Language models like GPT-3 could herald a new type of search engine
In 1998 a couple of Stanford graduate students published a paper describing a new kind…
We need to design distrust into AI systems to make them safer
Ayanna Howard has always sought to use robots and AI to help people. Over her…
Top researchers are calling for a real investigation into the origin of covid-19
A year ago, the idea that the covid-19 pandemic could have been caused by a…
Podcast: Can AI fix your credit?
Credit scores have been used for decades to assess consumer creditworthiness, but their scope is…
Five reasons why you don’t need to panic about coronavirus variants
On May 10, the World Health Organization added a new virus to its list of…
The world had a chance to avoid the pandemic—but blew it, finds report
The covid-19 pandemic is a catastrophe that could have been averted, say a panel of…
Product design gets an AI makeover
Engineers are under unprecedented pressure to build products that are used by thousands, if not…
The woman who will decide what emoji we get to use
Emoji are now part of our language. If you’re like most people, you pepper your…
A nonprofit promised to preserve wildlife. Then it made millions claiming it could cut down trees
The Massachusetts Audubon Society has long managed its land in western Massachusetts as crucial wildlife…
A Chinese rocket is falling back to Earth—but we don’t know where it will land
Last week, China successfully launched Tianhe-1, the first part of its new space station, to be…