Newspapers have spent 20 years losing advertising revenue, readers, and jobs to the digital revolution. Now artificial intelligence threatens to weaken the economic foundations of news itself—even as it offers…
Artificial intelligence technologies that generate text, images, audio, video, and other content, including tools such as ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude.
Can Artificial Intelligence Restore Orson Welles’s Lost Masterpiece?
More than eight decades after Hollywood dismantled The Magnificent Ambersons, producer Edward Saatchi is using artificial intelligence to reconstruct its missing scenes. But can technology recover an artist’s vision—or only…
AI for Fashion Designers: Can Artificial Intelligence Become Your Creative Partner?
From sketching new collections to predicting trends and reducing fabric waste, AI is changing the fashion industry. But can an algorithm ever replace a designer's imagination? A young fashion designer…
The Knowledge AI Leaves Behind: Whose World Is It Learning?
Artificial intelligence promises to put the world's knowledge at our fingertips. But much of humanity's experience has never been recorded on the internet, raising a troubling question: Whose knowledge is…
Which AI Assistant Is Right for You?
ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and Perplexity can all answer questions, write, research and help you think. But they are becoming very different kinds of assistants. Here’s how to decide which one…
That Complicated Document? Ask AI to Explain It
From practicing a language to understanding history or mastering a new hobby, AI can become a remarkably patient personal tutor—if you know how to use it. Here is something unusual…
Can You Trust an AI Answer? Five Ways to Check
AI can sound remarkably confident even when it is mistaken. These five habits can help you recognize when an answer deserves a second look.
Before You Pay for AI, Try These Free Tools
The AI industry would like you to believe that the best artificial intelligence begins with a monthly subscription. For many people, it doesn't. Before adding another charge to your credit…
AI Search vs. Google: When Should You Use Each One?
Searching the web and asking an AI are different activities. Understanding the difference can save time—and prevent mistakes. For more than two decades, searching the internet has meant typing a…
How to Ask AI Better Questions—and Get Better Answers
Getting better results from AI doesn't require secret commands or complicated prompt formulas. In most cases, it requires something much more familiar: learning how to explain what you actually want.…