Pope Leo XIV meets with the participants in the Conference “Artificial Intelligence and Care of Our Common Home” in the Vatican on Dec. 5, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.) Listen As Artificial ...

Humans are the dominant species on a dying planet, and we’re still clinging to the idea that we can think our way out, invent our way out, maybe even upload our way out. But what if the solution isn’t ...

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...

This question of what it means to be human seems almost laughably impossible at first glance because there are as many ways to find particular meaning as there are individuals. But while researching ...

There is a quiet anxiety hanging over America’s dinner tables. Parents worry about whether artificial intelligence will replace their jobs. Young people wonder whether their education will still ...

Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. To prepare for my new column project on regaining our humanity, I asked ...

Rohit Patel, Founder & CEO of QuickAI and director in Meta Superintelligence Labs. He works on reinforcement learning, agents, and evals. As the AI community focuses on reasoning models, the ones that ...

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Anyone proposing to offer a master class on changing the world for the better, without becoming negative, cynical, angry or narrow-minded in the process, could model their advice on the life and work ...

Think about the last time you opened Netflix. Did you scroll through countless options or go with a recommended title? When you log into social media, do you decide what to see, or does an algorithm ...

Christmas is often considered a time of connection, warmth and belonging. That’s the script, anyway. But for many people, the reality feels different; isolating, emotionally weighted and filled with ...