Public Health
Astronomy Tool Can Now Detect COVID in Breath
Laser-based optical frequency combs, originally developed to time atomic clocks, can also perform fast, noninvasive tests for COVID—and potentially other diseases as well
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How AI Knows Things No One Told It
Researchers are still struggling to understand how AI models trained to parrot Internet text can perform advanced tasks such as running code, playing games and trying to break up a marriage...
Artificial Intelligence
A Brain Scanner Combined with an AI Language Model Can Provide a Glimpse into Your Thoughts
New technology gleans the gist of stories a person hears while laying in a brain scanner
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AI Chatbots and the Humans Who Love Them
Humans are building meaningful relationships with AI chatbots. What will the consequences be?
Arts
How This AI Image Won a Major Photography Competition
Boris Eldagsen submitted an artificial-intelligence-generated image to a photography contest as a “cheeky monkey” and sparked a debate about AI’s place in the art world...
Food
The Science of Melting Chocolate
Researchers used an artificial tongue to understand how chocolate changes from a solid to a smooth emulsion
Arts
AI Can’t Solve this Famous Murder Mystery Puzzle
The 1934 puzzle book Cain’s Jawbone stumped all but a handful of humans. Then AI took the case
Artificial Intelligence
What You Need to Know about GPT‑4
The AI GPT-4 has emergent abilities—but that’s not why it’s scary.
Black Holes
See the Sharp New Image of an Iconic Black Hole
Using machine learning, researchers have now created a much sharper portrait of the supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy M87
Artificial Intelligence
AI Is Getting Powerful. But Can Researchers Make It Principled?
Can researchers create AI algorithms that are ethical today—and will be safe in the future?
Artificial Intelligence
How to Tell If a Photo Is an AI-Generated Fake
Artificial-intelligence-powered image-generating systems are making fake photographs so hard to detect that we need AI to catch them
Artificial Intelligence
AI Chatbots Can Diagnose Medical Conditions at Home. How Good Are They?
As more people turn to chat-based AIs for medical advice, it remains to be seen how these tools stack up against—or could complement—human doctors
Artificial Intelligence
I Gave ChatGPT an IQ Test. Here’s What I Discovered
The chatbot was the ideal test taker—it exhibited no trace of test anxiety, poor concentration or lack of effort. And what about that IQ score?
Artificial Intelligence
If AI Starts Making Music on Its Own, What Happens to Musicians?
Music made with artificial intelligence could upend the music industry. Here’s what that might look like.
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Music-Making Artificial Intelligence Is Getting Scary Good
Google’s new AI model can generate entirely new music from text prompts. Here’s what they sound like.
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Artificial Intelligence Helped Make the Coolest Song You’ve Heard This Week
Machine-learning algorithms are getting so good that they can translate Western instruments into Thai ones with ease.
Artificial Intelligence
AI Can Re-create What You See from a Brain Scan
Image-generating AI is getting better at re-creating what people are looking at from their fMRI data. But this isn’t mind reading—yet
Artificial Intelligence
Squeak Squeak, Buzz Buzz: How Researchers Are Using AI to Talk to Animals
The burgeoning field of “digital bioacoustics” is helping us understand animals like never before.
Artificial Intelligence
What the New GPT-4 AI Can Do
OpenAI just released an updated version of its text-generating artificial intelligence program. Here’s how GPT-4 improves on its predecessor
Artificial Intelligence
AI’s Victories in Go Inspire Better Human Game Playing
Famed AI wins in Go let human players rethink their moves in a whole new way
