The 2026 FIFA World Cup draw — the biggest (and longest?) in tournament history — was held Friday at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., and let’s just say that a lot happened, from the heads of ...

If only they were robotic! Instead, chatbots have developed a distinctive — and grating — voice. Credit...Illustration by Giacomo Gambineri Supported by By Sam Kriss In the quiet hum of our digital ...

People who played the “Prisoner’s Dilemma” were less likely to cooperate when the other player was a male human or AI, and exploited female players. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

Standing in line for a week. Sitting online for a day. This is what out-of-state hunters do for a chance at general season deer and elk tags in Idaho. At least, it’s what they’ve done since the ...

In today's volatile business landscape, relying on sporadic flashes of inspiration can be a fragile strategy for maintaining a competitive edge. The truth is, creativity is not a mystical gift ...

I recently found myself corresponding with what I thought was a recruiter from a major pharmaceutical company. The recruiter's messages were polished, courteous, and articulate -- almost too ...

Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. TikTok’s algorithm, which shapes what more than a billion users see, has developed an almost mystical reputation for ...

TikTok's owner, ByteDance, is expected to sell its US business to a buyer consortium. The new owners will retrain TikTok's content-recommendation algorithm, the White House said. TikTok staffers and ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...

Facebook's vice president of product, Jagjit Chawla, talks about how the platform treats AI-generated content and how you can see less of it. Katelyn is a writer with CNET covering artificial ...