Robot panic peaked in 2015 - so where will AI go next?

Experts have warned about the havoc robots could cause humanity. How do we ensure machines are friends rather than foes?

Scientists teach computers how to learn like humans

US scientists create a computer model that enables computers to recognise and draw simple alphabet symbols that are indistinguishable from those created by humans.

Musk, other tech chiefs back artificial intelligence startup with $1 billion

Tesla Motors Inc Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk and other prominent tech executives are pouring $1 billion into a non-profit aimed at creating artificial intelligence that augments humans’ capabilities, rather than making them obsolete.

Top 10 countries with most supercomputers

Among the significant changes to the latest Top 500 list is the sharp decline in the number of supercomputers in the United States and a great leap made by China.

3D-printed microchannels deliver oxygen, nutrients from artery to tissue implant

A miniature 3D-printed network of microchannels designed to link up an artery to a tissue implant to ensure blood flow of oxygen and nutrients.

Smart robots detect boredom and steer clear of humans

Human-robot interactions are set to become more complex as the result of research from two separate teams that gives robots more naturalistic movement and conversational abilities.

Robots are helping run the first

The robots are assisting the health care staff with basic tasks.

Stunning video of PETMAN humanoid robot from Boston Dynamics

The company has released footage of its most advanced biped robot walking and doing push-ups

The rise of artificial intelligence personal assistant

Soon each and every one of us will have a PA, even PAs themselves. Artificial Intelligence Assistants are at last making a proper entrance.

Scientists develop sensitive skin for robots: intelligent machines develop 'self-awareness'

Robots will soon be able to feel heat or gentle touching on their surfaces. Researchers in Germany are now producing small hexagonal plates which when joined together form a sensitive skin for "machines with brains." This will not only help robots to better navigate in their environments, it will also enable robot

Machines will achieve human-level intelligence in the 2028 to 2150 range: poll

Machines will achieve human-level intelligence by 2028 (median estimate: 10% chance), by 2050 (median estimate: 50% chance), or by 2150 (median estimate:

AI algorithm gives computers ‘hindsight’ to anticipate the future

An AI algorithm that gives computers hindsight to anticipate the future has been developed by computer scientists and economists at Tel Aviv