Artificial intelligence

Biologists used artificial intelligence to make discoveries about molecules and the brain, and overturned long-held assumptions about the immune system and RNA.

Physicists discovered strange supersolids, constructed new kinds of superconductors, and continued to make the case that the cosmos is far weirder than anyone suspected.

Landmark results in geometry and number theory marked an exciting year for mathematics, at a time when advances in artificial intelligence are starting to transform the subject’s future.

While some fret about technology’s social impacts, Raj Reddy still believes in the power of artificial intelligence to improve lives.

How do we know if a large language model is lying? Letting AI systems argue with each other may help expose the truth.

To better understand machine learning algorithms, Lenka Zdeborová treats them like physical materials.

Machines work with words by embedding their relationships with other words in a string of numbers.

By tapping into a decades-old mathematical principle, researchers are hoping that Kolmogorov-Arnold networks will facilitate scientific discovery.

Today’s AI largely lives in computers, but acting and reacting in the real world — that’s the realm of robots. In this week’s episode, co-host Steven Strogatz talks with pioneering roboticist Daniela Rus about creativity, collaboration, and the unusual forms robots of the future might take.