Have you ever had the solution for a tough problem suddenly hit you when you’re thinking about something entirely different? Creative thought is a hallmark of humanity, but it’s an ephemeral, almost ...

Imagine being able to see the outcome of a goal so vividly that it feels within reach, even before you take the first step. Creative visualization isn’t simple daydreaming—it’s a structured approach ...

A designer transforms a cityscape into a cyberpunk world with the click of a button. Another creator easily extends an image’s background to fit in more sky and clouds. Generative AI tools are ...

Image generators are designed to mimic their training data, so where does their apparent creativity come from? A recent study suggests that it’s an inevitable by-product of their architecture. We were ...

Generative AI is transforming workflows, yet its impact on employee creativity remains uneven. New research reveals one ...

AI is quickly and dramatically reshaping society, and it’s hard to avoid the changes sweeping through industry as well as our personal lives. As with anything so world-changing (not forgetting ...

What if you could transform a static image into a dynamic video, seamlessly swap objects in a photo, or even visualize how a design might evolve over decades, all with just a few clicks? Enter the ...

Of course, we know what the word creativity means. Intuitively. But imagine being asked to define it. Now the task becomes more difficult. A new paper by Cornell professor Robert Sternberg takes a ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. We were once promised self-driving cars and robot maids. Instead, we’ve seen the rise of artificial intelligence systems that can beat ...

Teachers don’t judge all kids’ ability to think creatively equally, a recent study shows. Subconscious biases appear to cloud teachers’ judgment of students’ creative ability, according to the results ...