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Facebook’s Robots Facebook Adds A.I. Labs in Seattle and Pittsburgh, Pressuring Local Universities How Artificial Intelligence Can – and Can’t – Fix Facebook Facebook helped create an AI scavenger hunt that could lead to the first useful home robots Tesla’s Robots British Tesla driver banned after caught in the passenger...
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Military Robots The future of war will be fought by machines, but will humans still be in charge? AI Could Start A Nuclear War. But Only If We Let AI Start A Nuclear War The Military Just Created An AI That Learned How To Program Software What Happens When Your...
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Military Robots The US Army is developing AI that can recognize faces in the dark and through walls The Army is building 3D-printed soft robots Alphabet’s Eric Schmidt says Silicon Valley will need ‘AI principles’ before working with US military Robot Workers Robots Ride to the Rescue Where Workers Can’t...
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Facebook’s Robots Facebook is using AI to predict users’ future behavior and selling that data to advertisers Despite What Zuckerberg’s Testimony May Imply, AI Cannot Save Us AI is an excuse for Facebook to keep messing up Don’t buy Zuckerberg’s line that AI will save Facebook A hammer is not...
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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...
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Robot Drivers Uber settles with victim’s family after fatal self-driving car crash Uber scaled back the number of sensors on its self-driving cars: report Uber Ordered to Take Its Self-Driving Cars Off Arizona Roads Uber won’t renew its permit to test self-driving cars in California Executive Who Sold Self-Driving Truck...
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A Robot Killed a Woman in Arizona This Week Uber’s Self-Driving Car Just Killed Somebody. Now What? Uber’s Self-Driving Car Just Killed a Pedestrian Uber halts self-driving tests after pedestrian killed in Arizona Uber’s self-driving car showed no signs of slowing before fatal crash, police say Uber’s Self-Driving Cars Were...
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Driving Robots Real people are now hailing Waymo’s robotic taxis, without a driver in sight What’s Driving Autonomous Vehicles Autonomous Cars Are Coming, and Bringing Change Along for the Ride Waymo Takes the Final Step Before Launching Its Self-Driving Car Service Waymo shows off what it’s like to ride in...
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Driving Robots People Are Reportedly Attacking Driverless Cars in California Of Course Waymo Is Testing Self-Driving Trucks Uber’s Autonomous Trucks Still Need a Human Touch Uber self-driving trucks are now moving cargo for Uber Freight customers Uber’s Self-Driving Trucks Hit the Highway, but Not Local Roads Uber’s Self-Driving-Truck Scheme Hinges...
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Robot Religion A Short History of Technology Worship Mind-Reading Robots What Are YOU Looking At? Mind-Reading AI Knows Robots Are Coming For Your Jobs AI will create new jobs but skills must shift, say tech giants Survey: In an AI World, Retraining Will Come from Employers, Not Higher Ed Robot...