Artificial intelligence
Explore our coverage of artificial intelligence, from its technical underpinnings to its social, political and economic consequences
Science & technology
AI offers an intriguing new way to diagnose mental-health conditions
Models look for sound patterns undetectable by the human ear
Business
AI and globalisation are shaking up software developers’ world
Their code will get cheaper. So might they
Babbage
The AI boom needs radical new chips. Engineers are stepping up to the challenge
Our podcast on science and technology. Artificial intelligence is driving unprecedented demands on computer chips, but chipmakers are relishing the opportunity to innovate
Science & technology
China’s AI firms are cleverly innovating around chip bans
Tweaks to software blunt the shortage of powerful hardware
Business
OpenAI’s new fundraising is shaking up Silicon Valley
Generative AI is forcing America’s disrupters in chief to think differently
Technology Quarterly
AI has propelled chip architecture towards a tighter bond with software
It has also been pushed farther towards specialisation
Technology Quarterly
AI has returned chipmaking to the heart of computer technology
And the technological challenges are bigger than the political ones, argues Shailesh Chitnis
Business
AI will not fix Apple’s sluggish iPhone sales any time soon
The technology is not yet ready for prime time on phones or other devices
Culture
The information wars are about to get worse, Yuval Noah Harari argues
The author of “Sapiens” is back with a timely new book about AI, fact and fiction
Culture
A gripping new novel about AI captures what it means to be human
“Hum” evokes a techno-dystopia that feels eerily realistic
Babbage
What is artificial general intelligence?
Our podcast on science and technology. In the first of two episodes on the quest for AGI, we evaluate a buzzy but slippery concept
Business
Meta is accused of “bullying” the open-source community
It hopes its models will set the standard for open-source artificial intelligence
Science & technology
Digital twins are making companies more efficient
They will also help them reap the benefits of advances in AI