A viral news story claims hackers could train fembots to kill us in our sleep— but don't believe the hype. But earlier this week, the Daily Star, an Australian tabloid, published a "dire warning" that ...

Warning: this post discusses suicide and disordered eating. 1.Let's start with an early example of AI going haywire. Back in March 2016, Microsoft introduced Tay, an AI chatbot on Twitter that was ...

The outlook could be bleak or bright depending on how we view the rise of humanoid robots. Think of this quote from a book by Jacob Morgan: “While many futurists and business leaders believe that ...

Imagine for a moment that you’re in an auto factory. A robot and a human are working next to each other on the production line. The robot is busy rapidly assembling car doors while the human runs ...

Humans no longer have exclusive control over training social robots to interact effectively, thanks to a new study. The study introduces a new simulation method that lets researchers test their social ...

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