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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

Robot Reassurances


Element AI opens London outpost with focus on ‘AI for good’

Artificial Intelligence’s ‘Black Box’ Is Nothing to Fear

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