5 June 2019
Yoshua Bengio is one of the pioneering developers of artificial intelligence and winner of computing’s "Nobel prize". His optimism about machines doesn’t extend to humanity
29 May 2019
AI isn’t going to crush us underfoot, but it does harbour a threat that makes Terminator look innocent: entrenching human biases and turning them against us
13 March 2019
Driverless cars have a problem – rotations of an object fool the best image recognition AIs, which may mean confusing a tin for a truck on the road
13 March 2019
An AI based on DeepMind's AlphaGo Zero AI has learned to solve graph colouring problems, which could ave many applications including allocating aeroplanes to flight routes
6 February 2019
The most detailed ever look at Earth's prehistoric climate suggests many habitats changed in the past 800,000 years – and this may be why we evolved big brains
25 January 2019
One of the most powerful techniques in machine learning, generative adversarial networks, has been tested on a quantum computer for the first time
23 January 2019
An algorithm can reconstruct images that are hidden behind a wall. It may help autonomous cars spot hazards before they come into view
9 January 2019
It is impossible to stop the march of algorithms into our daily lives, so it is essential we all understand what they can do
8 January 2019
A UK police force uses an algorithm to choose which crimes to investigate. It has led to half as many assaults and public order offences being pursued
28 November 2018
The US is mulling controls on the sharing of AI, but science can't grow in isolation, says Mark Riedl
