Robots & AI

GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke goes in depth to answer questions about how AI-powered development will change the future of innovation itself.

Ian Scheffler

As the invasive spotted lanternfly threatens to expand its range, Carnegie Mellon researchers are developing a robot to fight back.

Google’s AI-powered virtual try-on feature lets shoppers see what an article of clothing would look like on a wide range of models.

Amazon subsidiary Zoox hits a new milestone, transporting passengers in its driverless robotaxis on open public roads.

Several researchers have already listed a chatbot as a co-author on academic studies, but ChatGPT is better in some areas than others.

Michael Dowling and Brian Lucey

In transhumanism, "The Singularity" promises possibility of uploading your consciousness into silicon, guaranteeing a kind of immortality.

Adam Frank

ChatGPT is designed to produce strings of words that sound good in response to the words you give it – not to provide you with information.

Jonathan May

The retail sector has been making ground in the adoption of automation with the use of self checkouts, and robots and AI in supply chains.

James Davey

Microsoft is incorporating the tech behind ChatGPT into its Edge web browser, giving users an "AI copilot" to assist them on the internet.

A new algorithm is helping decode ancient cuneiform tablets — including those containing the oldest known work of world literature.

Google has announced Bard, a conversational AI similar to ChatGPT, and plans to integrate similar AI into its search platform “soon.”

Will society will use this moment of AI breakthroughs to advance equity or exacerbate disparities? Five experts weigh in.

Mark Finlayson and Kentaro Toyama and Daniel Acuña and Casey Greene and Lynne Parker

Last year saw breakthroughs from AI tools such as ChatGPT, DeepMind, and DALL-E, which generate text and code.

Kay Firth-Butterfield | World Economic Forum

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