Technology

As drones get less expensive and computer vision systems improve, rescuers are getting help from artificial eyes in the sky

I watched United Nations delegates debate AI-based weapons that can fire without human initiation. Humans cannot be taken out of that decision-making

The Supreme Court kicked two cases challenging social media moderation laws in Florida and Texas back to lower courts

Flash pasteurization destroyed H5N1 viral particles that were highly concentrated in raw milk, confirming that standard techniques can keep dairy products safe from bird flu

Large language models lack emotion and self-consciousness, but they appear to generate reasonable answers to moral quandaries

A recent Supreme Court decision rules that the U.S. government can talk to scientists and social media companies to curb online falsehoods

Older people are increasingly becoming the targets of fraudsters. Here’s how to stay safe and what to do if you think you’ve been scammed

Claims of artificial general intelligence are increasingly common. But can anyone agree on what it is?

Lynn Conway, a trans woman and advocate for LGBTQ rights, was underappreciated and often underrecognized for her work in chip design

Programmable liquids could aid robot grippers, shock absorption, acoustics, and more

Nature still outdoes the machine, says a photographer whose real image won an AI photography competition

Students should learn about both the natural world and human-made—or engineered—one we live in