Can we ever really beat tornadoes?
A tornado touches down in Southwest Texas. The United States just experienced the busiest stretch of tornado activity in more than a decade. Scientists are now trying out new forecasting methods powered by artificial intelligence that could yield precious lead…
Will AI ever become conscious? It depends on how you think about biology.
A film adaptation of science fiction author Terry Bisson’s 1991 short story, They’re Made out of Meat, opens with two aliens in dismay. Sitting in a roadside diner booth disguised as humans, cigarettes hanging limp from their mouths, they’re grappling…
The AI bill that has Big Tech panicked
PARIS, FRANCE – JUNE 14: Vice President and Chief AI Scientist at META, Yann LeCun attends the Viva Technology conference at Parc des Expositions Porte de Versailles on June 14, 2023 in Paris, France. Yann LeCun is a French artificial…
Your social media diet is becoming easier to exploit
The OpenAI ChatGPT logo is seen on a mobile device screen in this illustration photo taken in Warsaw, Poland on 01 June, 2024. (Photo by Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images) It’s weird and often a bit scary to work in…
Apple’s convincing case that AI doesn’t have to be scary
Apple CEO Tim Cook addresses the audience at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference on June 10, when the company announced its new Apple Intelligence technology. A few months from now, your iPhone will know you too well. You may find…
Where AI predictions go wrong
What should we make of large language models (LLMs)? It’s quite literally a billion-dollar question. It’s one addressed this week in an analysis by former OpenAI employee Leopold Aschenbrenner, in which he makes the case that we may be only…
OpenAI insiders are demanding a “right to warn” the public
Employees from some of the world’s leading AI companies published an unusual proposal on Tuesday, demanding that the companies grant them “a right to warn about advanced artificial intelligence.” Whom do they want to warn? You. The public. Anyone who…
Can artists use their own deepfakes for good?
WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 30: Singer/Actor, FKA twigs attends Congressional Testimony – NO FAKES Act at Dirksen Senate Office Building on April 30, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Shannon Finney/Getty Images for RIAA) A month ago, the genre-bending electronic…
10 big things we think will happen in the next 10 years
Every year, the staff at Vox’s Future Perfect section makes predictions for events we think are likely to happen (or not happen) in the year ahead. Big deal, right? Reporters and pundits make predictions all the time. What we think…