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
2021-09-09
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
2021-09-06
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
2021-09-06
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
2021-09-05
Intelligence agents and military operatives may come to rely heavily on machine learning to parse huge quantities of data, and to control a growing arsenal of autonomous systems. But the U.S. military wants to make sure that this doesn’t lead to blindly
2021-09-02
People who apply for a loan from a bank or credit card company, and are turned down, are owed an explanation of why that happened. It’s a good idea – because it can help teach people how to repair their damaged credit – and it’s a federal law, the
2021-09-02
Adobe Is Building An AI To Automate Web Design. Should You Worry? An experimental Adobe project brings machine learning and artificial intelligence to the graphic and web design worlds. That might not be a bad thing. [Images: ArthurHidden/iStock, Adobe] Neal
2021-08-30
Artificial intelligence: how it’s transforming financial services today Feature 13 March 2017 As customers and employees demand better and faster ways to engage, organisations are turning to digital technology to help them transform, remain competitive and
2021-08-30
Today, even an ordinary teenager with a smartphone has almost godlike power over information. With a few swipes and clicks, anybody can access the world's information, use advanced tools to analyze its meaning and share it with anyone else. That's really
2021-08-27
