Facebook Developing ‘Sense Curious’ Touchy-Feely Artificial Intelligence

As a social media platform with global reach, Facebook leans extensively on its artificial intelligence and machine-learning systems to keep …

Swarms Of AI Controlled Drones To Patrol Borders

Imagine you’re hiking through the woods near a border. Suddenly, you hear a mechanical buzzing, like a gigantic bee. Two …

Amazon’s Facial Recognition Supercharging Police Forces

  HILLSBORO, Ore. – When workers at an Ace Hardware here reported that a woman had walked out of the …

Study Warns That AI Expansion Cannot Be Trusted, Humans Should Proceed With Caution

Some consider artificial intelligence to be a boon to mankind, while others believe that it will be the destruction of …

It’s Time To Regulate Algorithms

McDonald’s announced recently that it purchased Dynamic Yield, an AI company it will use to analyze customer habits to try …

In The Near Future: Mcdonald’s AI To Help Persuade Your Purchase

When you roll up to a McDonald’s drive-thru in the near future, you might notice the menu changing while you’re …

Artificial Intelligence Judge? Estonia Moves Forward

Government usually isn’t the place to look for innovation in IT or new technologies like artificial intelligence. But Ott Velsberg …

And Then We Were Cyborgs

“How did you go bankrupt?” “Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly.” This anecdote from The Sun Also Rises was written at …

The State Of AI In 2019

It’s a common psychological phenomenon: repeat any word enough times, and it eventually loses all meaning, disintegrating like soggy tissue …

Self-Aware Robots: Great For Industry, Terrible For Humanity

The rise of “self-aware” robots has come a major step closer following the invention of a machine capable of thinking …