A new era is emerging in which artificial intelligence (AI) will play an ever-increasing role in many facets of daily life. One defining characteristic of this new era is the ease with which novel content can be generated. Large language models (LLMs)—neural network-based models trained on vast quantities of text data4—are capable of creating...

It was 4:30 in the morning when I awoke to the loud buzzing at my apartment door. I’m not a morning person, so getting up is a chore. But this noise penetrated the walls of my tiny bedroom with such piercing aural dissonance that I quickly jumped out of bed, grabbed my robe, and made my way down the short hall to the front door. A quick check...

The ease with which generative AI can create disinformation has raised serious concerns about its potential impact on the November 5 U.S. presidential election this year. But what exactly are the dangers and what can we do to mitigate them? These questions were central to the session “AI and the 2024 U.S. elections” at the recent American Association...

Embodied Artificial Intelligence (EAI) integrates artificial intelligence into physical entities like robots, endowing them with the ability to perceive, learn from, and dynamically interact with their environments. This capability empowers these robots to provide goods and services effectively within human society. In this article, we draw parallels...

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) systems such as ChatGPT and Midjourney have brought AI to center stage in the past year. Whereas predictive AI, like automatic image recognition, draws conclusions from seeing patterns in data, generative AI creates new content in the form of text, images, audio, video, and even computer code. During...

The societal impact of artificial intelligence (AI) is global, yet the narrative around AI often centers around perspectives from the U.S. and Europe. Unsurprisingly—in a tech ecosystem that spans the planet—AI is powering change everywhere. International researchers are making AI breakthroughs in sectors as varied as healthcare, fintech, education,...