The Future Of Drone Warfare: Microsoft Teaches Autonomous Gliders To Make Decisions On The Fly

HAWTHORNE, Nev. — As the glider turned and flew south, four men gave chase in a sport utility vehicle below, … More

How Livermore Scientists Will Put IBM’s Brain-Inspired Chips To The Test

Last week, Dharmendra Modha said goodbye to a computer some six years in the making: a set of 16 interconnected TrueNorth chips built to mimic … More

Artificial Intelligence Algorithm Named Appropriately ; US Government Spends $100 Million To Launch ‘Apollo Project For The Brain’

Intelligence project aims to reverse engineer the brain to find algorithms that allow computers to think more like humans Three … More

Rise Of The Machines: Keep Your Eyes On Artificial Intelligence, Say Researchers

A Google computer’s stunning 3-0 victory in a Man-vs-Machine face-off over the ultimate board game highlights the need to keep … More

One Step Closer To The Beast System: Stable Cubits Get Scientists Closer To Quantum Computing

Although quantum computing promises to revolutionize information technology, the field still has a long way to go. Quantum states allow … More

Famed Transhumanist/Google Exec Ray Kurzweil Says Soon Humans And Computers Will Meld Together To Become The Next Step Of Evolution In Humans

Ray Kurzweil, the celebrated American inventor who keeps predicting the future with scary accuracy, says computers will match — and … More

Google’s New Neural Network Can Pinpoint Almost Exact Location From Any Photo

Here’s a tricky task. Pick a photograph from the Web at random. Now try to work out where it was … More