Artificial intelligence is pushing the frontiers of science and technology—piloting military drones, diagnosing diseases, and designing enzymes that devour plastic waste. Meanwhile, consumer-facing chatbots are being used by hundreds of millions of people every week, seeding seismic shifts in education, child development, and human connection. TIME looks at 10 ways AI innovations are being used to shape the future.

Vaccine development

The swift development of COVID-19 vaccines had several ingredients: years of mRNA research, immense political will, and an influx of cash. But to shrink a 15-year timeline to just 12 months, scientists also relied on a new arsenal of AI-powered tools, which helped with everything from interpreting the genome to cleaning clinical trial data. Similar tools ar

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