Ethics are too subjective to guide the use of AI, argue some legal scholars. Read more »
We’ve been using it to type for 144 years. Here’s why it works, and what it would take for us to give it up. Read more »
Machine-vision systems can match humans at recognizing faces and can even create realistic synthetic faces. But researchers have discovered that the same systems cannot recognize optical illusions, which means they also can’t... Read more »
Even the best AI programs still make stupid mistakes. So DARPA is launching a competition to remedy the field’s most glaring flaw. Read more »
A simulation lets autonomous cars experience situations that are too dangerous to try in reality. Read more »
The company’s easy-to-use robots helped kick-start a big trend. So what happened? Read more »
It should be possible to automatically identify dubious news sources—but we’ll need a lot more data. Read more »
Down on a new robot farm, machines tend rows of leafy greens under the watch of software called “The Brain”. Read more »
The White House should worry less about China’s progress, and invest heavily in artificial intelligence breakthroughs, according to Kai-Fu Lee. Read more »
What kind of robot could handle this impossible-seeming cave mission? Read more »