#Artificial intelligence

What would a machine actually have to do to persuade us it’s conscious? As far back as 1980, the American philosopher John Searle distinguished between strong and weak AI. Weak AIs are merely useful machines or programs that help us solve problems, whereas strong AIs would have genuine

As AI shopping goes mainstream, will people keep any real control over what they buy and why? Your phone buzzes at 6 a.m. It’s ChatGPT: “I see you’re traveling to New York this week. Based on your preferences, I’ve found three restaurants near your hotel. Would you like me to make a

The algorithm identified known regions as well as mysterious domains with yet unknown functions. At the turn of the 20th century, Korbinian Brodmann released one of the most consequential brain maps ever. By studying the humps, grooves, layers, and cells of the cortex—the outermost layer of the

Two heads are better than one—even when those heads aren’t human. Despite their usefulness, large language models still have a reliability problem. A new study shows that a team of AIs working together can score up to 97 percent on US medical licensing exams, outperforming any single AI.

Researchers created extremely realistic voice clones with just four minutes of recordings. The ability to synthesize realistic speech using AI has a host of applications, both benign and malicious. New research shows that today’s AI-generated voices are now indistinguishable from those of real