Google parent company Alphabet has dropped its pledge to not use artificial intelligence (AI) in weapons systems or surveillance tools, citing a need to support the national security of “democracies”.

Nick Bostrom is famed for developing simulation theory. Now he's turning his attention to AI -- and risk to humankind.

University of Florida researchers are addressing a critical gap in medical genetic research—ensuring it better represents and benefits people of all backgrounds. Their work, led by Kiley Graim, Ph.D., ...

With AI at the forefront of technology, it is essential to recognize its role in every aspect of our daily operations, from maintaining contact with our customers to leveraging our marketing and human ...

Understanding organismal traits and learning how they evolve and adapt to different environments is crucial for biologists and the battle against biodiversity loss. To be truly efficient, however, the ...

In a world that depends on computers as much as Blacksburg depends on football, the demand for more efficient computer performance puts increasing pressure on industry personnel. Virginia Tech's very ...

Liz Simmons is an education staff writer at Forbes Advisor. She has written about higher education and career development for various online publications since 2016. She earned a master’s degree in ...

With antibiotic resistance a growing problem, University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have developed cutting-edge computer models that could give the disease-fighting drugs a laser-like ...

Geophysicists at the University of California, Riverside have received a $4.6 million grant from the National Science Foundation to study the dynamics of earthquake fault systems. Such systems occur ...