Artificial Intelligence
We Need a New Pronoun for Artificial Intelligence
Pick your favorite: “bleep” or “bloop.”
Emerging Tech
Video: How Amazon Gets Your Order to You
An army of robots is behind that Amazon Prime shipment.
Modernization
Star Wars’ R2-D2: The Original Mobile Device
The bleep-blooping droid from "Star Wars" helped shape people's perceptions of how machines can be helpers.
Emerging Tech
Robots Are Now Fighting Fires in Australia
These fire-fighters can shoot out mists of water or foam from 60 meters away.
Artificial Intelligence
Video: 2015 Was Another Year of Dumb Robots
These bots aren't yet ready for prime time.
Emerging Tech
Which 'Star Wars' Droid Would Be Helpful on a NASA Space Mission?
These might be the droids we're looking for.
Artificial Intelligence
AI Program Beats Humans On College Acceptance Test
Japanese researchers have created a computer program capable of limited humanistic understanding.
Emerging Tech
Out of the Mouths of Bots
What building a robot in a person's image can reveal about identity and humanity
Artificial Intelligence
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.
Artificial Intelligence
Toyota Is Investing $1 Billion Into Artificial Intelligence Research
Toyota will set up two new research facilities near Stanford and MIT’s campuses.
Artificial Intelligence
Is the Field of Artificial Intelligence Sexist?
Perhaps the real danger in the field isn’t the threat of robot overlords.
Emerging Tech
Robots Could Replace White Collar Workers, Too
No career is safe from the advances of artificial intelligence.
Digital Government
When Military Robots Can Predict Your Next Move
New research may enable robotic armed guards — or just help self-driving cars get through a four-way stop
Emerging Tech
The 3 Things Humans Will Always Do Better Than Robots
The robots are not coming, they’re already here. They’re just not sentient… yet.
Artificial Intelligence
Could We All Have Cyber Doppelgängers in the Future?
The idea of a world with "mind clones" may not seem so crazy after all.
Digital Government
Video: How to Not Embarrass Yourself in Front of the Robot at Work
Pro tip: Don't sneak up on robot employees.
Emerging Tech
Robots Are Also Pretty Terrible at Assembling IKEA Furniture
Scientific researchers hand the allen wrench over to the robots.
Emerging Tech