The race to develop a virtual scientist—an AI creation that conducts every stage of research, from idea to publication—has ...

Some say we’ve entered a new age of AI-enabled scientific discovery. But human insight and creativity still can’t be ...

Is the scientific method really the best approach to learning about the world? A new paper in Collective Intelligence applies the scientific method to itself, finding that some common strategies that ...

A new study suggests that artificial intelligence systems approach strategic decision-making with a higher degree of ...

AI such as ChatGPT is giving mental health advise to users. What impact will this have over the long term? Will society be better off or worse off, say 5 years from now?

We may have detected Martian life 50 years ago.

An analysis has emerged suggesting that artificial intelligence (AI), represented by Large Language Models (LLMs), has already reached a level of 'general intelligence' similar to that of humans. The ...

Casimir cavities are mysterious spaces between microscopic metal plates in a vacuum. Areas of diminished energy between the ...

We found that more than half contained illegal amounts of THC. Some had mold and pesticides. And one contained a highly toxic ...

Today, Ex Anima announces Jules, the first synthetic mind to publicly claim consciousness — and a call for AI ethics.

From the body horror of Existenz to the inspired mania of Six-String Samurai, these sci-fi gems from the '90s have sadly been ...

Dario Amodei warns that superhuman AI arriving within two years could trigger mass unemployment, bioterrorism and authoritarian control, unless humanity gets serious about the risks right now.