technology – Kathryn Hulick

A new frontier awaits — computing with light

Today’s tech computes with electricity. But light shows promise as a new means of number-crunching. Could the future of computers be even

“You walk alongside booths and you can hear people having these rapid-fire conversations with judges or with their peers. You hear words

Can robots make art? Sort of. A type of artificial intelligence known as generative AI can produce images, songs, and other content.

Researchers mimicked how neurons interact in the brain of a worm to build a new type of AI. They call it a

Today’s bots can’t turn against us, but they can cause harm. “AI safety” aims to train this tech so it will always

I first wrote about the potential climate impact of AI back in 2021, before ChatGPT, Sora, Gemini, and all the generative AI

ChatGPT took the world by storm in late 2022. My editor at Science News Explores reached out to me on New Year's

Different types of robots have become familiar features in our lives, such as Roombas, self-driving cars or robotic children's dolls. But will

My latest story for Science News Explores is about robot friendship. Personally, I'd love a real R2D2! A heroic Star-Wars-style droid is

When I served in the Peace Corps from 2004-2006, I lived in the rural town of Pokrovka, Kyrgyzstan. There was no internet