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Robot Police


Drone Cops Take Flight in Los Angeles

Killer Robots


MIT fed an AI data from Reddit, and now it only thinks about murder

Toil and trouble: How ‘Macbeth’ could teach computers to think – I am just assuming here, I confess, that if you’re training a robot on Macbeth that it becomes a killer robot

Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk and the Feud Over Killer Robots

Sex Robots


There’s no evidence that sex robots provide health benefits

We Have No Idea What Having Sex With Robots Might Do to Us

Google’s Robots


Google Promises Its A.I. Will Not Be Used for Weapons – too late

AI at Google: our principles – according to Google’s CEO

Google: JK, We’re Going To Keep Working With The Military After All

Google Sets Limits on Its Use of AI but Allows Defense Work

How good are Google’s new AI ethics principles? (and how good, I might add, is the EFF at assessing ethics principles at all?)

Apple’s Robots


Apple wants to be an AI leader again

Apple introduces the AI phone

Amazon’s Robots


You Can’t Make This Stuff Up: Amazon Warehouse Robots Slipped On Popcorn Butter

White House Robots


The White House promises to release government data to fuel the AI boom

Robot Meteorologists


Google made an AI-backed terrarium that shows weather conditions around the world

Robot Shoppers


AI needs to start pulling its weight and controlling our shopping carts

Robot Drivers


Tesla’s Autopilot steered car toward barrier before deadly crash, investigators say

Tesla Model X sped up in Autopilot mode seconds before fatal crash, according to NTSB

To Bring On the Robocars, Scientists Must Understand How Humans Ride

Land Rover Wants to Take Self-Driving Cars Off-Roading

Remote-control driverless car startup partners with vehicle manufacturers

Flying Robots


Drones taught to spot violent behavior in crowds using AI

Drones are flying over whales and collecting their snot

Please enjoy this creepy drones-only fashion show

Firefighting Robots


This robotic hose balances on jets of water to put out hard-to-reach fires

Robot Ecologists


AI That Counts And Identifies Wildlife Could Be A Game-changer For Ecologists

Religious Robots


Towards a theory of theomorphic religious robots

Chatty Robots


Chatbots were the next big thing: what happened?

Robots that “Pass”


We Need to Talk About Robots Trying to Pass as Humans

AI Can Now Manipulate People’s Movements In Fake Videos

Robot “Brains”


Seeing the mind of a robot in augmented reality

Building Robots


Nvidia launches AI computer to give autonomous robots better brains

There’s Now A Computer Designed Specifically for Programming Intelligent Robots

Super(computer) Robots


The world’s most powerful supercomputer is tailor made for the AI era

Understanding Robots


Understanding Understanding: real AI vs. Modern AI

Robots Are Coming For Your Jobs


We still don’t know much about the jobs the AI economy will make – or take

Want to robot-proof your job? Here are some tips from experts in the field.

Audrey Watters


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