Artificial intelligence

Explore our coverage of artificial intelligence, from its technical underpinnings to its social, political and economic consequences


Science & technology

Robots can learn new actions faster thanks to AI techniques

They could soon show their moves in settings from car factories to care homes

Finance & economics

Computers unleashed economic growth. Will artificial intelligence?

Two years after ChatGPT-3.5 arrived, progress has been slower than expected

Business

Nvidia’s boss dismisses fears that AI has hit a wall

But it’s “urgent” to get to the next level, Jensen Huang tells The Economist

Podcast Babbage

How AI will lead to a new scientific renaissance

Our podcast on science and technology. Nobel laureates Demis Hassabis and Jennifer Doudna, plus Google’s James Manyika, present their vision for how AI is transforming science

Business

What ChatGPT’s corporate victims have in common

The first casualties of generative AI offer lessons for other businesses

The World Ahead Science & technology in 2025

Supercomputers and AI are helping build better climate models

The coming year will be a big one for the advance of climate science

The World Ahead Science & technology in 2025

AI will boost drug development in 2025

Software-inspired medicines are getting closer to prime time

The World Ahead Finance in 2025

There will be no immediate productivity boost from AI

Everyone calm down a little

The World Ahead By Invitation: Business in 2025

Fei-Fei Li says understanding how the world works is the next step for AI

Time to look beyond language models, argues the Stanford professor and “godmother of AI”

The World Ahead Business in 2025

The very real constraints on artificial intelligence in 2025

Prepare for superchips, supercomputers—and supersize headaches

The World Ahead Technology in 2025

The court cases that could shape how AI develops

Prepare for a worldwide wrangle over copyright, deepfakes and more

The World Ahead China in 2025

China’s entrepreneurs must navigate stormy seas

They face challenges both domestic and foreign in 2025

By Invitation

“Middle powers” can thrive in the age of AI, says Eric Schmidt

Google’s former chief executive has a playbook for riding out the revolution

The World Ahead Technology in 2025

Will the bubble burst for AI in 2025, or will it start to deliver?

It is the biggest gamble in business history—but adoption of AI is proving patchy

Science & technology

Artificial intelligence is helping improve climate models

More accurate predictions will lead to better policy-making

Leaders

Why open-source AI models are good for the world

Their critics dwell on the dangers and underestimate the benefits

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