Self-Taught AI Masters Rubik’s Cube in Just 44 Hours

DeepCube, an artificially intelligent system learned to dominate Rubik’s Cube without any human intervention. This research could be used to solve real-world problems, such as predicting the 3D shape of proteins.

The world’s most powerful supercomputer

US engineers have just unveiled Summit, a supercomputer which is capable, at peak performance, of 200 petaflops—200 million billion calculations a second.

UK Government Proposes Five Basic Principles to Keep AI safe and ethical

Britain is in a strong position to be a world leader in the development of artificial intelligence. But to get there—and to keep AI safe and ethical—tech firms should follow the Committee’s newly proposed “AI Code.”

Robots Are Now Beating Humans At Reading Comprehension Tests Too

The algorithm, which uses natural-language processing, managed to beat human scores on the Stanford Question Answering Dataset (SQuAD).

We've Entered a New Era of Quantum Computing

When future computing historians look back on the era starting around 2017, they’ll have a word to describe it: the NISQ era.

Teaching Machines to Think Like Humans

A new type of neural network made with memristors can dramatically improve the efficiency of teaching machines to think like humans.

The Genesis of Kuri the Companion Robot

The design evolution of Kuri, from prototype to consumer product, provides a fascinating glimpse into a new era of interaction between humans and increasingly sophisticated machines.

Busy Robot Can Successfully Use an Elevator By Itself

Swiss robot ANYmal have been taught to do all kinds of helpful things all by itself, such as unplugging itself from a charge, climbing up slight ledges, and most recently, working an elevator.

Computer Learns To Play Go At Superhuman Levels 'Without Human Knowledge'

Researchers say they have constructed an AI program that can teach itself to play the ancient strategy game at a level far beyond humans.

Japan’s and the world’s future with robots

It may not be long before humans coexist with robots. So let’s take it positively and move forward.

Robots and AI Will Take Over These 3 Medical Niches First

Robots and artificial intelligence are greatly advancing modern medicine. AI will help improve robot-assisted surgery, medical imaging, and drug discovery.

New robot rolls with the rules of pedestrian conduct

Approach may enable robots to move around hospitals, malls, and other areas with heavy foot traffic

Things Quantum Computers Will Be Incredibly Useful For

Artificial intelligence, molecular modelling, cryptography, financial modelling, weather forecasting and particle physics are main problems to be solved by quantum computers.

AI Is Rapidly Transforming the Health Care Industry

From the biggest companies in Silicon Valley to Boston-based startups, the tech sector is transforming the way doctors diagnose and respond to a wide array of illnesses.

IBM's computing power will tackle the world's biggest problems

IBM’s Science for Social Good program will use AI, cloud and deep science to solve global challenges.