Artificial Intelligence
OpenAI’s Bots Thrashed Former Professional E-Sports Players at Dota 2
The bots won two of the three matches played.
Artificial Intelligence
Microsoft’s Politically Correct Chatbot Is Even Worse Than Its Racist One
Zo has an uncompromising approach which shuts down conversation.
Emerging Tech
Russia May Put Androids in Orbit Next Year, State Media Says
The mission would be the latest for FEDOR, created for rescue work — and more recently given the ability to shoot guns.
Emerging Tech
DARPA’s New Cars Are Mechanical Mountain Goats
These vehicles can handle rough or extremely uneven terrain.
Emerging Tech
These Could Be the Medical Droids NIH is Looking For
The National Institutes of Health want to know if companies can supply autonomous delivery bots to safely and securely deliver medications.
Emerging Tech
DARPA Plans Bugbot ‘Olympics’ to Foster Breakthrough in Tiny Machines
Redesigning tiny motors and limbs could make microbots a reality.
Emerging Tech
The Pentagon Wants to Bring Mind-Controlled Tech To Troops
The Defense Department’s research arm is working on a project that connects human operators’ brains to the systems they’re controlling—and vice versa.
Emerging Tech
These Magnetic Robots Might Someday Crawl Around Inside You
They're made of 3D-printer ink.
Artificial Intelligence
International Space Station Welcomes Robot Crew Member
CIMON is here to help.
Emerging Tech
Scientists Built a Transforming Flying Robot Dragon
The aircraft actually solves a bunch of problems facing modern drones.
Emerging Tech
There’s About to Be A Lot More Creepy Boston Dynamics Robots in the World
The company may soon begin to turn its decades-long robotics research into an actual business.
Emerging Tech
The U.S. Navy Is Developing Mothership Drones for Coastal Defense
The service is looking to accelerate the way it buys, builds and drills drones and robotic ships.
Artificial Intelligence
Uber’s Self-Driving Car Didn’t Malfunction, It Was Just Bad
There were no software glitches or sensor breakdowns that led to a fatal crash, merely poor object recognition, emergency planning, system design, testing methodology, and human operation.
Artificial Intelligence
This Startup’s Racial-Profiling Algorithm Shows AI Can Be Dangerous Way Before Any Robot Apocalypse
The new algorithm which promises to accurately look at images of people and determine their ethnic background.
Artificial Intelligence
Microsoft Acquired an AI Startup That Helps it Take on Google Duplex
Now it’s just a matter of who can build that technology fastest.
Artificial Intelligence
How NATO’s Transformation Chief Is Pushing the Alliance to Keep Up in AI
Experimental robot medics and autonomy-driven base protection highlight NATO’s race to keep up with China, Russia, and the U.S. in emerging technology.
Emerging Tech
Boston Dynamics Is Going to Start Selling its Creepy Robots in 2019
The company will build about 100 robots over the next year.
Emerging Tech
The U.S. Military Wants Giant Transformer Robot Subs
The future of countermine operations could look like a big bug that can swim for hundreds of kilometers.
Emerging Tech
Americans Say They’re Ready For Robots To Deliver The Mail
A survey conducted by the Postal Service Inspector General polled citizens on how they would feel if a robot delivered the mail with—or instead of—a human.
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