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Even AI has trouble figuring out if text was written by AI — here's why
There are several methods for detecting whether a piece of text was written by AI. They all have limitations – and probably always will.
'Putting the servers in orbit is a stupid idea': Could data centers in space help avoid an AI energy crisis? Experts are torn.
Google’s proposal to explore space-based AI infrastructure raises fundamental questions about energy, physics and feasibility – and whether Earth has really run out of options.
'Gospel stories themselves tell of dislocation and danger': A historian describes the world Jesus was born into
The modern Christmas themes of peace and joy were in short supply amid the ‘dislocation and danger’ of ancient Judea – as they are in today’s fractured world too.
'It won’t be so much a ghost town as a zombie apocalypse': How AI might forever change how we use the internet
AI slop, chatbots and agentic AI are changing the internet, and could transform it beyond recognition, experts say.
New tests could nearly halve the rate of late-stage cancers, some scientists say — is that true?
Blood tests that look for over a dozen cancers are being developed. But how soon will they help patients?
Scientists build 'most accurate' quantum computing chip ever thanks to new silicon-based computing architecture
Researchers say they have created the world's first scalable atomic quantum processor that achieves record-breaking 99.99% fidelity.
Experts divided over claim that Chinese hackers launched world-first AI-powered cyber attack — but that's not what they're really worried about
Anthropic said a Chinese espionage group used its Claude AI to automate most of a cyberattack campaign, but experts question how autonomous the operation really was, and what it means for the future of AI-powered hacking.
Controversial startup's plan to 'sell sunlight' using giant mirrors in space would be 'catastrophic' and 'horrifying,' astronomers warn
California-based startup Reflect Orbital aims to build a swarm of 4,000 giant mirrors in low Earth orbit to "sell sunlight" to customers at night. Experts warn that the mirrors could mess with telescopes, blind stargazers and impact the environment.
Jane Goodall revolutionized animal research, but her work had some unintended consequences. Here's what we've learned from them.
Following Jane Goodall's death, chimp experts explain how her early observations still influence our understanding of our ape cousins.
Extreme weather caused more than $100 billion in damage by June — smashing US records
After damaging wildfires in LA, tornadoes and series of floods, the first six months of this year smashed multiple extreme weather records in the U.S., data show — and experts say this trend is likely to continue.
