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Annals of Artificial Intelligence

Was Linguistic A.I. Created by Accident?

Seven years after inventing the transformer—the “T” in ChatGPT—the researchers behind it are still grappling with its surprising power.

The Lifelike Illusions of A.I.

Animators, toy designers, and video-game creators have spent decades creating believable fictional characters. Are artificial-intelligence researchers doing the same?

Can an A.I. Make Plans?

Today’s systems struggle to imagine the future—but that may soon change.

The Terrifying A.I. Scam That Uses Your Loved One’s Voice

A Brooklyn couple got a call from relatives who were being held ransom. Their voices—like many others these days—had been cloned.

How to Picture A.I.

To understand its strengths and limitations, we may need to adopt a new perspective.

When A.I. Can Make a Movie, What Does “Video” Even Mean?

Sora, the new text-to-video system from OpenAI, doesn’t make recordings—it renders ideas.

Maybe We Already Have Runaway Machines

A new book argues that the invention of states and corporations has something to teach us about A.I. But perhaps it’s the other way around.

How Moral Can A.I. Really Be?

A year after OpenAI released ChatGPT, the chatbot is surprisingly good at parroting human values. It may be as ethical as it’s going to get.

Chaos in the Cradle of A.I.

The Sam Altman saga at OpenAI underscores an unsettling truth: nobody knows what A.I. safety really means.

How Will A.I. Learn Next?

As chatbots threaten their own best sources of data, they will have to find new kinds of knowledge.