No Big Deal: Autonomous Racing Drones Dodge Through Forests At 40MPH

It seems inevitable that sooner or later, the performance of autonomous drones will surpass the performance of even the best …

No Humans Required: AI Takes Center Stage In Future Lives- Virtual Doctors, Celebrities

A top acting agency has just added virtual celebrity Miquela to their books. In an age of pandemic, might such …

Facial Recognition Test Mistook 1 in 5 Lawmakers For Criminals In California

SACRAMENTO —  California Assemblyman Phil Ting has never been arrested, but he was recently mistaken for a criminal. He’s not surprised. …

Alexa Gone Bad: When A.I. Assistants Turn On Humans

In the new ‘Child’s Play’ film, the wicked Chucky doll is reconceived as an A.I. assistant. But what if our …

Are Humans Losing Control Of Robots?

Humans have long been fascinated with the idea of robots — human-like robots. It’s been 50 years since Isaac Asimov, an American …

DARPA Wants To Build ‘Conscious Robots’ Using Insect Brains

Insect Brains The Pentagon’s emerging technologies unit put out a call last week for proposals that use insect brains to …

The Future Is Looking At You: Facial Recognition Coming To Every Gadget Near You

Imagine walking into a store where a robot greets you by name, lets you know that your online order is …

I, Robot: Artificial Intelligence Can Replicate REAL Fingerprints From Biometric Database

DeepMasterPrints created by a machine learning technique have error rate of only one in five An image from the New …

Robot Addresses Parliament In World’s First

It was the first time a non-human has been invited to speak to Parliament in its 700-year history. Pepper, who …

He Who Controls The Gold: Elon Musk Says Artificial Intelligence Filling Human Jobs Will Make ‘Universal Basic Income’ Necessary

Billionaire tech titan Elon Musk has been tweeting quite a lot of late — about everything from his philosophical mentors …