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The Fox series "neXt" premieres in 2020 and stars actors John Slattery (left), Fernanda Andrade (center) and Jason Butler Harner (right).

AI Thriller 'neXt' Takes a Frightening Look at Modern Society's Relationship with Technology

By Doris Elin Urrutia published

A rogue artificial intelligence ruthlessly seeks to get smarter in a new television thriller premiering on the Fox network in 2020.

Space Movies & Shows
three body problem illustrated by three planets in a triangle in space

The 'Three-Body Problem' Has Perplexed Astronomers Since Newton Formulated It. A.I. Just Cracked It in Under a Second.

By Edd Gent published

It took just fractions of a second.

Technology
DeepMind's AlphaStar AI is now a full-blown StarCraft 2 Grandmaster

DeepMind's AlphaStar AI is now a full-blown StarCraft 2 Grandmaster

By Andy Chalk published

The rise of the machines drew one step closer to reality today, as researchers announced that the Google DeepMind-powered AlphaStar AI has now achieved Grandmaster ranking in StarCraft 2.

Space Games
An animation shows the random appearance of fast radio bursts (FRBs) across the sky. Astronomers have discovered about 85 since 2007, and pinpointed two of them.

Mysterious, Ancient Radio Signals Keep Pelting Earth. Astronomers Designed an AI to Hunt Them Down.

By Rafi Letzter published

Astronomy
The universe is filled with beautiful objects, like this bubble nebula, located more than 8,000 light-years from Earth. Researchers recently used artificial intelligence to simulate the universe. Though the simulation did surprisingly well, no one fully understands how it works.

AI Created a 3D Replica of Our Universe. We Have No Idea How It Works.

By Stephanie Pappas published

The first-ever artificial intelligence simulation of the universe seems to work like the real thing — and is almost as mysterious.

Astronomy
These images of a storm in Saturn's atmosphere were obtained with the Cassini spacecraft’s wide-angle camera on March 4, 2008, at a distance of approximately 800,000 miles (1.3 million kilometers) from Saturn. Image scale is 46 miles (74 km) per pixel.

'Deep Learning' Algorithm Reveals Huge Saturn Storm in New Light

By Mike Wall published

A new "deep learning" algorithm that could help scientists better understand planetary atmospheres has passed its first big test, a new study reports.

Saturn
Actor Mark Jackson talks about Isaac and 'The Orville'

'The Orville' Actor Mark Jackson Teases Season 2 Revelations About Isaac

By Scott Snowden published

Space Movies & Shows
machine learning revealed quantum particle movement

A Computer Spotted a Turtle Hiding Out in a Cloud of 'Quantum Fireworks'

By Rafi Letzter published

Scientists couldn't find the pattern in these strange clouds of quantum fireworks. So they enlisted a computer, and it noticed a hidden turtle.

Astronomy
Scott and Mark Kelly

Astronaut Twins Mark and Scott Kelly Take on Amazon's Alexa in Super Bowl Ad Teaser

By Elizabeth Howell published

What's the next frontier for retired NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, who spent nearly a year in space; and twin retired NASA astronaut Mark Kelly, who flew multiple times on the space shuttle?

Technology
A murderous computer named HAL in the film "2001: A Space Odyssey" (1968).

This HAL 9000-Inspired AI Simulation Kept Its Virtual Astronauts Alive

By Charles Q. Choi published

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