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The heads of major artificial intelligence firms pleaded with the United Nations to set controls over the burgeoning technology they are designing in order to save the world — or at least its people

The Justice Department has a long history of investigating and prosecuting hackers who break into a private company’s network

Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Greg Casar are introducing legislation that would ban artificial superintelligence, pause development of advanced AI systems and create a new Department of Artificial Intelligence

In a summer filled with revelations about artificial intelligence’s rapid development, researchers were especially alarmed by runaway bots finding their way onto the internet and, in at least one instance, coordinating there with one another

The nation’s cybersecurity agency has released an election infrastructure security plan 40 days before November’s midterms

The hurricane season in the Pacific Ocean already has been very active, thanks to the El Nino weather phenomenon

McDonald’s is facing a federal lawsuit that alleges its AI-enhanced pricing tool violates antitrust laws because it shares nonpublic data with competing franchisees

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s unexpected embrace of artificial intelligence has rankled some of his allies in the “Make America Healthy Again” movement

Belgian-born scientist Francis Halzen has won the Nobel Prize in physics for his work on neutrinos, tiny cosmic particles that offer clues about how the universe evolved

Dr. Karl Deisseroth spent hours fielding congratulatory calls after learning that he had won a Nobel Prize for medicine for helping to open a new field of brain science called optogenetics

Artificial intelligence insiders are warning New York City’s leaders about dangers of the emerging technology, calling for greater oversight as local governments move to respond to mounting safety concerns

The lengthy campaigns to protect kids on social media offer some lessons for those looking to protect children using artificial intelligence