OECD

New online tool tracks skills, research and policies for artificial intelligence, as part of global effort to understand and control the new technology

Data privacy, liability – and the possibility of mind control – are among concerns experts raise, as OECD issues first international recommendations on the emerging technology

The number of knee replacements doubled in 16 years, but did recipients’ lives improve as a result? With health expenditure set to outpace GDP growth, collecting data to answer questions like this is crucial

Improvements in life expectancy are slowing down across Europe. An OECD-commissioned report attempts to unpick the reasons and calls for countries to step-up research and monitoring of mortality

A drop in government share of global R&D spending sparks alarm – even as political anxiety over the future of technology rises. More than 40 per cent of global R&D is now performed by just 200 companies