Rapid tech innovation brings AI closer to consciousness

The latest large language models appear to question, display emotion, convey preference, possess independent thought, and even offer wisdom. Is this still algorithms, or something deeper?

Marco Mossad

Nutrition Science Moves On

Do you ever feel like figuring out what to eat is harder than doing your own taxes? If so, you may be among the health-conscious Americans who actually noticed that the Food and Drug Administration…

Richard Williams

Dame Sarah Gilbert: Vaccinologist Barbie

In recent years, toymaker Mattel has responded to criticism about the Barbie doll's role in creating an unrealistic picture of womanhood. The company now designs dolls inspired by professions as…

Majalla

We Are Our Data, Our Data Are Us

By one count, more than 2.5 quintillion bytes of digitized information are generated on Earth every day. That’s more data than all the words spoken by all the humans who ever existed, using generous…

Caleb Scharf

The Next Pandemic Will Be Digital

The most recent ransomware attack shows that every business needs to protect itself. If we've learned anything over the past 16 months, we have seen firsthand how quickly a pandemic can spread and…

Jason Aten