Like humans, artificial intelligence learns by trial and error, but traditionally, it requires humans to set the ball rolling by designing the algorithms and rules that govern the learning process.

Every January brings resolutions to learn something new. This year the list might include Spanish, guitar or data analysis. Those are fine choices, but there's an argument that learning to work ...

An artificial-intelligence algorithm that discovers its own way to learn achieves state-of-the-art performance, including on some tasks it had never encountered before. Joel Lehman is at Lila Sciences ...

Across higher education, universities are grappling with a central question — will generative AI undermine learning or reshape it? At UC San Diego, faculty members are exploring both sides of that ...

No textbooks, no homework, no teachers. Welcome to the future of education. At least according to Alpha School, a fast-growing network of private academies that claims to be revolutionizing education ...

Editor’s note: This work is part of AI Watchdog, The Atlantic’s ongoing investigation into the generative-AI industry. On Tuesday, researchers at Stanford and Yale revealed something that AI companies ...

What if you could learn in hours what might take others days, or even weeks? Imagine mastering a new skill, understanding a complex concept, or preparing for a major project, all with the help of ...