Human rights issues—from equal treatment for minorities to freedoms enshrined in the U.S. Bill of Rights, such as speech, ...

Altman then refers to the “model spec,” the set of instructions an AI model is given that will govern its behavior. For ...

When researchers in China announced a possible new human species from a cave in Hebei province, they did more than add ...

The US State Department will focus on “natural rights” like freedom of speech in its next human rights report, a senior State ...

In an era where artificial intelligence is reshaping the boundaries of what machines can do, we find ourselves at a pivotal moment in history. AI isn’t just a technological upgrade; it's a mirror ...

In a world where we seem to have less and less in common with our neighbors, it’s crucial to focus on what we share. So, here’s an easy one: We’re all human. But wait — what does that mean? Beyond the ...

Is it now in the process of transforming the human brain’s role in daily life? The Industrial Revolution diminished the need for manual labor. As someone who researches the application of AI in ...

In the grand story of evolution, the crowning human distinction is our big brain. But our large heads have been slow to recognize a less admirable trait of Homo sapiens—self-centeredness. Subscribe to ...

IN GOUGH’S cave in Cheddar Gorge, south-west England, archaeologists have found the remains of at least six individuals. Many of the bones were intentionally broken and the fragments are covered in ...

Brian Patrick Green is the director of technology ethics at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. Views are his own. “Life is about choices.” Artificial intelligence (AI) offers us the promise of ...

When Dennis Cunningham was diagnosed with terminal cancer, he wanted his death to reflect the values he lived by. As a civil rights lawyer, Cunningham defended the Black Panthers, AIDS protestors, and ...