Artificial intelligence is here, and it's transforming every aspect of science. From Google’s DeepMind discovering the structure of nearly every known protein to AI deciphering a 2,000-year-old "lost book," new and future computer systems that can outperform humans have near-infinite applications. But how concerned should we be with the rollout of AI, and what impact could this have on our world? Live Science's expert writers and editors search for answers to these questions and keep you tuned in to the wildest developments in machine learning with the latest AI news, articles and features.
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Looking at AI art shows that machines may never truly understand the human mind, as there are states of mind that can never be automated.
New laser-based artificial neuron processes enormous data sets at high speed
A new artificial neuron that spikes like human brain cells could be used to process data at ultrafast speeds.
Why is DeepSeek such a game-changer? Scientists explain how the AI models work and why they were so cheap to build.
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Alibaba claims its AI model trounces DeepSeek and OpenAI competitors
Chinese cloud giant Alibaba says that its Qwen2.5-Max artificial intelligence model outperformed its rivals at OpenAI, Meta and DeepSeek.
DeepSeek stuns tech industry with new AI image generator that beats OpenAI's DALL-E 3
Chinese AI lab DeepSeek has released a new image generator, Janus-Pro-7B, which the company says is better than competitors.
New glowing molecule, invented by AI, would have taken 500 million years to evolve in nature, scientists say
An artificial intelligence model has created a new protein that researchers say would have taken 500 million years to evolve in nature — if nature were capable of producing such a thing.
Scientists propose making AI suffer to see if it's sentient
A new study shows that large language models make trade-offs to avoid pain, with possible implications for future AI welfare.
