Randomness is a source of power. From the coin toss that decides which team gets the ball to the random keys that secure online interactions, randomness lets us make choices that are fair and ...

A system proposed by researchers from MIT, OpenAI, Microsoft, and others could curb the use of deceptive AI by exploiting the technology’s weaknesses. As AI models become better at mimicking human ...

How Life Works: A User’s Guide to the New Biology Philip Ball Pan Macmillan (2024) For too long, scientists have been content in espousing the lazy metaphor of living systems operating simply like ...

Deep down, Sam Altman and François Chollet share the same dream. They want to build AI models that achieve “artificial general intelligence,” or AGI—matching or exceeding the capabilities of the human ...

I write on developments in neuroscience frequently, and it’s easy to get carried away with the pace and nature of the insights coming from laboratories around the world. Non-invasive techniques for ...