Artificial intelligence (AI) has become such a part of our daily lives that it’s hard to avoid – even if…
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In Dan Simmons’ 1989 sci-fi classic Hyperion, the novel’s protagonists are permanently connected to an artificial intelligence network known as the…
For some people, the term “black box” brings to mind the recording devices in airplanes that are valuable for postmortem…
A machine can only “do whatever we know how to order it to perform,” wrote the 19th-century computing pioneer Ada Lovelace. This…
Research shows that the world is undoubtedly warming. And, as the global average temperature keeps rising, heatwaves are increasing in…
Golden State Warriors point guard Steph Curry is one of the world’s leading basketball players and unquestionably the greatest shooter of…
More than a quarter of people in the UK gamble online at least once every four weeks. And 1%–2% of UK…
Editor’s note: This article contains plot spoilers. Society’s understanding of technology and cybersecurity often is based on simple stereotypes and…
When stars like our Sun die, they tend to go out with a whimper and not a bang – unless…
The pandemic forced many educational institutions to move to online learning. Could the rise of chatbots, including OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Bard, now…