Humans take reasoning for granted, but logic isn’t always self-evident to machines, which have to be hard-coded to make the connections that can support basic deductions. Google’s DeepMind is looking ...

Sir, Anjana Ahuja appears to link “the assault on scientific thought” with “the reclamation of the continent’s Christian heritage” (“Echoes of Galileo in the populist retreat from reason”, December 7) ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) has made remarkable strides in recent years, particularly in its ability to reason. At the heart of this evolution are new technologies like neural networks and large ...