The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine that someone gives you a list of five numbers: 1, 6, 21, 107, and—wait for it—47,176,870. Can you guess what comes next? If ...

Materialists on OTT: Dakota Johnson, Chris Evans, and Pedro Pascal's much-awaited release of the year, Materialists, is now streaming online. The film follows a love triangle between a matchmaker ...

For nine glorious months last year, it looked as if Ed Sheeran's bubble had burst. His latest and weakest album, Autumn Variations, had left the top 100 after only eight weeks, whereas three of its ...

AI infrastructure is hitting a power wall, and Microsoft believes the solution lies in technology borrowed from smartwatch displays. While power efficient, traditional copper links have a limited ...

Monty Python’s absurdist tribute to Canadian tree fellers – the famed Lumberjack Song – is renowned across the world as a comedic classic. Even real lumberjacks like to sing the lyrics: “I’m a ...

17-old-old Chicago rapper BabyChiefDoIt claims that his recent comments about using ChatGPT for lyrics was taken out of context. On Aug. 11, the "Went West" artist visited Power 105.1, where, around ...

I used to believe I taught the one genre that artificial intelligence couldn’t touch. For 15 years, I’ve guided college students through the deeply human work of personal narrative, helping them ...

The gaming world rarely sleeps, but when it erupts in controversy, the ripple effects can be felt across every corner of the internet. Enter PeterBot, the 18-year-old Fortnite prodigy whose career ...

Starting in January, Medicare will test out an artificial intelligence (AI) pilot program to decide whether patients get certain procedures covered or not. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ...

People are using AI to write sensitive messages to loved ones. Detecting AI-generated text is becoming more difficult as chatbots evolve. Some tech leaders have promoted this use of AI in their ...