But knowledge gives us power—to separate facts from fears, speculation from reality, and worst-case scenarios from more likely outcomes. And this is my topic for today. What we know about AI, what ...

Keeping high-power particle accelerators at peak performance requires advanced and precise control systems. For example, the primary research machine at the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas ...

In a new study published in Physical Review Letters, researchers used machine learning to discover multiple new classes of ...

The Island has recently published various articles on AI, and they are thought-provoking. This article is based on a paper I presented at a London University seminar, 22 years ago. Will computers ever ...

2020 was a tough time for any movie to be released, so you may have missed this sci-fi flick from 2020 featuring a star from The White Lotus.

For Anil Seth, another prominent neuroscientist, consciousness is a “controlled hallucination” because we never experience objective reality, whether externally in the world or within our minds. The ...

Researchers at the company are trying to understand their A.I. system’s mind—examining its neurons, running it through psychology experiments, and putting it on the therapy couch.

Demis Hassabis says the level of investment in some parts of the tech industry had become detached from commercial realities ...

Thousands of video lottery terminals (VLTs) that operate in Missouri gas stations and closely resemble casino slot machines ...

Both red and blue states are fighting against the use of artificial intelligence in health insurance determinations — but Trump disagrees.

Musicians are giving voice to the urgency of Minneapolis. America has a long history of political protest in song.

The last day of July 2025 was D-day for Florida’s local governments. That was when the state’s new Department of Government Efficiency, modeled on Elon Musk’s federal DOGE, began descending on city ...