Artificial Intelligence

Four ways AI is helping astronomers learn about the universe

Astronomy is all about data. The universe is getting bigger and so too is the amount of information we have about it. But some of...

In the age of AI, we need to prepare students to work with robot writers

Robots are writing more of what we read on the internet. And artificial intelligence (AI) writing tools are becoming freely available for anyone, including...

Google’s union of activists highlights the need for ethical engineering

All of my favourite engineers have either abandoned the profession or are dedicating their lives to changing it for the better. The most heroic...

Coronavirus has fuelled automation— but human involvement is still essential

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the way we work and interact with machines — and people — in the workplace. The surge in remote working brought...

5 ways AI can help space exploration

Artificial intelligence has been making waves in recent years, enabling us to solve problems faster than traditional computing could ever allow. Recently, for example,...

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