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

Don't Blame the Robots

[caption id="attachment_55254429" align="aligncenter" width="900"] Robotics student Gildo Andreoni interacts with a Dexmart robotic hand built at the University of Bologna in the Robotville…

Majalla

How Poverty Changes the Brain

[caption id="attachment_55253462" align="aligncenter" width="4000"] A child works in a forge in Abidjan, Ivory Coast on July 29, 2015. School attendance is 'mandatory' for children aged 6 to 16 from…

Majalla

Mark Zuckerberg's Long March to China

[caption id="attachment_55252575" align="aligncenter" width="843"] BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 19: (CHINA OUT) Mark Zuckerberg, chairman, chief executive, and co-founder of the social networking website…

Majalla

When Will the Internet Be Safe for Women?

[caption id="attachment_55250745" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] Katherine Clark[/caption] The fight to make law enforcement take online threats seriously by Adrienne Lafrance* The 911 call…

Majalla

Trouble Downstream

[caption id="attachment_55242048" align="aligncenter" width="620"] The Euphrates river is seen from the window of a SyrianAir passenger plane as it flies over the dam of Raqa'a, in northern Syria, on…

Mark Zeitoun

Arab Facebook Tribunal

[caption id="attachment_55238961" align="alignnone" width="620"] The 'Facebook' logo is reflected in a young woman’s sunglasses. Source: Manjunath Kiran/AFP/Getty Images[/caption]The media scene was…

Youssef Cherif