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Author Gary Rivlin says regulation can help control how AI is used: "AI could be an amazing thing around health, medicine, scientific discoveries, education ... as long as we're deliberate about it."

Executive orders from President Trump have agencies across the government scrubbing websites of photos and references to transgender people, women and people of color.

Why can ChatGPT help you write an essay but can't fold your laundry? Some researchers are working on software that would allow robots to understand and execute commands.

Artificial intelligence has revolutionized the virtual world. But reality bytes.

What if we had the ultimate work-life balance? This fundamental question underlies the hit Apple TV+ show Severance - now in its second season. Ahead of the season 2 finale this Friday, producer Rachel Carlson sat down with the science consultant for ...

Organizers say protests are planned this weekend at more than 100 Tesla stores nationwide. The demonstrations are part of a backlash to Elon Musk's role in upending the federal government. Musk has been using his social media platform, X, to ...

Game studios have cranked out surprising hits ranging from cooperative platformers to historical epics. NPR staff and contributors round up the latest from a promising 2025.

"Smishing" scams aim to compromise your data and pilfer money. And if you think the problem is getting worse, you're right.

Abdulwahab Omira escaped Syria's war with his family as a teenager. He recently returned as a Stanford graduate student and a budding entrepreneur, hoping to help jumpstart the country's tech industry.

Agencies from Social Security to the IRS store sensitive data on millions of Americans. Here's what the government knows about us - and what's at risk as DOGE seeks access to the data.