Artificial Intelligence

Chatbots can measurably sway voters’ choices, new research shows. The findings raise urgent questions about AI’s role in future elections

The company behind TikTok is rolling out a smartphone AI assistant that behaves less like an app and more like a secretary

Combining newer neural networks with older AI systems could be the secret to building an AI to match or surpass human intelligence

A new federal initiative aims to accelerate scientific discovery by uniting artificial intelligence with large federal datasets

As AI slips into kitchens, conversations and memories, Thanksgiving has become a test of how much we’re willing to outsource

Ethicists say AI-powered advances will threaten the autonomy of people who use neurotechnology

A new paper shows AI emerging as a tool that helps scientists test ideas, navigate literature and refine experiments

A machine-learning breakthrough could lift the veil on Earth’s early history—and supercharge the search for alien life

As AI systems exceed one benchmark after another, our standards for “humanlike intelligence” keep evolving

What can AI “griefbots” do for those in mourning?

When anyone can forge reality, society can’t self-govern. Borrowing Denmark’s approach could help the U.S. restore accountability around deepfakes

The milestone makes machine-learning trailblazer Yoshua Bengio the most cited researcher on Google Scholar