Artificial intelligence
Explore our coverage of artificial intelligence, from its technical underpinnings to its social, political and economic consequences
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Business
Meta is accused of “bullying” the open-source community
It hopes its models will set the standard for open-source artificial intelligence
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Science & technology
Digital twins are making companies more efficient
They will also help them reap the benefits of advances in AI
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Leaders
Regulators are focusing on real AI risks over theoretical ones. Good
Rules on safety may one day be needed. But not yet
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By Invitation
Mark Zuckerberg and Daniel Ek on why Europe should embrace open-source AI
It risks falling behind because of incoherent and complex regulation, say the two tech CEOs
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Finance & economics
Why don’t women use artificial intelligence?
Even when in the same jobs, men are much more likely to turn to the tech
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Schools brief
AI needs regulation, but what kind, and how much?
Different countries are taking different approaches to regulating artificial intelligence
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Finance & economics
Artificial intelligence is losing hype
For some, that is proof the tech will in time succeed. Are they right?
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Science & technology
AI scientists are producing new theories of how the brain learns
The challenge for neuroscientists is how to test them
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Culture
These are the two new books you need to read about AI
They explore the people who make AI work—for good or ill
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Business
A history-lover’s guide to the market panic over AI
Past technologies offer clues to what comes next
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Schools brief
How AI models are getting smarter
Deep neural networks are learning diffusion and other tricks