell truth from fiction

    Experts worry that by making it harder to tell what’s true, AI can threaten people’s reputations, health, fair elections and more.

    By Kathiann Kowalski
  8. Artificial Intelligence

    Here’s why AI like ChatGPT probably won’t reach humanlike understanding

    Unlike people, this type of artificial intelligence isn’t good at learning concepts that it can apply to new situations.

    By Tom Siegfried and Maria Temming
  9. Artificial Intelligence

    How to design artificial intelligence that acts nice — and only nice

    Today’s bots can’t turn against us, but they can cause harm. “AI safety” aims to train this tech so it will always be honest, harmless and helpful.

    By Kathryn Hulick
  10. Artificial Intelligence

    ‘Jailbreaks’ bring out the evil side of chatbots

    Researchers break chatbots in order to fix them. This so-called red-teaming is an important way to improve AI’s behavior.

    By Kathryn Hulick
  11. Artificial Intelligence

    A new tool could guard against deepfake voice scams

    Scammers can use AI to create deepfake mimics of people’s voices. AntiFake could make that type of trick much harder to pull off.

    By Kathryn Hulick
  12. Artificial Intelligence

    AI learned how to influence humans by watching a video game

    New research used the game Overcooked to show how AI can learn to collaborate with — or manipulate — us.

    By Matthew Hutson