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
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
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
Science & technology in 2025
AI will boost drug development in 2025
Software-inspired medicines are getting closer to prime time
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”
Business in 2025
The very real constraints on artificial intelligence in 2025
Prepare for superchips, supercomputers—and supersize headaches
Technology in 2025
The court cases that could shape how AI develops
Prepare for a worldwide wrangle over copyright, deepfakes and more
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
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