Defenders of the earth

Planetary physicist Dr Sheila Kanani on why now is the time to spot shooting stars and a sunlit Saturn

There is a type of landmine that springs into the air before detonating, high enough for the deadly arc of shrapnel to reach the vital organs. The idea isn’t new—Germany produced almost two million “B

STUART RUSSELL RECEIVES FOUR OR five emails a day from people who seem to be in the grips of psychosis, convinced their AI chatbot of choice is suddenly conscious. “It’s appointing them as its emissar

NATO’S TRACKING OF RUSSIAN S UBMARINES IN THE ARCTIC IS BEING AFFECTED BY CLIMATE CHANGE

“I’VE ALWAYS BEEN SUCH A PUNK,” filmmaker Natasha Lyonne muses. “But AI is the thing that’s going to flip me into a hippie. Because now’s the time to get super low to the ground and human.” Lyonne has

JOANNE JANG SEES HER WORK AS “empowering users to fulfill their goals” right up to the point of not causing harm or infringing on others’ freedoms. “AI-lab employees should not be the arbiters of what