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Artificial intelligence is playing a rapidly growing role in scientific research – from medical to particle physics – and was recognized with the award of the 2024 Nobel Prize for Physics. This collection also explores how this new technology is being used in society, and ponders the ethical questions that surround it.

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Why AI is a force for good in science communication

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New open-access journal AI for Science aims to revolutionize scientific discovery

AI4S will meet the need for high-quality journals dedicated to artificial intelligence

AI and the future of physics

How artificial intelligence is accelerating discoveries – and raising profound questions – about the future of physics

Applications of AI

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AI algorithms in radiology: how to identify and prevent inadvertent bias

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AI speeds up detection of neutron star mergers

Generative AI speeds medical image analysis without impacting accuracy

AI and us

Lost in the mirror: as AI development gathers momentum, will it reflect humanity’s best or worst attributes?

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Deep connections: why two AI pioneers won the Nobel Prize for Physics

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Generative AI has an electronic waste problem, researchers warn

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Fighting algorithmic bias in artificial intelligence

Julianna Photopoulos explores the issues of racial and gender bias in AI – and what physicists can do to recognize and tackle the problem

Artificial stupidity

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More applications of AI

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Medical marvels: how AI is boosting healthcare

Irina Grigorescu, a medical physicist at King’s College London, explains how artificial intelligence can transform medical physics

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AI and particle physics: a powerful partnership

Jessica Esquivel explores the beneficial collaboration between artificial intelligence and particle physics that is advancing both fields

Artificial intelligence: developing useful tools that scientists can trust

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Neural networks extract information from sparse datasets

An algorithm developed by Cambridge physicist Gareth Conduit and inspired by many-body quantum mechanics is the driving force behind a novel materials-science spin-out

Machine learning collaborations accelerate materials discovery

Combining forces with other numerical approaches, as well as collaborating with other research groups across the world, adds strength to data-driven techniques for materials science

Emmanuel Sabonnadière describes technology trends within optoelectronics

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AI in everyday life

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Friend or foe? Machine learning and how it is shaping our lives

A machine-learning revolution

Will AI bots ever replace science journalists? (And no, this was written by a human)

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