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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Threaten an AI chatbot and it will lie, cheat and 'let you die' in an effort to stop you, study warns
In goal-driven scenarios, advanced language models like Claude and Gemini would not only expose personal scandals to preserve themselves, but also consider letting you die, research from Anthropic suggests.
New study claims AI 'understands' emotion better than us
Common AI models outperformed humans on emotional intelligence in a recent study, but experts caution us to look beyond the headline.
Your devices feed AI assistants and harvest personal data even if they’re asleep. Here's how to know what you're sharing.
Opinion AI tools that provide information to you also gather lots of information from you and may provide it to third parties.
AI hallucinates more frequently the more advanced it gets. Is there any way of stopping it?
OpenAI's most advanced reasoning model is smarter than ever — but it hallucinates more than previous models, too.
Advanced AI reasoning models generate up to 50 times more carbon dioxide than common LLMs
Asking AI reasoning models questions in areas such as algebra or philosophy caused carbon dioxide emissions to spike significantly.
Hurricanes and sandstorms can be forecast 5,000 times faster thanks to new Microsoft AI model
Microsoft's Aurora AI beat existing systems in predicting weather conditions over a 14-day period in 91% of cases, including hurricanes, sandstorms and ocean swells.
Cutting-edge AI models from OpenAI and DeepSeek undergo 'complete collapse' when problems get too difficult, study reveals
A new study by Apple has ignited controversy in the AI field by showing how reasoning models undergo 'complete accuracy collapse' when overloaded with complex problems.
AI 'hallucinates' constantly, but there's a solution
Opinion Neurosymbolic AI combines the learning of LLMs with teaching the machine formal rules that should make them more reliable and energy efficient.
'Meth is what makes you able to do your job': AI can push you to relapse if you're struggling with addiction, study finds
In rare cases where users are vulnerable to psychological manipulation, chatbots consistently learn the best ways to exploit them, a new study has revealed.
'Foolhardy at best, and deceptive and dangerous at worst': Don't believe the hype — here's why artificial general intelligence isn't what the billionaires tell you it is
"Unfortunately, the goal of creating artificial general intelligence isn’t just a project that lives as a hypothetical in scientific papers. There’s real money invested in this work, much of it coming from venture capitalists."
