Robots Reading
AI Beats Humans at Reading Comprehension, but It Still Doesn’t Truly Comprehend Language
No, machines can’t read better than humans
Racist Robots
How Automation Could Worsen Racial Inequality
Black Box Robots
We Need to Open the AI Black Box Before It’s Too Late
Robot Drivers
Waymo is Testing the Autonomous Chrysler Pacifica Minivan in San Francisco
One year old Pony.ai raises $112 million Series A to build autonomous car future
Despite CES hype, self-driving cars are not for sale
At the Detroit Auto Show, the Autonomous Car Dream Is Still a Way Off
Future Cars Might Be Mirrorless, Using Cameras and AI Tech To Navigate Instead
The U.S. Is Reshaping the Future of Self-Driving Vehicles
Robot Police
A Popular Algorithm Is No Better at Predicting Crimes Than Random People
Hating “Female” Robots
Facebook’s head of AI really hates Sophia the robot (and with good reason)
Robots at Home
What Would it Take for Home Robots to be Good at What They Do?
Alexa, We’re Still Trying to Figure Out What to Do With You
Flying Robots
A drone has rescued two people from rough seas off the coast of Australia
You could be fined and jailed for drunk droning in New Jersey
Welcome to the Age of Micro Satellite Swarms
Flybrix: “rebuildable, crash-friendly drones” made from Lego
Two brothers from Germany turned their bathtub into a drone which can carry a person - take a look. pic.twitter.com/96BnmmhqGZ
— Business Insider UK (@BIUK) January 17, 2018
NASA’s Robots
NASA Has Developed Autonomous Space Navigation That Uses Pulsars
NASA-Funded Research Will Let Unmanned Spacecraft “Think” Using AI and Blockchain
Other Government Robots
It’s time for Washington to start working on artificial intelligence
Google’s Robots
Google CEO Sundar Pichai compares impact of AI to electricity and fire
Google Sells A.I. for Building A.I. (Novices Welcome)
Google’s new cloud service lets you train your own AI tools, no coding knowledge required
Google’s Self-Training AI Turns Coders into Machine-Learning Masters
Nintendo’s Robots
Nintendo’s bringing DIY robots and more to the Switch using cardboard
Microsoft Robots
Microsoft’s new drawing bot is an AI artist
Microsoft’s Cortana falls behind Alexa and Google Assistant at CES
Shopping Robots
Dueling AIs Dream Up New Online Shopping Patterns for Amazon
Robots in the Library
A New Home for AI: The Library
Robot Pets
Sony's new Aibo is a very good robot dog pic.twitter.com/egSpU8cUlv
— The Verge (@verge) January 19, 2018
Robot Doctors
AI Is Continuing Its Assault on Radiologists
Robot “Scientist” Helps Discover New Ingredient for Antimalarial Drug
A Robotic Implant Could Treat Congenital Disorders in Babies
Robot “Brains”
Scientists Put a Worm Brain in a Lego Robot Body – And It Worked
“Brain-on-a-Chip” Devices Are Changing How We Study the Brain
Speedy Robots
This tiny robot moves so fast it’s just a blur on camera
Voice-Activated Robots
AI voice assistant developer Rokid raises $100M Series B extension to build its US presence
Baidu and Teenage Engineering’s smart speaker is a stylish Chinese Echo
“Biological” Robots
This small robotic stingray could be the future of biological bots
Robot Collaboration
Trash Talk From an AI Could Help Humans Cooperate Better
Slack Hopes Its AI Will Keep You from Hating Slack
Pairing AI with Humans Has Made Glassdoor a Success Story in the War on Trolls
Mind-Reading Robots
You think it and a robot sees it: The future is here with mind-reading AI