Artificial intelligence is advancing so quickly that some researchers now argue humanity could cross a historic threshold in just a few years, when machines match or exceed human cognitive abilities ...

Close observers of the AI development community may have noticed a particular idea discussed within the field that goes beyond workflow automation and data analytics into something much more esoteric: ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Two blind spots torture physicists: the birth of the universe and the center of a black hole. The former may feel like a moment in time ...