Artificial Intelligence

Human-like machines are coming … slowly, with assistants like Amazon's Alexa and Apple's Siri the most basic artificial intelligence to emerge. But what about those intelligent robots some fear will take over the world? Don't worry! Live Science has all the latest news and features on discoveries and achievements in the world of A.I.

Related Topics: Elon Musk, The Amazing Human Brain, Nanotechnology, Quantum Computers

Latest Updates

William Shatner is ready for your questions.

William Shatner 'AI' will chat with you about the 'Star Trek' actor's life

By Mindy Weisberger

Conversational video technology enables AI-powered back-and-forth between viewers and prerecorded responses.

Proteins are complex structures in the body. Here, the brightly colored and twisty blobs represent different immune system proteins on the outer layer of a T-cell, a type of white blood cell that helps the body to identify foreign invaders.

DeepMind says it can predict the shape of every protein in the human body

By Stephanie Pappas

AI firm DeepMind says it can predict the shape of every protein in the human body and in 20 species of research animals.

Xu Li, CEO of SenseTime Group Ltd., is identified by the A.I. company's facial recognition system at the company’s showroom in Beijing, China, on June 15, 2018.

Expect an Orwellian future if AI isn't kept in check, Microsoft exec says

By Stephanie Pappas

Speaking on the BBC show 'Panorama,' Microsoft's Brad Smith warned that unless checks are put in place, artificial intelligence could lead to a dystopian future

The robot artist "Ai-Da" stands in front of one of her self-portraits during the opening of her new exhibition at the Design Museum in London on May 18.

Human-like robot creates creepy self-portraits

By Harry Baker

A robotic artist powered by AI algorithms has created realistic self-portraits that question the limits of artificial intelligence and what it means to be human.

Amelia Earhart in 1937, standing under the nose of her Lockheed Model 10-E Electra monoplane.

Photos of Amelia Earhart, Marie Curie and others come alive (creepily), thanks to AI

By Mindy Weisberger

In AI-generated animations, faces that were once frozen in time blink, turn their heads and even smile.

hazy mathematical formulas in a book

New AI 'Ramanujan Machine' uncovers hidden patterns in numbers

By Stephanie Pappas

A new artificially intelligent 'Ramanujan Machine' can generate hundreds of new mathematical conjectures, which might lead to new math proofs and theorems.

NASA astronaut Charles Duke filmed Commander John Young as Young drove the Lunar Roving Vehicle, in footage shot on April 21, 1972 during the fifth day of the Apollo 16 moon landing.

Astonishing AI restoration brings Apollo moon landing films up to speed

By Mindy Weisberger

Artificial intelligence transformed NASA footage of Apollo missions to the moon, making decades-old events look like they were shot on high-definition video.

A description of Caligula said the emperor had "a glare savage enough to torture."

AI 'resurrects' 54 Roman emperors, in stunningly lifelike images

By Mindy Weisberger

An artist used machine learning to create photorealistic portraits of 54 ancient Roman emperors, working from nearly 1,000 images of busts.

Tech collides with theology, in AI Jesus.

New 'AI Jesus' can deliver a sermon, but will you understand it?

By Mindy Weisberger

A neural network learned to deliver sermons like Jesus (sort of ) after it was trained on the King James Bible.

Mysterious, Ancient Radio Signals Keep Pelting Earth. Astronomers Designed an AI to Hunt Them Down.

By Rafi Letzter

the bubble nebula

AI Created a 3D Replica of Our Universe. We Have No Idea How It Works.

By Stephanie Pappas

The first artificial intelligence-created universe is almost as mysterious as the real thing.

AI Listened to People's Voices. Then It Generated Their Faces.

By Mindy Weisberger

Successful results matched some of the speakers' physical characteristics.

This Animated Mona Lisa Was Created by AI, and It Is Terrifying

By Mindy Weisberger

A neural network helped Mona Lisa get in touch with her feelings.

Why Is This Viral Image of Unrecognizable Objects So Creepy?

By Mindy Weisberger

What do you see in this picture? Are you sure?

AI Is Good (Perhaps Too Good) at Predicting Who Will Die Prematurely

By Mindy Weisberger

Medical researchers have unlocked an unsettling ability in artificial intelligence.

AI Sucks at Making Adorable Cat Photos, Clearly Misses the Entire Point of the Internet

By Mindy Weisberger

When neural networks attempted to create images of cats, the results were cat-astrophic.

Scientists used machine learning to reveal that quantum particles shooting out from the center form a pattern that resembles a turtle. Warmer colors indicate more activity.

A Computer Spotted a Turtle Hiding Out in a Cloud of 'Quantum Fireworks'

By Rafi Letzter

Scientists couldn't find the pattern in these strange clouds of quantum fireworks. So they enlisted a computer, and it noticed a hidden turtle.

alexandria ocasio-cortez

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Says Algorithms Can Be Racist. Here's Why She's Right.

By Maya Kosoff

Algorithms rely on humans to feed them training data and help them interpret the world, so is it really that surprising that they reflect the biases of the humans who code them?

Austrian-born mathematician Kurt Godel at the Institute of Advanced Study.

Mathematicians Discovered a Computer Problem that No One Can Ever Solve

By Rafi Letzter

Researchers working on machine learning have discovered a problem that no one, anywhere in the universe, will ever be able to solve.

Electric brain

AI Can Now Decode Words Directly from Brain Waves

By Rafi Letzter

The technology could help people with diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) speak via a brain-computer interface.