A new study found that song lyrics are now angrier, more repetitive, and vain. Consensus wavers, but what remains incontestable is social media’s impact on the music we hear most.

The new agreement will see the countries pool knowledge and resources to strengthen safety testing of AI models

We’ve created OpenAI LP, a new “capped-profit” company that allows us to rapidly increase our investments in compute and talent while including checks and balances to actualize our mission.

A statement jointly signed by a historic coalition of experts: “Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war.”

A four-day forecast today is as accurate as a one-day forecast 30 years ago.

What if you could have a friendly chat with an AI coach that knows how to help you quit smoking? That’s the idea behind Dr. Jonathan Bricker’s research, which uses large language models to create conversational agents that can support and motivate smokers to kick the habit. In this episode, Trevor Noah talks to Dr. […]

The Microsoft AI For Good team helps researchers and organizations reach solutions on some of the world’s biggest problems.

Disruption Comes to Google The tech industry is extremely dynamic and the only constant is change. Companies that once appeared to be invulnerable can be regularly upset by upstarts unless they …

The tech industry is extremely dynamic and the only constant is change. Companies that once appeared to be invulnerable can be regularly…

Somehow, the OpenAI board didn’t anticipate that firing the CEO would lead to tumult, a law firm review revealed.

Generative agents will change our society in weird, wonderful and worrying ways. Can philosophy help us get a grip on them?

Evolution didn't start where we thought.

Resolution down to half a wavelength.

SX-STM enables detection of atom type, simultaneous measurement of its chemical state.

Complex, evolving systems abound in our Universe, even beyond the realms of biology. From the growth of stars to prebiotic chemistry, diverse mixes of materials can often be shaped into far more complex forms. Yet unlike other so many other physical phenomena, their changing nature is yet to be represented by a discrete law. That's according to a US team of astrobiologists, philosophers, a mineralogist, a theoretical physicist, and a data...

The latest rival to ChatGPT claims the ability to recognize when people are testing it, according to developers at Anthropic, touting what appears to be a new level of awareness for an AI-powered chatbot. To assess the capabilities of such chatbots, developers typically run a so-called "needle-in-a-haystack" evaluation, which involves asking the so...

New theory explains origin of comet that killed the dinosaurs.

Chatting with Hilke Schellmann, author of The Algorithm: How AI Decides Who Gets Hired, Monitored, Promoted and Fired.

Microsoft 365 has fewer Gen Z users than its competitors. This may present a risk to its workplace business, according to newly released documents.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is poised to revolutionise the way we diagnose and treat illness. It could be particularly helpful for depression because it could make more accurate diagnoses and determine which treatments are more likely to work. Some 20% of us will have depression at least once in our lifetimes. Around the world, 300 million32279-7/...

This could break the AI hype train.

The New York Times filed a landmark copyright lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft in December.

Here’s what it takes to pause the perpetual motion of particles.

Want to know how much Spotify pays artists per stream in 2024? We've got the recent low-down plus a Spotify royalty calculator!

Microsoft has an AI Super Bowl commercial ready.

The AI darling faces a long list of serious challenges in 2024