Engineers Program Tiny Robots to Move and Think Like Insects
While engineers have had success building tiny, insect-like robots, programming them to behave autonomously like real insects continues to present technical challenges. A group...
Head of MIT-IBM Watson Research Lab on How AI Will Get to the Next...
By David Cox, Director, MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab
Industry and academia have collaborated in artificial intelligence research for decades, but in recent years the power...
These Technology Trends Are Boosting Self-Driving Cars
While things like following too closely and braking too late were easy to point out, anticipating the actions of other drivers and dealing with...
DARPA to Grant $2B to AI Projects Over Next Five Years
DARPA stands for “Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency,” but while defense is good and all, what DARPA is really into is that P, for...
How AI is Kicking Space Exploration into Hyperdrive
Artificial intelligence in space exploration is gathering momentum. Over the coming years, new missions look likely to be turbo-charged by AI as we voyage to comets,...
Google’s DeepMind Cutting Edge AI Unit is Costing Millions
DeepMind, the AI research unit belonging to Google, has seen its costs almost triple in 2017, thanks to rising staff and infrastructure expenses.
It is...
Here’s What China Can Teach the US About AI
By Kai-Fu Lee, CEO of Sinovation Ventures and the author of the forthcoming book “A.I. Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order,”...
Study of Philosophy Can Pay Off as AI and Biotech Advance
Studying philosophy may be about to pay off. Unlike the more utilitarian subjects like law or engineering, the conceptual world of Kant, Mill, or...
AI Making Gradual Advance into Pharmaceutical/Biotech Industry
The healthcare industry is not immune to software and technological advancements. In fact, the use of emerging technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) has gradually...
MIT Researcher Exploring the Minds of Children in Order to Advance AI
The next big breakthroughs in artificial intelligence may depend on exploring our own minds.
So says Josh Tenenbaum, who leads the Computational Cognitive Science lab at...
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