Artificial intelligence
Explore our coverage of artificial intelligence, from its technical underpinnings to its social, political and economic consequences
Business
Welcome to the era of AI nationalism
Sovereigns the world over are racing to control their technological destinies
Babbage
AI-generated “counterfeit people” are worrying Daniel Dennett
Our podcast on science and technology. This week, a renowned philosopher considers the coming clash of artificial and human intelligences
Business
China is shoring up the great firewall for the AI age
The Communist Party has created a thriving but sanitised digital economy. Can it do the same with artificial intelligence?
Christmas Specials
AI is stalking the last lions of Hollywood
The first actors to lose their jobs to artificial intelligence are four-legged
Christmas Specials
A short history of tractors in English
What the tractor and the horse tell you about generative AI
By Invitation
We need to focus more on the social effects of AI, says Nicholas Christakis
The sociologist’s experiments suggest it will change how humans treat each other
By Invitation
AI’s big rift is like a religious schism, says Henry Farrell
In this doctrinal dust-up, very smart people are saying very strange things
Europe
Europe, a laggard in AI, seizes the lead in its regulation
The world’s first AI regulation is a bit of a mixed bag
Science and technology
A Google AI has discovered 2.2m materials unknown to science
Zillions of possible crystals exist. AI can help catalogue them
Business
Generative AI generates tricky choices for managers
Transformational technologies can be very trying
Money Talks
What to make of five tumultuous days for Sam Altman
Our podcast on markets, the economy and business. This week, why the shuffle at artificial-intelligence darling OpenAI is so consequential
Leaders
The fallout from the weirdness at OpenAI
Sam Altman is set to return, but the episode holds some disturbing lessons