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Will artificial intelligence deliver an android that works as your personal assistant?

Will artificial intelligence deliver an android that works as your personal assistant?

I’m a huge fan of the original “Alien” franchise, largely because of Sigourney Weaver’s performance and the crucial part technology plays in its lore. Not only does this tech allow humans to traverse immense distances to reach alien-infested worlds,

How Artificial Intelligence and the robotic revolution will change the workplace of tomorrow

How Artificial Intelligence and the robotic revolution will change the workplace of tomorrow

The workplace is going to look drastically different ten years from now. The coming of the Second Machine Age is quickly bringing massive changes along with it. Manual jobs, such as lorry driving or house building are being replaced by robotic automation, and

Silicon Valley’s race to develop a brain-computer interface

Silicon Valley’s race to develop a brain-computer interface

Entrepreneur Bryan Johnson says he wanted to become very rich in order to do something great for humankind. Last year Johnson, founder of the online payments company Braintree, starting making news when he threw $100 million behind Kernel, a startup he

The Mobile Internet Is Over. Baidu Goes All In on AI

The Mobile Internet Is Over. Baidu Goes All In on AI

On Dec. 6, 2016, thousands of translators filed into office buildings across mainland China to pore over brochures, letters, and technical manuals, all in foreign languages, painstakingly rendering their texts in Chinese characters. This marathon carried on

Trump’s Budget Is Awful if You’re a Worker, Great if You’re a Robot

Trump’s Budget Is Awful if You’re a Worker, Great if You’re a Robot

When the robots rise up, they won’t take your life. They’ll take your job, particularly those in fields primed for automation, like manufacturing, trucking, and customer service. Technologists, economists, and policymakers believe this future is all but

Solar’s Huge Potential, Robots Explain Themselves, and Edible Drones

Solar’s Huge Potential, Robots Explain Themselves, and Edible Drones

The most fascinating and important news in technology and innovation delivered straight to your inbox, every day. Corporal Robot, Explain Yourself! The U.S. military doesn’t want to blindly trust any old algorithm. Rightly so, because the use of robots in

Good Bots vs. Bad Bots: How to Tell the Difference

Good Bots vs. Bad Bots: How to Tell the Difference

Navigating the web these days can make a person feel like Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz. There’s so much to be seen here that -- until somewhat recently -- was fairly unheard of. And we don’t know what’s good or bad. It’s as if we’re constantly

ROBOPOCALYPSE: The Coming Leftist Panic on The Robot Economy - Breitbart

ROBOPOCALYPSE: The Coming Leftist Panic on The Robot Economy - Breitbart

Once used by South Park to mock conservative critics of mass immigration, these lines may soon be applied to the left, as a new progressive panic over the robot economy now appears to be well underway. Fears over the rise of the robots have existed for

Machine learning and data are fueling a new kind of car, brought to you by Intel

Machine learning and data are fueling a new kind of car, brought to you by Intel

Here’s why Intel just offered $15.3 billion for Mobileye, an Israeli company that specializes in machine vision and learning for cars. The automobile is being dismantled, reimagined, and rebuilt in Silicon Valley. Intel’s proposed $15.3 billion