Robot Philosophers
“Crypto is decentralizing, AI is centralizing. Or, if you want to frame it more ideologically, crypto is libertarian and AI is communist.” – Peter Thiel
The “Father of Artificial Intelligence” Says Singularity Is 30 Years Away
A Renowned Futurist Says We Should Merge With AI to Protect Humanity
Robot Olympics
Intel’s Drone-Powered Opening Ceremony Show Broke A World Record
AI Will Help Judges Score Gymnastics Events at the 2020 Olympics
Robots Can Do Lots Of Things Well, But At Least They Can’t Ski
Robots compete in their own Olympics ski tournament, capture our hearts
Robots Are Coming For Your Jobs (Maybe)
Here’s how automation will hollow out the American economy
AI Will Give Rise to “Superhuman Workers,” Says Google X Co-Founder
Kindred AI is using human pilots to do what robots can’t
Robot Politics
This entrepreneur wants to make automation a major campaign issue in 2020
World Leaders Have Decided: The Next Step in AI is Augmenting Humans
Yesterday, World Leaders Gathered at a Closed-Door Meeting to Decide the Fate of AI
Experts Assert That All Nations Should Have a “Minister of AI”
Politicians and Innovators Agree: It’s Impossible to Govern AI
Surveillance Robots
The UK government had its own AI built to block extremist video
Military Robots
Germany says it won’t use killer robots, but soldiers are torn
Boston Dynamics’ Robots
Boston Dynamics robots can now hold the door for its friends
Driving Robots
Watch this self-driving car navigate the snowy streets of Moscow
In the Future, Your Items Will be Delivered by an Unmanned Vehicle
Philosophers are building ethical algorithms to help control self-driving cars
Flying Robots
Drones that dodge obstacles without guidance can pursue you like paparazzi
Skydio’s AI-powered autonomous R1 drone follows you around in 4K
Delivery drones could reduce emissions – if they’re used properly
Are Delivery Drones Actually Better for the Environment?
A little uncertainty can help drones dodge obstacles at high speeds, says MIT
MIT teaches drones to fly with uncertainty
DroneBase raises $12M in Series B funding, announces enterprise AR tool
New drone-meets-helicopter incidents may spur tighter airspace rules
Sailing Robots
An Autonomous Ship Can Travel Up to 90 Days Without a Human Crew
China’s Robots
As China Marches Forward on A.I., the White House Is Silent
China’s AI startups scored more funding than America’s last year
Google’s Robots
DeepMind’s latest AI transfers its learning to new tasks
Google will allow anyone to use its custom AI chips via the cloud
Amazon’s Robots
Amazon is reportedly following Apple and Google by designing custom AI chips for Alexa
Robot Doctors
AIs Are Finally Doing Something Useful: Fighting Hospital-Acquired Infections
Electronic Skin That Heals Could be the Future of Prosthetics, Robotics
Robots Smaller Than a Human Hair Can Starve and Shrink Cancerous Tumors
Robot Butlers
A detailed virtual house will help robots train to become your butler
Social Media Robots
Pro-Gun Russian Bots Flood Twitter After Parkland Shooting
How Russian Bots Spread Fear at University in the U.S.
The Reality of Twitter Puffery. Or Why Does Everyone Now Hate Bots?
Racist Robots
“We’re in a diversity crisis”: cofounder of Black in AI on what’s poisoning algorithms in our lives
Robot Crypto
Dbrain pitches a new token paying users crypto to train artificial intelligence
Robot Scriptwriters
A Siri scriptwriter says composing lines for AI is like writing an “absurdist play”
Robot Seismologists
A New AI Detected 17 Times More Earthquakes Than Traditional Methods
AI is helping seismologists detect earthquakes they’d otherwise miss
Programmable Robots
How Misty Plans To Build The Most Personable, Programmable Robot Ever
Robot Romance
I never understood romance until an AI-generated love heart told me: LOVE 2000 HOGS YEA
Crappy Valentine’s Day, Robots: AI Is Terrible at (Human) Seduction
Grocery Store Robots
CommonSense Robotics raises $20M for robotics tech for online grocery fulfilment
Pig-Keeping Robots
Chinese farmers are using AI to keep tabs on their pigs
Restaurant Robots
Miso scores $10 million to bring its hamburger-flipping robot to more restaurants
Climbing Robots
Want to Build a Better Climbing Robot? Copy a Cockroach.
Robot Teachers
Teaching assistant robots will reinvent academia
Teaching Robots
Teaching robots to understand their world through basic motor skills
Robot Chips
Google Makes Its Special A.I. Chips Available to Others
The company that made smartphones smart now wants to give them built-in AI
ARM unveils two new AI chip designs to ride the machine learning wave
Robot Researchers
Scientists Can’t Replicate AI Studies. That’s Bad News.
Researchers are struggling to replicate AI studies
Robot Explainers
If we want AI to explain itself, here’s how it should tell us
Robot Ubiquity
How Artificial Intelligence Is Edging Its Way Into Our Lives