Robot Police
Artificial intelligence is going to supercharge surveillance
The AI That Prepared Astronauts for Space Could Now Help Fight Crime
Good luck getting out of a ticket with Ford’s A.I.-enabled police car
Robocop creator Ed Neumeier plans new sequel to original, ignoring the others and the reboot
Robots Are Coming For Your Jobs
A whopping 94 percent of US workers think it is unlikely that they will lose their jobs
Every study we could find on what automation will do to jobs, in one chart
Retraining could help most people avoid job loss at the hands of automation
When Robots Take Over Our Jobs, It’s Women Who Will Lose Out Most
As robots replace Indian techies, online education strikes gold
AI will turn the workforce into hyper productive business centaurs – WTF, centaurs?!
Robots Are Coming For Your Children
Ziro’s robotics kit for kids now works with Alexa
Driving Robots
Apple grows fleet of self-driving test cars to 27
Apple expands its fleet of self-driving cars in California
A new Autopilot crash is a reminder: driverless cars aren’t here yet
Tesla Model S plows into a fire truck while using Autopilot
Uber CEO hopes to have self-driving cars in service in 18 months
The First Driverless Uber Could Hit the Road as Soon as Next Year
Waymo’s self-driving minivans are coming to Atlanta
Full autonomy is years away, but here’s what’s next on autonomy’s wild ride
Nexar gets $30M Series B for its AI-based road safety dashcams and network
Flying Robots
Taking DJI’s Mavic Air for a spin
DJI is taking over every inch of the drone market
DJI’s $799 ‘smartphone-size’ Mavic Air drone starts shipping January 28
DJI Mavic Air, An Ultraportable, Foldable 4K Camera Drone That Can Follow an Active Subject
PrecisionHawk raises $75M for its commercial drone analytics tech
Robot Brains
An artificial synapse could make brain-on-a-chip hardware a reality
Gaming Robots
An AI gave a Go champ a head start – and still beat him
Robot Refugee Resettlement
AI Could Find Homes for Millions of Refugees Displaced by Climate Change
China’s Robots
China wants to make the chips that will add AI to any gadget
Google’s Robots
Google is launching an AI research center in France and expanding its office
Facebook’s Robots
Facebook AI chief Yann LeCun is stepping aside to take on dedicated research role
Facebook appoints a new AI research head
Africa’s Robots*
7 ways Africa can use AI to leapfrog into the future
* Probably not Africa’s robots. Probably imperialist robots
Robot Photographers
Google hired professional photographers to help train its AI camera
Microsoft’s AI Image Generator Construct Life-Like Pictures “Pixel By Pixel”
Robot Porn
Fake celebrity porn is blowing up on Reddit, thanks to artificial intelligence
Talking Robots
Sorry, Alexa Is Not a Feminist
Facebook’s experimental chatbot is learning to do small talk
Robots on Twitter
Twitter accused of dodging Brexit botnet questions again
Robot Inspectors
A 3-D imaging robot could help construction workers make fewer mistakes
Robot Teachers
One of the world’s biggest firms is spending $450 million to solve a world problem created by robots
Robot Accountants
botkeeper has an automated bookkeeping bot for your accounting needs
Robot Navigators
Using Drones and Netflix in the Andes, but Sidestepping Google Maps
Robot Ethics
The UK is doubling down on AI ethics and fake news