List of AI articles
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An illustration shows a male candidate at a podium with digital wireframe over his face and warning signs floating around his head. What AI Will Do to Elections
Depleted tech platforms, AI-enabled misinformation, and more than 50 countries voting in 2024. What could go wrong?
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An illustration shows the back of a candidate at a podium on a stage. In front of him is a sea of people in the audience, faces all illuminated as they look down at thair phones. The Myth of Social Media and Populism
Why the moral panic is misplaced.
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Reflections of the crains and cargo ships are visible in a reflection in the segmented panoramic windows of a moored ship. The ships are piled high with shipping containers in various colors, and a hazy sky is visible above them. 5 Issues to Watch in 2024
Our columnists share the most important developments on their radar in the year ahead.
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U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell prepares to deliver remarks to the Fed's Division of Research and Statistics Centennial Conference in Washington. Were You Team Transitory—or Team Doom?
Postgame analysis of 2023’s great inflation debate.
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A soldier fighting for Ukraine stands in front of a destroyed monastery in Dolyna, Ukraine. FP Live Looks Back at 2023
Stephen Walt explains why countries are accusing America of hypocrisy.
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AI-geopolitics-cooperation-nonproliferation-foreign-policy-illustration-erik-carter-3-2 The Year Policymakers Woke Up to AI
Artificial intelligence became more than just a buzzword in 2023.
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An illustration shows a gavel cracking down on a digitized background of ones and zeroes for a story about regulating artificial intelligence. Why It’s So Hard to Regulate AI
The world may need new rulebooks for the rapidly evolving technology.
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An illustration of an ominous gas mask on a green background with programming code replacing the eyes Can Chatbots Help You Build a Bioweapon?
Artificial intelligence can help users engineer pathogens—but that’s not the real danger.
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U.S. President Joe Biden, wearing a black suit and sunglasses, is seen from behind as he listens to Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese as he stands at a podium and speaks into a microphone. The sky behind the men is blue, and the corner of a building is visible behind them. The U.S. Can’t Lead on Quantum Computing Alone
Winning the race to develop this critical technology will require a little help from friends.
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An attendee tries out a virtual-reality Meta Oculus Quest 2 headset during the Mobile World Congress, focused on artificial intelligence and other technology, in Barcelona, Spain, on March 3, 2022. Europe’s Tech Curbs Are a Double-Edged Sword
The continent’s eagerness to regulate global tech companies could backfire on its own.
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Five workers carrying baskets pick purple tea leaves on a plantation with hills in the background AI Will First Come for Women
Female workers may be at highest risk from the coming waves of automation.
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Pixelated tech lines cross the windows in front of people attending the Semicon Taiwan convention in Taipei. Biden Turns a Few More Screws on China’s Chip Industry
New export controls, a year after the first, are cautious but pack a punch.
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An illustration shows a data storage cloud over a semiconductor chip The Cloud Can Solve America’s AI Problems
Washington doesn’t have to restrict chip exports to control the technology’s future development.
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People look at Pangu AI weather models during the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, China, on July 7. What the U.S. Can Learn From China About Regulating AI
Over the past two years, China has enacted some of the world’s earliest and most sophisticated rules for AI.
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Two adults wearing matching lanyards designating them as volunteers sit next to each other at a table with laptops in front of them. One of the volunteers leans to the side to look at the other's screen as he types. Behind the volunteers, other people sit at tables with laptops and phones. Inside the White House-Backed Effort to Hack AI
Hackers, students, and government officials gathered at DEF CON to push chatbots over the edge.
