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After decades of slowing progress, artificial intelligence is accelerating breakthroughs across medicine, physics, and biology. Scientists who once worried we'd found all the "easy" discoveries are now racing toward solutions once thought impossible.
South Korea's national water utility is bringing cutting-edge AI water management technology to Austin, Texas, as the booming tech hub races to secure enough water for its rapid growth. The partnership could help Korean innovations become the global standard.
Businesses are finally getting clear answers about what their AI investments actually deliver. New reporting tools from Anthropic help companies see exactly where their AI dollars go and how to make them work harder.
From WhatsApp tutors to scholarship finders, six entrepreneurs across Africa are using artificial intelligence to make learning more accessible for millions of students. Their tools are turning smartphones into personalized study assistants and opening doors to opportunities students never knew existed.
More than 700 secondary school girls in Nigeria just created AI-powered solutions for healthcare, safety, and climate challenges in their own communities. They're not just learning tech—they're already solving problems that matter.
Nigeria is shifting its AI strategy from flashy products to tools that actually improve lives in healthcare, education, and agriculture. The Gates Foundation is backing this practical approach with $1 billion to ensure technology closes gaps instead of widening them.
New research reveals that while AI chatbots generate ideas quickly, working with real people produces more original and diverse creative solutions. The creativity gap widens over time, with human collaboration unlocking better ideas the longer teams work together.
Researchers cracked the code on AI automation that actually gets smarter over time. Their four-step system lets companies automate routine decisions while keeping humans in the loop where their expertise matters most.
Kodiak AI just locked in its first commercial deal to deliver 75 driverless trucks to a California freight company, marking a turning point for autonomous vehicles on public highways. The technology that once seemed decades away is now rolling out on real routes between major American cities.
After years of scattered AI efforts across different teams, Microsoft is bringing everything together into one powerful tool. The tech giant is ending "Copilot-palooza" with a unified strategy that puts developers and users first.
University of Illinois officers needed to memorize more than 1,000 campus buildings quickly. A professor built an AI training tool that turned tedious cramming into an interactive game that adapts to each learner.
A new AI system spotted a 20-year-old stolen painting at an Italian art fair in just two hours, even though thieves had cleverly altered it. Since 2023, the technology has helped recover over 300 paintings and 165,000 artifacts worth more than $226 million.