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Tesla’s Self-Driving Car Gets Smarter

Tesla’s new autopilot features became available just a few weeks ago, and the software is already teaching itself to drive better.

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MIT Researchers Develop Device That Can Identify People Through Walls

Paranoid about technology chipping away at our privacy? You might want to skip this article.

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Is the Field of Artificial Intelligence Sexist?

Perhaps the real danger in the field isn’t the threat of robot overlords.

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DHS Wants Boeing to Test a Brain Chip in Firm’s Self-Destructing 'Black' Spyphone

The secret sauce of the mobile device is a so-called neuromorphic computer chip that imitates human learning,

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Tech Experts Predict What 2025 Will Look Like

Nearly everyone surveyed was hopeful about the life-changing prospects of the Internet of Things.

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Humans, Not Robots, Are the Real Reason Artificial Intelligence Is Scary

Intelligent weapons are too easily converted by software engineers into indiscriminate killing machines.

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Questioning the Hype About Artificial Intelligence

Fresh fears about the singularity have prompted new critiques of what it will mean for humanity.

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Artificial intelligence Is the Next Big Thing for Hedge Funds Seeking an Edge

A trading robot, developed by a team of academic roboticists, mathematicians and ex-bankers, is the brainchild of fledgling hedge fund Aidyia.

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These Are the Tech Trends Government Might Not Be Ready For

Governments face unique challenges in fully implementing emerging technology: outdated hiring practices and concerns about the privacy of citizen data, among others.

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Do Killer Robots Violate Human Rights?

When machines are anthropomorphized, we risk applying a human standard that should not apply to mere tools.

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IBM’s AI Computer Has Come up With Some Pretty Incredible Food Pairings

Watson scanned publicly available data sources to build up a vast library of information on recipes, the chemical compounds in food, and common pairings.

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Teaching a Computer Not to Forget

One of the keys to unlocking artificial intelligence will be to figure out why biological brains are so good at remembering old skills—even when learning new things.

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A Search Engine Could Become the First True Artificial Intelligence

What if Google, or Facebook, or any of the companies we entrust our information to, wanted to use our search histories to create an artificially intelligent robot?

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Why Can’t Robots Understand Sarcasm?

Artificial intelligence has yet to grasp some of the finer nuances of human communication.