Artificial Intelligence
Vox’s coverage of how AI is shaping everything from text and image generation to how we live.
A breakthrough on the “protein folding problem” can help us understand disease and discover new drugs.
The company just announced a tiny drone that can carry a Ring camera anywhere in your home.
Neuralink has demonstrated a prototype of its brain-machine interface that currently works in pigs.
The formula predicted rich kids would do better than poor kids who’d earned the same grades in class.
This fall, AI could be watching students social distance and checking their masks.
Computers are getting closer to passing the Turing Test.
In an interview with Recode, Rep. Jackie Speier calls on the company to do an internal audit of misogyny on its platform.
New legislation would require that companies get your consent before taking your biometric data.
TikTok challenged its competitors on transparency. But what does that actually mean?
Following a rocky civil rights audit, Facebook is creating teams to make its platforms work better for everyone.
The self-driving truck company TuSimple is laying the groundwork for a futuristic autonomous freight industry.
A new documentary highlights how the controversial technology can protect people.
After IBM, Amazon, and Microsoft upend their facial recognition businesses, attention turns to federal lawmakers.
Researchers have for years warned about the problems with facial recognition. Now Big Blue is ditching the tech.
Tons of people are looking for work. AI-powered background checks could stand in the way.
How optimistic should we be about the impact of artificial intelligence in a pandemic?
As social distancing limits in-office staff, social platforms are relying more on AI to moderate their content.
The Vatican’s interest in artificial intelligence isn’t new, but pay attention to the tech companies that are joining along.
The coronavirus is putting a lot of new tech, including robots and artificial intelligence, on display.
Tesla is facing heat from federal officials following an investigation into a fatal crash involving its Autopilot.
An AI expert recently spotted an unusual detail when trying to follow new people on TikTok.
Companies are on a hiring spree for people who can code an alternative reality.
Here’s what a so-called “smart wall” of technology at the US-Mexico border looks like.
Despite a growing number of high-tech tools, law enforcement agencies don’t seem to want to disclose what they’re using.
An OCD drug created via AI will be tested on humans.
AI helped spot an early warning about the outbreak, and researchers have used flight traveler data to figure out where the novel coronavirus could pop up next.
Not all AI being used by schools is facial recognition. That doesn’t mean the tech doesn’t come with privacy risks.
The government is investing in a tool to catch illegal sales online.
One New York school district acquired facial recognition to keep students safe. But some say the technology has risks and isn’t worth the cost.
After pushing against the technology’s use at music festivals, a digital rights group fighting facial recognition is turning its attention to colleges.
So far, artificial intelligence’s development has outpaced regulation. Now regulation has to catch up.
From policing to schools, algorithms impact the lives of nearly 9 million New Yorkers. Nobody seems to really understand how, though.
Demographics will determine who gets hit worst by automation. Policy will help curb the damage.
AI is being used to attract applicants and to predict a candidate’s fit for a position. But is it up to the task?
Amazon is leading a robotics race that will have a seismic impact on the warehouse industry, which employs more than 1.1 million Americans today.
A new study of artificial intelligence suggests better-paid, better-educated workers might be more impacted by automation than previously thought.
It’s not just a weird libertarian obsession. Corporate AI is already warping our lives and our governments.
On the latest Recode Decode, de Blasio called for antitrust investigations into Facebook and Google and dismissed universal basic income as a cure-all in the face of job automation.
But no, it’s not as smart as a high school student.
Proposals for a universal basic income, such as Andrew Yang’s “Freedom Dividend,” may have dire consequences for blue-collar workers who just want a job, Greenhouse says.