Artificial intelligence
Explore our coverage of artificial intelligence, from its technical underpinnings to its social, political and economic consequences
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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
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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
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Special report
Will artificial intelligence transform school?
The boldest visions for AI in classrooms misunderstand much about education
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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
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Finance and economics
What happened to the artificial-intelligence revolution?
So far the technology has had almost no economic impact
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Culture
Finishing schools for the age of TikTok
Unsure how to be polite at work? Ask a digital etiquette guru
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Business
What next for Amazon as it turns 30?
From Prime Video to AWS, the e-empire is stitching together its disparate parts
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Leaders
LLMs now write lots of science. Good
Easier and more lucid writing will make science faster and better
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United States
Non-white American parents are embracing AI faster than white ones
The digital divide seems to have flipped
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Business
A new lab and a new paper reignite an old AI debate
Two duelling visions of the technological future
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Science and technology
At least 10% of research may already be co-authored by AI
That might not be a bad thing
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Science and technology
How physics can improve image-generating AI
The laws governing electromagnetism and even the weak nuclear force could be worth mimicking
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Leaders
AI will transform the character of warfare
Technology will make war faster and more opaque. It could also prove destabilising
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Briefing
How AI is changing warfare
An AI-assisted general staff may be more important than killer robots
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Finance and economics
Think Nvidia looks dear? American shares could get pricier still
Investors are willing to follow whichever narrative paints the rosiest picture