This year’s honorees were selected from 550 nominations, with 44 expert judges helping our editors evaluate the finalists.

Danijar Hafner has a startup in stealth and a long track record of teaching AI agents about our world.

The steel industry isn’t exactly known for innovation. Very little has changed about purifying iron ore since the process was ...

But Hertha Metals founder Laureen Meroueh may have found a way to clean up steelmaking without driving up the price.  Meroueh ...

Potential applications include improved sensors for self-driving cars or new capabilities in smart glasses.  Miniaturization ...

AI companies are making impressive mathematical strides. Human mathematicians are losing out.

The hunt has spread all over the world and engaged dozens of startups, including the Bill Gates–backed Koloma, which has been ...

With AI inference now driving enterprise workloads, organizations must rethink infrastructure for speed, efficiency, ...

Simplifying and integrating enterprise technology can help companies move faster, respond to disruptions, and build a ...

The front line is being turned into a place to train AI models, and right now it’s effectively a regulation-free zone.

Judged purely on its puzzling skills, AI is improving a lot—and quickly. In late 2024, even the best models could figure out ...

Plus: New York City has banned AI in elementary and middle schools.