Stories by Sophie Bushwick

Advanced sensors and artificial intelligence could have us at the brink of interspecies communication

Thanks to researchers, new AI tech is delving into feline feelings to see when cats could need medical help. 

Three experts break down how misinformation and propaganda spread through conflict and how to debunk it yourself.

In the rush to build and train ever larger AI models, developers have swept up much of the searchable Internet, quite possibly including some of your own public data—and potentially some of your private data as well.

We present the latest updates on ChatGPT, Bard and other competitors in the artificial intelligence arms race.

Generative AI algorithms use probability to create visuals from noise

The new field of digital bioacoustics is using machine learning to try decipher animal speak, including honeybee toots and quacks and whoops.

The Luddites did not hate technology—but they did fight the way it was used to exploit humans.

A Nobel laureate in economics explains how artificial intelligence will affect inequality—and how solutions such as a shorter work week might mitigate its negative effects

Scientists used a smoking machine—complete with a 3-D-printed mouthpiece—to figure out how to get the most cannabinoid per puff. 

New AI technology predicts hit songs—by listening to someone’s body. 

Here’s what’s behind the A.I technology that has worried so many actors—including something called “the orb.”

Here’s how large language models, or LLMs, actually work. 

If the missing Titan submersible was near the Titanic when it imploded, it would have experienced pressure higher than that of a great white shark bite

A new electrically conductive material could lead to better self-healing soft robots

From the technology upsetting jobs and causing intellectual property issues to models making up fake answers to questions, here’s why we’re concerned about generative AI.

Humans are building meaningful relationships with AI chatbots. What will the consequences be?

The AI GPT-4 has emergent abilities—but that’s not why it’s scary. 

A new material was used in a simple snail robot, but it could one day make artificial nervous systems for more complex machines

The burgeoning field of “digital bioacoustics” is helping us understand animals like never before.

OpenAI just released an updated version of its text-generating artificial intelligence program. Here’s how GPT-4 improves on its predecessor

Will a possible breakthrough for room-temperature superconducting materials hold up to scrutiny?

The results of a test involving dozens of employers and thousands of employees suggests that working only four days instead of five is good for workers’ well-being—without hurting companies

From space aliens to foreign surveillance, we spoke to experts to find out what’s really going on with the balloon brouhaha.