Artificial intelligence

Explore our coverage of artificial intelligence, from its technical underpinnings to its social, political and economic consequences


By Invitation

Keep the code behind AI open, say two entrepreneurs

Martin Casado and Ion Stoica argue that open-source models will power innovation without compromising security

By Invitation

Not all AI models should be freely available, argues a legal scholar

The more capable they are, the greater the risk of catastrophe, reckons Lawrence Lessig

Business

What are the threats to the $1trn artificial-intelligence boom?

A fast-growing supply chain is at risk of over-extending

Leaders

How to ensure Africa is not left behind by the AI revolution

Weak digital infrastructure is holding the continent back

Europe

To understand the perils of AI, look to a Czech novel—from 1936

“War with the Newts” offers a satirical allegory of life under the spell of machines 

Middle East and Africa

Why the AI revolution is leaving Africa behind

Large infrastructure gaps are creating a new digital divide

Business

Machines might not take your job. But they could make it worse

How robots and AI change the meaningfulness of work

Science and technology

How Ukraine’s new tech foils Russian aerial attacks 

It is pioneering acoustic detection, with surprising success

Science and technology

AI can predict tipping points before they happen

Potential applications span from economics to epidemiology

Schools brief

A short history of AI

In the first of six weekly briefs, we ask how AI overcame decades of underdelivering

Science and technology

Researchers are figuring out how large language models work

Such insights could help make them safer, more truthful and easier to use

Podcast Babbage

How spooks are adapting to the digital age

Our podcast on science and technology. How intelligence services are using a wealth of technologies—from shortwave radio to AI—to their advantage

Special report

Will artificial intelligence transform school?

The boldest visions for AI in classrooms misunderstand much about education

Leaders

As Amazon turns 30, three factors will define its next decade

It will have to deal with trustbusters, catch up on AI and revive its core business

Finance and economics

What happened to the artificial-intelligence revolution?

So far the technology has had almost no economic impact

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