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Robots 1, Humans 0: Google DeepMind Is Now Two Go Games Away From Making AI History
The game was once considered beyond the reach of artificial intelligence programs.
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MIT Built a Donald Trump AI Twitter Bot that Sounds Scarily Like Him
The AI was trained on a few hours of Trump’s speeches.
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IARPA Wants Smarter Algorithms -- Not More of Them
Program Director Jacob Vogelstein told Nextgov why IARPA is investing in new training for AI systems.
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The President Needs to Issue an Executive Order Banning the Use Killer Robots
A Yale bioethicist says the United Nations won’t stop killer robots, but the United States could right now start setting a few rules limiting their development and use.
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How Can You Train AI to Get Smarter? The Intelligence Community Wants to Know
IARPA wants to guard against an "AI winter," during which there's less research and less funding for AI.
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The Army Has Made a Robot Cockroach
Biologically inspired robot bugs could be the next big thing in intelligence collection.
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Should We Fear an AI Arms Race?
Five reasons the benefits of defense-related artificial intelligence research outweigh the risks—for now.
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New Competition Seeks Robots That Can Handle a To-Do List
NIST is looking for a way to evaluate a robot's agility before it gets deployed on a factory floor.
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Google’s AI Just Cracked the Game that Supposedly No Computer Could Beat
The ancient board game Go has long been one of the major goals of artificial intelligence research.
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Mark Zuckerberg Wants to Build an AI Butler
The Facebook CEO was inspired by Marvel superhero Iron Man
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Internet of Things, OT and Artificial Intelligence: Government and Technology Predictions for 2016
Here are some of the trends that will see significant growth in 2016 and could affect government.
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Robots are Key to Pentagon’s Defensive Cyber Operations Strategy
To gain an edge on the battlefield, artificial intelligence is increasingly necessary.
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We Need a New Pronoun for Artificial Intelligence
Pick your favorite: “bleep” or “bloop.”
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Meet the Military-Funded AI that Learns as Fast as a Human
Today, it recognizes handwriting; tomorrow, it may vastly improve the military’s surveillance and targeting efforts.
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Video: 2015 Was Another Year of Dumb Robots
These bots aren't yet ready for prime time.
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This Is What Happens When an AI System Learns to Talk
The system models how humans learn the rules of language.
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AI Program Beats Humans On College Acceptance Test
Japanese researchers have created a computer program capable of limited humanistic understanding.
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Community Rallies to 'Ban Killer Drones'
The unmanned-aircraft industry could help to revive a struggling region. But what are the consequences?
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New AI Robot ‘Darwin’ Figuring Out Life Just Like Us Humans
The goal is to create a machine-learning system that could theoretically allow the robot to wander around on its own.
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