The “neuropolitics” consultants who hack voters’ brains

These experts say they can divine political preferences you can’t express from signals you don’t know you’re producing. Read more »

The World Economic Forum warns that AI may destabilize the financial system

Increased use of machine learning and cloud services could make the financial world more vulnerable. Read more »

Why AI researchers shouldn’t turn their backs on the military

The author of a new book on autonomous weapons says scientists working on artificial intelligence need to do more to prevent the technology from being weaponized. Read more »

Tim Hwang’s FiscalNote is revolutionizing Washington lobbying with big data

FiscalNote takes the intuition out of politics. Does it take the democracy out, too? Read more »

AI for cybersecurity is a hot new thing—and a dangerous gamble

Machine learning and artificial intelligence can help guard against cyberattacks, but hackers can foil security algorithms by targeting the data they train on and the warning flags they look for. Read more »

A small team of student AI coders beats Google’s machine-learning code

The success shows that advances in artificial intelligence aren’t the sole domain of elite programmers. Read more »

Magic Leap’s headset is real, but that may not be enough

It’s taken years of work and billions of dollars in venture funding to build a working mixed-reality headset for developers. Now what? Read more »

Cybersecurity’s insidious new threat: workforce stress

This week’s Black Hat event will highlight job-related stress and mental health issues in the cyber workforce. Read more »

AI could alleviate China’s doctor shortage

Chinese doctors and tech companies are developing tools to automate routine medical tasks. Read more »

What Uber’s fatal accident could mean for the autonomous-car industry

The first pedestrian death leads some to ask whether the industry is moving too fast to deploy the technology. Read more »