Artificial intelligence
Explore our coverage of artificial intelligence, from its technical underpinnings to its social, political and economic consequences
Business
Will America’s government try to break up Google?
Antitrust remedies that target its generative-AI ambitions are more likely
Leaders
A map of a fruit fly’s brain could help us understand our own
A miracle of complexity, powered by rotting fruit
Science & technology
AI offers an intriguing new way to diagnose mental-health conditions
Models look for sound patterns undetectable by the human ear
Science & technology
Why it’s so hard to tell which climate policies actually work
Better tools are needed to analyse their effects
Science & technology
An adult fruit fly brain has been mapped—human brains could follow
For now, it is the most sophisticated connectome ever made
Business
AI and globalisation are shaking up software developers’ world
Their code will get cheaper. So might they
Graphic detail
Want to win an argument? Use a chatbot
AI appears to do a better job of countering conspiracy theories than humans do
Babbage
The AI boom needs radical new chips. Engineers are stepping up to the challenge
Our podcast on science and technology. Artificial intelligence is driving unprecedented demands on computer chips, but chipmakers are relishing the opportunity to innovate
Science & technology
China’s AI firms are cleverly innovating around chip bans
Tweaks to software blunt the shortage of powerful hardware
Business
OpenAI’s new fundraising is shaking up Silicon Valley
Generative AI is forcing America’s disrupters in chief to think differently
Technology Quarterly
AI has propelled chip architecture towards a tighter bond with software
It has also been pushed farther towards specialisation
Technology Quarterly
AI has returned chipmaking to the heart of computer technology
And the technological challenges are bigger than the political ones, argues Shailesh Chitnis
Business
AI will not fix Apple’s sluggish iPhone sales any time soon
The technology is not yet ready for prime time on phones or other devices