The Trump administration wants a useful quantum computer in two years. Microsoft wants one in three. Independent researchers ...

Since 2017, Iason Gabriel has worked at the tech giant, trying to anticipate – and think through – the impact of AI. But as commercial and geopolitical pressures escalate, can ethicists make any ...

The AI conversation is still too narrowly framed. Most debates assume intelligence is fundamentally computational, that ...

The Washington Post revisited a 1976 feature predicting life in 2026, revealing how accurately it foresaw smartphones, solar energy, gene editing, and other technological breakthroughs.

A team of physicists has experimentally confirmed a long-predicted sequence of exotic magnetic phases in an atomically thin material. When cooled, the material forms tiny magnetic vortices before ...

The Chinese company’s models have won over developers worldwide, but they are open source — so they can be used and modified ...

Wildfire survivors call fire-prediction markets “morally reprehensible” and worry they could increase the risk of arson.

Many students appear to be completing assignments faster while learning less from them. This conclusion comes from one of the largest studies of how generative AI is changing student behavior and ...

The Forecast 2026 project pits soccer fans against AI and statistical models to see who predicts the 2026 World Cup match ...

Bill Gates says only four jobs are safe from AI, but his prediction record isn't perfect. Here are seven times his tech ...

Longevity research has evolved from ancient myths, like Emperor Qin Shi Huang's quest for an elixir, into a multi-billion ...