The gold standard of scientific review, peer review by researchers’ colleagues, is in crisis. AI might offer a solution but has problems of its own.

Stakeholders vie for control of the underwater cables that underlie modern communications

Journalist Kevin Hartnett chronicles how code-checking tools and AI are being used to tackle difficult math problems.

Journalist Kevin Hartnett chronicles how code-checking tools and AI are being used to tackle difficult math problems.

Some companies are working to remedy the issue.

Some companies are working to remedy the issue.

Researchers argue over whether ‘novel’ AI-generated works use others’ ideas without credit.

Researchers argue over whether ‘novel’ AI-generated works use others’ ideas without credit.

As the planet braces for climate-change-induced fluctuations, the wisdom of communities living at the intersection of land and water could offer valuable lessons.

Researchers suspect they were passed over for major awards after criticizing government policies

Assessing whether large language models — including the one that powers ChatGPT — have humanlike cognitive abilities will require better tests.

Study finds surprisingly harmful fabrications in OpenAI’s speech-to-text algorithm

Two popular chatbots showed some difficulty in providing medical information when asked in Spanish, Hindi or Mandarin

Researchers are tracing sources of racial and gender bias in images generated by artificial intelligence, and making efforts to fix them. Researchers are tracing sources of racial and gender bias in i...

Multiple costs to qualify for work leads, forced product purchases, high rate of blockings have stripped their earnings.

Prominent artificial intelligence researcher Melanie Mitchell explains why generative AI matters and looks ahead to the technology’s future.

The Servants of Knowledge collection on the Internet Archive is an effort to make up for the lack of library resources in India.

Seemingly trivial differences in training data can skew the judgments of AI programs—and that’s not the only problem with automated decision-making

Seemingly trivial differences in training data can skew the judgments of AI programs—and that’s not the only problem with automated decision-making