Military Robots
Leading AI researchers threaten Korean university with boycott over its work on “killer robots”
Google Should Not Help the U.S. Military Build Unaccountable AI Systems
“The Business of War”: Google Employees Protest Work for the Pentagon
Robot Drivers
Tesla autopilot crashes into a parked fire truck, then plays a role in another fatal accident, then Tesla claims “[autopilot] unequivocally makes the world safer for the vehicle occupants, pedestrians and cyclists.” Any chance we could look at the data? https://t.co/3A3AX74I4v
— Gary Marcus (@GaryMarcus) April 1, 2018
The Bright, Shiny Distraction of Self-Driving Cars
Tesla’s Autopilot Was Involved in Another Deadly Car Crash
California DMV has new regulations for self-driving car companies
Self-driving trucks are coming – and this law just made things even worse for truckers
What’s More Dangerous Than a Human Driving a Car? A Bored Human Not Driving an AV.
Flying Robots
Russia Debuts Postal Drone, Which Immediately Crashes Into Wall
DARPA wants new ideas for autonomous drone swarms
Schools Offering Drone Programs, but Learning to Fly Is Just the Start
Robot Doctors
AI Will Change Radiology, but It Won’t Replace Radiologists
Robot Bakers
Persistent Man Learns the Basics of Robotics to Build a Cake Baking Robot
Robot Journalists
A New AI “Journalist” Is Rewriting the News to Remove Bias
Why AI isn’t going to solve Facebook’s fake news problem
Warehouse Robots
Fetch adds two new robots to its warehouse automation army
6 River Systems raises $25 million for warehouse robots
Retail Robots
Retailers Race Against Amazon to Automate Stores
Robot “Brains”
Elon Musk’s Neuralink Sought to Open an Animal Testing Facility in San Francisco
Mini Brains Just Got Creepier – They’re Growing Their Own Veins
How babies learn – and why robots can’t compete
Amazon’s Robots
Hey, Alexa, What Can You Hear? And What Will You Do With It?
Google’s Robots
Google Turns to Users to Improve Its AI Chops Outside the US
Already “AI first,” Google just decided to up the algorithmic ante
Google AI and search chief John Giannandrea steps down
Google veteran Jeff Dean takes over as company’s AI chief
Google’s talking AI is indistinguishable from humans
Apple’s Robots
Apple Hires Google’s A.I. Chief
Walmart’s Robots
Walmart’s Future Workforce: Robots and Freelancers
Estonia’s Robots
From AI to Russia, Here’s How Estonia’s President Is Planning for the Future
France’s Robots
Badly implemented AI could “jeopardize democracy,” says French president Emmanuel Macron
Robots Are Coming for Your Jobs
AI and robots will destroy fewer jobs than previously feared, says new OECD report
automation + capitalism = a perfect storm
Robots Are Coming for Your Children
Now you can use your Echo to call the kids for dinner
Robot Definitions
What is Artificial Intelligence?
Robot Ethics
Should AI Researchers Kill People?
We can train AI to identify good and evil, and then use it to teach us morality (No. We can’t.)