3D printingBuilding objects layer by layer from a digital model – from toys and spare parts to prosthetics, houses and organs.6 stories →AI agentAn artificial intelligence system that does not just answer but carries out multi-step tasks on its own: searching, writing and running code, using programs and websites until it reaches the goal.8 stories →AI and jobsThe question of which professions artificial intelligence will change, which will disappear and which new ones will appear.35 stories →AI ethicsThe questions of what is right and wrong in building and using artificial intelligence: responsibility, fairness, transparency, privacy and the risks to work, truth and humanity itself.40 stories →AI hallucinationsWhen a language model confidently invents facts, quotes, books or sources that do not exist.10 stories →AI image generationCreating pictures and photos with artificial intelligence from a text description.14 stories →AI regulationThe laws and rules for artificial intelligence.21 stories →Algorithmic biasWhen an algorithm treats people unfairly – by gender, race, age or origin – because it was trained on data that already contained those prejudices.4 stories →Artificial general intelligence (AGI)A hypothetical artificial intelligence able to handle any intellectual task at least as well as a human, rather than a single narrow field.21 stories →Artificial intelligenceComputer systems that perform tasks until recently thought to belong to the human mind: recognising images and speech, translating, writing, drawing, solving problems and making decisions.140 stories →Attention economyA business model in which the product is us – our time and attention.8 stories →Augmented realityTechnology that overlays digital images on the real world around us – through a phone camera or special glasses.5 stories →BitcoinThe first cryptocurrency, created in 2009 by the anonymous Satoshi Nakamoto.14 stories →BlockchainA distributed ledger in which records are kept on thousands of computers at once and cannot be secretly changed.24 stories →Brain-computer interfaceA link between the brain and a computer that lets thoughts control machines.18 stories →ChatbotA program you talk to in words.15 stories →Computer visionThe field of artificial intelligence that teaches machines to see: to recognise objects, faces, text and movement in images and video.7 stories →CryptocurrencyDigital money that is not issued by a state or bank but exists on a blockchain.6 stories →CybersecurityProtecting our computers, networks and data from attacks, theft and fraud – from strong passwords to defending entire countries against hackers.13 stories →DeepfakeA fake video, image or voice recording created with artificial intelligence so convincingly that it looks real.10 stories →Detecting AI-generated contentAttempts to tell human-made content from AI-made content – with detectors, watermarks or simply the human eye.8 stories →Digital divideThe gap between people who have access to the internet, devices and digital skills and those who do not.4 stories →Digital minimalismConsciously using less technology – only what truly benefits us – to take back our time and attention.10 stories →Digital twinA virtual copy of a person, object or system.8 stories →Facial recognitionTechnology that identifies a specific person from a photo or video of their face.9 stories →Fake newsMade-up or distorted news presented as truth, often to manipulate our opinions or profit from clicks.15 stories →Filter bubbleThe invisible world in which the algorithms of social networks and search engines show us only what we already like and agree with.14 stories →GDPRThe EU's General Data Protection Regulation, in force since 2018.9 stories →Generative AIArtificial intelligence that creates new content – text, images, music, video or code – from a description in words.48 stories →Humanoid robotA robot with a human shape – arms, legs and a face.5 stories →Information overloadThe state in which there is so much information around us that we can no longer process it, focus or make decisions.8 stories →Large language model (LLM)A neural network trained on huge amounts of text to predict the next word, which is where its ability to answer, write, translate and code comes from.46 stories →Machine learningA way for computers to learn from data instead of being told rule by rule what to do.25 stories →Machine translationAutomatic translation from one language to another by computer – from the first attempts in the 1950s to Google Translate, DeepL and the language models that now translate entire books.14 stories →Media literacyThe skill of checking where information comes from, who is behind it and whether it is true.20 stories →MetaverseThe idea of a persistent virtual world where we work, play and socialise through avatars.19 stories →Natural language processingThe field of artificial intelligence that teaches computers to understand and produce human language – from spell-checking and machine translation to chatbots and voice assistants.10 stories →Neural networkA mathematical model inspired by the brain: layers of connected neurons that learn from examples by adjusting the strength of the connections between them.38 stories →NFTNon-fungible token – a blockchain record certifying that you own a unique digital item: an image, a video, a tweet.10 stories →Open dataData that institutions publish freely for anyone to use – timetables, budgets, air quality, elections.4 stories →Open sourceSoftware whose code is public, so anyone can read, change and share it.10 stories →Personal dataAny information that can identify a specific person: name, photo, address, phone number, location, habits.15 stories →PromptThe text instruction we give a generative AI to say what we want.5 stories →Quantum computerA computer that works with qubits instead of bits, using the laws of quantum physics.10 stories →RobotA machine that carries out actions in the physical world by itself.8 stories →Science fictionLiterature and film about possible futures and technologies we do not yet have.9 stories →Screen timeThe time we spend in front of a phone, tablet, computer or TV.21 stories →Self-driving carA car that drives itself, using cameras, sensors and artificial intelligence instead of a driver.12 stories →Smart contractA program on a blockchain that automatically carries out the terms of a deal once they are met – without a bank, notary or middleman.5 stories →Social engineeringA scam in which the criminal hacks not the computer but the person: with an email, call or message they convince the victim to hand over a password, money or data.5 stories →Technological singularityThe hypothetical moment when artificial intelligence surpasses human intelligence and starts improving itself so fast that the future becomes unpredictable.6 stories →TranshumanismA movement that believes technology can let humans transcend their biological limits: living much longer, enhancing mind and body, and even merging with machines.5 stories →Turing testA test proposed by Alan Turing in 1950: if a person chatting with a machine and with another human cannot tell which is which, the machine can be considered to think.8 stories →Universal basic incomeThe idea that everyone should regularly receive a set sum from the state, with no conditions.6 stories →Virtual realityAn artificial three-dimensional world that we enter with goggles or a headset and move through as if we were there.10 stories →