Artificial intelligence
Explore our coverage of artificial intelligence, from its technical underpinnings to its social, political and economic consequences
Business
A history-lover’s guide to the market panic over AI
Past technologies offer clues to what comes next
Schools brief
LLMs and diffusion models are all the rage
But the designs of deep neural networks continue to evolve
Science & technology
GPT, Claude, Llama? How to tell which AI model is best
Beware model-makers marking their own homework
Science & technology
How America built an AI tool to predict Taliban attacks
“Raven Sentry” was a successful experiment in open-source intelligence
Schools brief
The race is on to control the global supply chain for AI chips
The focus is no longer just on faster chips, but on more chips clustered together
By Invitation
Keep the code behind AI open, say two entrepreneurs
Martin Casado and Ion Stoica argue that open-source models will power innovation without compromising security
By Invitation
Not all AI models should be freely available, argues a legal scholar
The more capable they are, the greater the risk of catastrophe, reckons Lawrence Lessig
Business
What could kill the $1trn artificial-intelligence boom?
A fast-growing supply chain is in danger of over-extending
Leaders
How to ensure Africa is not left behind by the AI revolution
Weak digital infrastructure is holding the continent back
Europe
To understand the perils of AI, look to a Czech novel—from 1936
“War with the Newts” offers a satirical allegory of life under the spell of machines
Middle East & Africa
Why the AI revolution is leaving Africa behind
Large infrastructure gaps are creating a new digital divide
Business
Machines might not take your job. But they could make it worse
How robots and AI change the meaningfulness of work
Science & technology
How Ukraine’s new tech foils Russian aerial attacks
It is pioneering acoustic detection, with surprising success
Science & technology
AI can predict tipping points before they happen
Potential applications span from economics to epidemiology
Schools brief
A short history of AI
In the first of six weekly briefs, we ask how AI overcame decades of underdelivering