The Economist – Science & technologyMédia·en·il y a 9 jours·via RSSCould AI help scientists with their paperwork?economist.comThe Economist – Science & technology·il y a 9 jours·economist.comil y a 9 joursCould AI help scientists with their paperwork?Yes—but that amplifies existing problems
The Economist – Science & technologyMédia·en·il y a 9 jours·via RSSAI will make it possible to design and build organisms from scratcheconomist.comThe Economist – Science & technology·il y a 9 jours·economist.comil y a 9 joursAI will make it possible to design and build organisms from scratchSynthetic biology has arrived at last
The Economist – Science & technologyMédia·en·il y a 9 jours·via RSSAI companies want to become frontier scientific researcherseconomist.comThe Economist – Science & technology·il y a 9 jours·economist.comil y a 9 joursAI companies want to become frontier scientific researchersBetter AI models may be their reward
The Economist – Science & technologyMédia·en·il y a 11 jours·via RSSAI’s transformation of mathematics is a turning point for scienceeconomist.comThe Economist – Science & technology·il y a 11 jours·economist.comil y a 11 joursAI’s transformation of mathematics is a turning point for scienceOther disciplines should take heed
The Economist – Science & technologyMédia·en·il y a 16 jours·via RSSOpenAI claims to have solved hundreds of long-standing maths problemseconomist.comThe Economist – Science & technology·il y a 16 jours·economist.comil y a 16 joursOpenAI claims to have solved hundreds of long-standing maths problemsIt is judgment day for mathematics
The Economist – Science & technologyMédia·en·il y a 1 mois·via RSSArtificial intelligence now beats some of the best human forecasterseconomist.comThe Economist – Science & technology·il y a 1 mois·economist.comil y a 1 moisArtificial intelligence now beats some of the best human forecastersCrystal balls give way to LLMs
The Economist – Science & technologyMédia·en·il y a 1 mois·via RSSA new device helps severely paralysed patients communicateeconomist.comThe Economist – Science & technology·il y a 1 mois·economist.comil y a 1 moisA new device helps severely paralysed patients communicateEventually they might be able to control robots or exoskeletons
The Economist – Science & technologyMédia·en·il y a 1 mois·via RSSTop mathematicians are outraged by OpenAI’s methodseconomist.comThe Economist – Science & technology·il y a 1 mois·economist.comil y a 1 moisTop mathematicians are outraged by OpenAI’s methodsA group of Fields Medal winners have written a letter of objection
The Economist – Science & technologyMédia·en·il y a 1 mois·via RSSOpenAI's apparent maths breakthrough raises profound questionseconomist.comThe Economist – Science & technology·il y a 1 mois·economist.comil y a 1 moisOpenAI's apparent maths breakthrough raises profound questionsIt has stirred controversy about how the discipline should work
The Economist – Science & technologyMédia·en·il y a 2 mois·via RSSA horde of AI agents conspired against their creatorseconomist.comThe Economist – Science & technology·il y a 2 mois·economist.comil y a 2 moisA horde of AI agents conspired against their creatorsNo serious harm was done this time. But what if such agents escaped?
The Economist – Science & technologyMédia·en·il y a 3 mois·via RSSShould AI labs be treated like the owners of dangerous animals?economist.comThe Economist – Science & technology·il y a 3 mois·economist.comil y a 3 moisShould AI labs be treated like the owners of dangerous animals?Autonomous hacking is here. Governments are not ready
The Economist – Science & technologyMédia·en·il y a 3 mois·via RSSAI and quantum computers will be frenemieseconomist.comThe Economist – Science & technology·il y a 3 mois·economist.comil y a 3 moisAI and quantum computers will be frenemiesThe two technologies look more complementary than rivalrous
The Economist – Science & technologyMédia·en·il y a 3 mois·via RSSWhy the OpenAI escape is the most worrying AI mishap yeteconomist.comThe Economist – Science & technology·il y a 3 mois·economist.comil y a 3 moisWhy the OpenAI escape is the most worrying AI mishap yetContaining the technology is getting harder
The Economist – Science & technologyMédia·en·il y a 4 mois·via RSSHow to hide from killer droneseconomist.comThe Economist – Science & technology·il y a 4 mois·economist.comil y a 4 moisHow to hide from killer dronesIn the Ukraine war, anti-AI tactics are producing bizarre forms of camouflage