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If Google Teaches an AI to Draw, Will That Help It Think?
Humans made a huge cognitive leap when they first sketched figures onto rocks—now, computers are learning to do the same.
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How Apple Sees the Near Future
Siri is set to play a much larger role in the company’s products.
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Inside the Bizarre Human Job of Being a Face for Artificial Intelligence
Amelia is a technology developed by IPsoft to automate some customer service, IT and business processes. She looks very human.
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Tax the Robots? 'No Way,' Says EU Official Tasked With Preparing Europe For a Digital Future
He believes a tax would discourage automation technologies from staying and innovating in Europe.
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Robots of the Future Will Learn Just Like They Do in Star Trek’s Holodeck
When future robots enter the world, they won’t have a learning curve.
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How Games Advance Emerging Tech
Strategy games have long been a proving ground for artificial intelligence, but what could driverless cars learn from a hyper-violent video game?
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DARPA Wants Artificial Intelligence That Doesn't Forget Everything It Knows
Biological systems don't completely freeze up when they encounter a new situation, but computers often do.
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The Next Big Step for AI is Getting Out of the Cloud and Onto Your Phone
AI on your phone will be faster and more secure.
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Father of the Internet: 'AI Stands for Artificial Idiot’
Vint Cerf has serious concerns about the military's use of the internet of things.
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The Military is Using Human Brain Waves to Teach Robots How to Shoot
Without even realizing it, soldiers could soon be training robot sharpshooters to take their jobs.
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Automation Could Boost Federal Productivity—And Save $41B a Year
Federal employees could focus their attention complex tasks instead of email.
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The Parts of America Most Susceptible to Automation
No, they’re not in the Rust Belt.
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What Will We Do When Robots Have Taken Our Jobs?
Automation could affect our mental health as well as our salaries.
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China’s Sleeping Giant in the Global Artificial Intelligence Race
“Basically, anything you need to do online can be done through WeChat."
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Microsoft’s New Head of Research Has Spent His Career Building Powerful AI—And Making Sure It’s Safe
Eric Horvitz wants to fundamentally change the way humans interact with machines.
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Robots Don’t Have to Take Over Jobs in Order to Be a Problem for Workers
“I think full automation is a big red herring."
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How Should We Treat Our Military Robots?
Increasingly human-like automated weapons demand an honest accounting of our emotional responses to them.
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What's Next in Federal Technology?
Download Nextgov's ebook on emerging tech trends impacting the federal government and how it delivers services to citizens.
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Can Scientific Discovery Be Automated?
Progress in the sciences can only move as fast as humans can think—outsourcing to AI could change that.
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