As AI and autonomous warfare advance, our future mirrors a collision of Minority Report, Star Wars, The Fifth Element, and Idiocracy—demanding innovation with safeguards and clear global engagement.

Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt won the prize for showing how “society must keep an eye on the factors that ...

Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt share economics prize for work that underlines the importance of investing in ...

U.S. adults largely value journalists’ role in society but see their influence declining – and they differ over what a journalist is.

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First annual “Brave New Work” symposium and exhibition explores the merger of art and AI, and other technologies, all over ...

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The influential computer scientist Mark Weiser once wrote that “a good tool is an invisible tool. By invisible, I mean that the tool does not intrude on ...

Longevity researcher Dr. Eric Verdin says we don’t need to wait for an anti-aging pill. We already know how to live longer ...

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With more article submissions and fraudulent activity than ever before, journal peer review processes are creaking under the pressure. Nina Notman discovers how AI and automated tools are taking some ...