In a new study, bumble bees solve a completely novel object-manipulation task. What makes this behavior especially remarkable is that the bees had never been trained. The findings challenge the ...

Basically every recent, high-profile accusation of someone passing off AI-generated writing as their own has started in the same way: with a tool called Pangram. In March, when a horror novel from a ...

“If you are a mathematician,” one of the world’s leading mathematicians recently wrote, “you may want to make sure you are sitting down before reading further.” And you’ll definitely need to sit down ...

Ms. Winthrop is the director of the Center for Universal Education at the Brookings Institution and led its global task force on A.I. and education. I am a big fan of technology. I’ve blissfully given ...

What happens to language when a growing amount of text published in the press, online and on social media is written by machines? This question is not just important for the profession of journalism – ...

Study after study has revealed that artificial intelligence is adversely affecting students’ ability to think critically, solve problems, and formulate their own ideas without the assistance of ...

Julia R. Cartwright is a senior research fellow in law and economics at the American Institute for Economic Research. America’s housing shortage has a cruel truth at its center: The people who need it ...

High school and college teachers are watching students write, in the classroom, in order to protect against the incursion of artificial intelligence. Credit...Video by Lauren Lancaster For The New ...

Auditors are flagging major problems with the handling of tax dollars by the L.A. Homeless Services Authority. The failures surround poor bookkeeping and accounting of taxpayer money at the agency — ...

One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today. Auditors are flagging major problems ...

Sportswriting legend Red Smith once said that writing a column is easy: “All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.” In 2026, though, no blood is required. All you do is sit down at a laptop ...