## The "Journal of Record"
**AI Magazine**
Published quarterly by the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), this is literally known as the "journal of record for the AI community." It features feature-length articles designed to keep professionals updated on new research. While it is academic, articles are specifically edited to be clear enough for specialists to understand work outside their exact sub-field.
## Mainstream Tech & Deep Dives
If you want to read about how AI is impacting business, ethics, and society without needing to read complex math formulas, these are your best bets:
* **MIT Technology Review:** One of the most respected tech magazines globally. They do incredible, well-researched deep dives into AI breakthroughs, the companies building them, and their real-world consequences.
* **Wired:** While not strictly an AI magazine, their coverage of the AI industry, robotics, and machine learning is top-tier and highly accessible.
* **IEEE Spectrum:** The flagship magazine of the IEEE. It bridges the gap between high-level concepts and actual engineering, making it great if you are interested in the hardware and architecture powering AI.
## Academic & Open Access Journals
If you are looking for pure, peer-reviewed research and the latest technical algorithms, you want academic journals. Most of these are digital and open-access:
* **Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research (JAIR):** A premier open-access journal covering all areas of AI, from machine learning to natural language processing and robotics.
* **Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence:** Another highly respected open-access, peer-reviewed journal that categorizes research into specific sections like AI in Business, Natural Language Processing, and AI in Medicine.
* **MDPI AI:** A monthly, peer-reviewed open-access journal covering cognition, perception, machine learning, and intelligent robotics.