Microsoft to Open an Iinternet of Things and AI Lab in Germany

To help prepare local innovators for this IoT- and AI-enabled future, and forge new technology alliances in the process, Microsoft is making its product and research groups available to area developers.

Ethics and artificial intelligence

Is there a uniform set of moral laws, and if so, can we teach artificial intelligence those laws to keep it from harming us? This is the question explored in an original short film recently released by The Guardian.

This Delivery Robot Is Learning to Master Crosswalks

Inventors Starship Technologies have taught their robots to avoid traffic lights with buttons and are now giving them speakers and microphones to help them navigate pedestrian crossings.

Human intuition added to planning algorithms

Researchers are trying to improve automated planners by giving them the benefit of human intuition. By encoding the strategies of high-performing human planners in a machine-readable form, they were able to improve the performance of planning algorithms by 10 to 15 percent

Robot reporter gets first article published in China

Reports are out that a Chinese robot has written and published its first newspaper article. The news comes the same month as a Japanese insurance company announced it was replacing 34 workers with an artificial intelligence system.

Ebay's Founder Is Giving Away $10 Million to Support AI That Is Good and Not Evil

eBay founder Pierre Omidyar and LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman will each donate $10 million to the Ethics and Governance of Artificial Intelligence Fund.

Two Google Chat Bots Are Talking About What They're Talking About

Google Home is a voice-activated speaker powered by the artificial intelligence agent, Google Assistant. If you own a Home, you can ask it questions and tell it to do things, like play music or look up recipes.

Why the Latest AI Wave Will Gain Momentum in the Coming Year

Artificial intelligence is splashed across headlines like never before. The AI revolution is here, and the most obvious question to ask as 2016 draws to an end is: what’s next?

The Future of Artificial Intelligence and Cybernetics

A British researcher discusses why AI and cybernetics are moving beyond the realm of science fiction - but warns that the technologies also raise significant ethical questions.

The fastest computer in the world pushes 125 petaflops of data

The fastest computer in the world today can deliver about 125 petaflops of performance, but that could quadruple in the coming years.

This Intelligent 3D Printer Is Building Big, Beautiful Structures

A London-based startup, aims to pave the way to 3D printing on large scales. The company is equipping industrial-grade Kuka robotic arms with artificial intelligence and "3D printing guns" to 3D print large structures.

Lakshmi Country's first Banking Robot

Lakshmi Country's first Banking Robot, Makes Debut in Chennai, India.

Google's DeepMind gives an AI human-like memory to solve tough problems

DeepMind has outlined a process where it trained a neural network to have human-like memory, giving it not only the ability to store data, but also to recall that information and use it to solve novel problems.

Making computers explain themselves

New training technique would reveal the basis for machine-learning systems' decisions.