5 June 2023
Biologists are finally beginning to corral molecules, cells and whole organisms to carry out complex computations. These living processors could find use in everything from smart materials to new kinds of artificial intelligence
10 May 2023
Artificial intelligence systems will do what you ask but not necessarily what you meant. The challenge is to make sure they act in line with human’s complex, nuanced values
24 February 2023
A digital perspective tweak improves how people judge distance in images and doing this in video games and CGI movies could make them feel more immersive
14 February 2023
With the recent news that the ChatGPT AI can pass a theory of mind test, how far away are we from an artificial intelligence that fully understands the goals and beliefs of others?
16 February 2022
In the quest to make artificial intelligence that can reason and apply knowledge flexibly, many researchers are focused on fresh insights from neuroscience. Should they be looking to psychology too?
13 October 2021
UK start-up Opteran Technologies has demonstrated a system that can guide a robot through a maze using far less energy and weight than conventional approaches
16 August 2021
Policy-makers can use satellite data to quickly identify areas of the world in need of humanitarian aid, but it might contain bias against marginalised groups that compromises policy goals
11 March 2021
An app that uses fire simulations based on local geography, weather and vegetation can tell people how to avoid the path of a wildfire
29 January 2021
An AI can guess how a person will feel when viewing art and write a caption that passes as human-sounding 50 per cent of the time
16 December 2020
Pattern-seeking artificial intelligence promises a new way to decode animal languages from dog to whale. Our relationship with our furry and flippered friends may never be the same
