In a series of private meetings, the company consulted religious scholars to help instill morality into its A.I. models — and make the case that Claude could be conscious.

What is singular and novel about the current threat is that it was born out of the private sector

What it means to be made of tingling atoms

The Polish director Paweł Pawlikowski has made a career out of examining the mysteries of borders, both spiritual and political.

Burnham has given Labour a sense of purpose, but what does it really mean?

Towards the beginning of the Epic of Gilgamesh, the narrator commands the audience to find a stone tablet hidden in a locked box and read about the heroic

If I do not treat writing as essential for achieving thought, it is not clear why I should force my students to.

The film that makes a powerful statement without ever raising its voice.

The injection of thermal energy, 40 times that used by humanity in total, comes amid an increasing rise in sea levels and continuing acidification

Emergency workers have to move fast after Russian attacks in eastern Ukraine. Another could come at any moment.

On moving, fast and slow

Long-awaited S-1 filing reports Claude maker lost $8bn last year on $4.6bn in revenue

It’s as though 2008 never even happened.

In the great immigration panics of today, sympathy is focused on the home team. We are the ones who are being hurt. It...

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As climate and geopolitical risks cast doubt on the UK’s ability to cope in a crisis, leaders are turning from ‘just in time’ to ‘just in case’ as a governing philosophy

University staff voice concerns over reputational risk of partnering with company behind ChatGPT

Four TV shows, now acknowledged as the medium’s high point, each cannily predicted the ways in which America would start to crack apart.

Generative AI is harming people today. We don’t need to waste time fantasizing about science fictional scenarios.

A universe in which everything is falling.

The sobering outlook has compounded concerns from some U.S. lawmakers about President Donald Trump’s agreement to assist the kingdom with establishing a civilian nuclear program.

One of the country’s most popular novelists writes what she calls socially engaged fiction. In Barbara Kingsolver’s new book, she considers the role of art—and who it’s for.

Rajab al-Reefi teaches children to skate to ‘bring some joy’, but finding boards and safe spaces is a daily challenge

National Trust has transformed Sandilands in Lincolnshire into a nature reserve with wetlands and wading pools

This is what Congress needs to do to reign in frontier A.I. development.

Volvo Cars and Lotus owner is among Chinese carmakers seeking to reduce dependence on market leader CATL

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How far will he go?

Scientists have a history of trying — and failing — to link biology and quantum mechanics. The real connection between them may be in the math.