Society

The more confusion these deepfakes sow, the more people will accuse each other of faking everything. You’re not going to believe what you see. You’re going to disbelieve what you don’t like. 

Militaries will use AI to wage deadlier biological and chemical warfare. But what if the technology turns against us?

AI algorithms can reduce food waste,  add more nutrition and solve some of our restaurant-staffing woes

We’ll use machine learning to predict illness before it starts, reducing pressure on the health-care system

The new AI might help criminals take down power grids or infiltrate electric vehicle networks

"The human dimension to the problem of the future of AI—how people will react to the new tools—is at least as unknowable as the technology itself"

AI-generated actors, singers and visual artists stand to replace the real thing

Our research team used machine learning to discover a new antibiotic. And that’s just the beginning. 

We asked 14 leading thinkers to investigate the promises and pitfalls of the fast-accelerating AI revolution. Here’s what they found.

“There are just not enough places for students to live in Barrie. I saw a house that had 16 people living in it.”