Technology
Deep Learning Is Hitting a Wall
What would it take for artificial intelligence to make real progress?
Deepfake Luke Skywalker Should Scare Us
The power to create convincing deepfake icons could destabilize society.
The Uncanny Valley of Xenobots
These tiny living robots can now replicate and evolve—and be put to work.
AI Overcomes Stumbling Block on Brain-Inspired Hardware
Algorithms that use the brain’s communication signal can now work on analog neuromorphic chips, which closely mimic our energy-efficient brains.
AI Is Already Making Moral Choices for Us. Now What?
Delphi uses machine learning to tell us right from wrong—and much in between.
The Worrisome Rise of NFTs
An astrobiologist says non-fungible tokens do not bode well for our species’s future.
AI Researchers Fight Noise by Turning to Biology
Tiny amounts of artificial noise can fool neural networks, but not humans. Some researchers are looking to neuroscience for a fix.
Why AI Needs a Genome
AI could learn and adapt like humans with algorithms that work like genes.
David Attenborough’s Life in Color
New technology enables filmmakers to capture how animals use color like never before.
Reports of a Baleful Internet Are Greatly Exaggerated
Our digital technologies can in fact be cognitive aids.
Same or Different? The Question Flummoxes Neural Networks
For all their triumphs, AI systems can’t seem to generalize the concepts of “same” and “different.” Without that, researchers worry, the quest to create truly intelligent machines may be hopeless.
