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AI can create a computer inside itself to run another AI or play Pong

30 March 2022

An artificial intelligence trained to mimic the logic circuits of an ordinary computer can run code within itself, potentially speeding up certain calculations

Hordes of automated bots run the internet – can we bring them to heel?

16 December 2020

Roaming chunks of code, pre-programmed to perform all manner of tasks, shape the web and our experience of it. What are they up to? And as they get smarter, how can we regain control?

Mind meld: Artificial intelligence is improving the way humans think

21 August 2019

When AIs and humans work together they discover superior solutions to the world’s problems that would elude either working alone. Together, they will change the very process of thinking

This self-riding bicycle follows you around while you walk

31 July 2019

A chip used to control an autonomous bicycle is inspired by the brain and could pave the way for AI with a broader range of abilities

Your whole office could be a computer thanks to sculpted Wi-Fi waves

4 December 2018

Bouncing around specially tailored waves can turn an entire room into an analogue computer, which could help build an energy-efficient artificial intelligence

AI alchemists spit out the recipe for any molecule you want to make

17 October 2018

It's a nightmarish amount of work to figure out how to build a molecule from scratch. Now machines can do it and it will mean a bounty of new drugs and materials

AI's dirty secret: Energy-guzzling machines may fuel global warming

10 October 2018

Advances in artificial intelligence could lead to massive growth in energy use as smart machines push into every corner of our lives

No more bad, blocky video calls thanks to smart AI compression

13 April 2018

An AI that compresses images by simply throwing bits away and making up what should be there instead could make blocky video calls a thing of the past