Natural disasters prompt a flood of social media posts. AI can help sift the wheat of helpful information from the chaff of chitchat and misinformation.

A bill with broad bipartisan support aims to take on AI-generated sexual abuse, but enforcement issues and privacy blind spots could leave victims just as vulnerable.

Early research on Therabot and ChatGPT shows promise for anxiety, depression and quality of life, but there are big questions about safety, access and equity.

AI that anticipates where crimes are likely to occur and who might commit them has a troubling track record. Democratic accountability could shine a light on the technology and how it’s used.

AIs are notoriously opaque, even to the people who build them, which makes it hard to know why they fail. A new tool aims to reveal their inner workings at the moment they went off the rails.

Today’s radar technology can detect the minute movements when your heart beats or you take a breath. Machine learning turns those signals into vital signs readings.

It’s hard for ordinary people to distinguish good advice from decisively-voiced bad advice.

Battery management systems now blend physics and machine learning, delivering real‑time insights to boost safety, efficiency and lifespan even under heavy use.

Under the guise of efficiency and fraud prevention, the federal government is breaking down data silos to collect and aggregate information on virtually everyone in the US.