AI as “Fake News”
No, this toothbrush doesn’t have artificial intelligence
The Humans Working Behind the AI Curtain
Robots for “The Public Good”
New $27 million fund backs research into artificial intelligence for the public interest
Robots and Jobs
Robots Will Devour Jobs More Slowly Than You Think
Robots Will Take Jobs, but Not as Fast as Some Fear, New Report Says
Automated Vehicles
Why Some Autonomous Cars Are Going to Avoid the Internet
Robot Cars Can Learn to Drive without Leaving the Garage
Tech Firms Invite Automakers to Take a Back Seat on Self-Driving Cars
Drone Flight
Using Drones to Bathe the World in Internet Isn’t Working Out So Great
Drone flyover shows construction on Apple’s circular campus
One man’s mission to walk the Great Wall of China with a drone
Santa Delivered the Drone. But Not the Safety and Skill to Fly Them.
This flappy bird-drone keeps airports safe
The Pilot Who Crashed a Drone Into the Space Needle Could Face Charges
Droneball Go, A Drone With a Multi-Axis Cage Designed to Crash, Tumble, Roll, and Keep Flying
This Robotic Box Is Home to a Drone
A 100-Drone Swarm, Dropped from Jets, Plans Its Own Moves
Robots and Medicine
The Robot That Performed My Kidney Transplant Declined to Be Interviewed
The Business of Robots
Microsoft acquires Maluuba, a startup focused on general artificial intelligence
Robots and Manufacturing
Clemson U, Carnegie Mellon to Develop Robots for Advanced Manufacturing
Robots as Persons
Give robots ‘personhood’ status, EU committee argues
Robots Play Games
Carnegie Mellon AI Ups the Ante in 20-Day Poker Fest
Poker Is the Latest Game to Fold Against Artificial Intelligence
“Intelligence”
Neuroscience Can’t Explain How an Atari Works
Robot Teachers
A.I. Is the New T.A. in the Classroom
Are False Connections with AI Robots Putting Your Student’s Emotional Health at Risk?
Roger Schank on AI
Military Robots
Air Force Tests IBM’s Brain-Inspired Chip as an Aerial Tank Spotter
Robots Will Raise Your Children
Semi-automated Luxury Parenting
Robot Security
Sources: Amazon quietly acquired AI security startup harvest.ai for around $20M
Animated Robots
Animated robots trapped in a Vicious Cycle
Peeqo is a robot that responds entirely in GIFs
Robots and Language
The mind-blowing AI announcement from Google that you probably missed.