Take the phrase “human in the loop,” which has become the shorthand for safety in many operational settings. Department of ...

If you’ve recently fallen down a YouTube or TikTok rabbit hole about the rise of “AI-relationships,” and then inevitably found yourself scrolling through the r/MyBoyfriendIsAI subreddit, you might be ...

OpenAI, Google DeepMind, and Anthropic—signed a statement that warned AI could be as risky to humanity as pandemics and nuclear war. To prevent disaster, many AI companies and researchers are arguing ...

Large language models are no longer just productivity tools or coding assistants; they are rapidly becoming force multipliers for cybercrime. As guardrails on mainstream systems tighten, a parallel ...

Artificial intelligence chatbots are revealing insights into human nature. A study showed that flawed training data can turn helpful bots into malevolent ones. This mirrors ancient philosophical ideas ...

Are tech companies on the verge of creating thinking machines with their tremendous AI models, as top executives claim they are? Not according to one expert. We humans tend to associate language with ...

Ali Shiri does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Among the myriad abilities that humans possess, which ones are uniquely human? Language has been a top candidate at least since ...

Lin Tian receives funding from the Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator (ASCA) and the Defence Innovation Network. Marian-Andrei Rizoiu receives funding from the Advanced Strategic Capabilities ...