Technology

Beijing is set to tighten China’s rules for humanlike artificial intelligence, with a heavy emphasis on user safety and societal values

On TikTok and other short-form video platforms, Scientific American explored the underground labs of Greenland, brand-new colors and the perfect way to make eggs

The U.S.’s decision to ban the sale of new foreign-made drones will have far wider-reaching implications than its effect on pilots’ ability to access new models and parts

Disney and OpenAI’s agreement hints at a future in which viewers don’t just choose what to watch but generate it on demand

In the era of mega constellations, spacecraft typically have less than a week to avoid crashes

A new generation of household robots could change the way you live

Robots are poised to play a much bigger role in daily life at home, at work and in the world

Whether space, health, technology or environment, here are the issues in science that the editors of Scientific American are focusing on for 2026

General-purpose robots remain rare not for a lack of hardware but because we still can’t give machines the physical intuition humans learn through experience

An oil tanker seized by the U.S. this week reportedly used a technique that scrambled its location, but new advanced visual tracking can help expose such ships’ true coordinates

A new survey offers the clearest national snapshot yet of how U.S. teens are using artificial intelligence

Billionaire-headed machines lampoon tech power and the way our images quietly become fuel for AI