Moravec‘s Paradox

This is a guest post. The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not represent positions of IEEE Spectrum or the IEEE. Researchers at the Small Artifacts Lab (SMART LAB) at the University of Maryland have been working on a small wearable robot called Calico. Weighing…

Customer service is critical in the ever-changing world of finance for developing trust, improving user experiences, and generating customer happiness. Voice and chatbot technologies are redefining the way customer support is given in the financial area, thanks to breakthroughs in artificial intelligence (AI) and natural language processing (NLP). This article…

Robotic Marketer, a leading provider of advanced AI marketing strategy technology, is pleased to announce the signing of three prominent agencies as exclusive licensees of its innovative platform. C-360 in the US, Attain in New Zealand, and Brand Soul in Malaysia are among the first agencies to partner with Robotic…

As the generative artificial intelligence (AI) industry booms, the 2024 election cycle is shaping up to be a watershed moment for the technology’s role in political campaigns. The proliferation of AI — a technology that can create text, image and video — raises concerns about the spread of misinformation and…

As both chief innovation officer of global staffing company ManpowerGroup and a professor of business psychology, Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic is thinking a lot about the potential uses of artificial intelligence—but also its limitations. “While a lot of my academic colleagues are banning it from their assignments, I’m forcing my students to…

Amazon's purchase of iRobot has taken a massive step forward after the CMA gave its approval of the deal. Pascal Rossignol/Reuters Leading online retailer and tech organisation Amazon has been granted approval by the Competitions and Markets Authority (CMA) over its intended purchase of American-founded tech company, iRobot. Today, the…

SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco police say a viral video that sparked condemnation of the city’s self-driving taxis may have been taken out of context and unfairly ignited a firestorm of controversy around the self-driving vehicles. The video shows a first responder yelling at a driverless car from the tech…

Lisa: For decades, there’s been this fear about AI overtaking the world. We’ve made films and series about machines becoming smarter than humans, and then trying to wipe us out. But there’s particular debate and discussion now about the existential threat of AI. Why is everyone talking about it now?…

During the past year, perhaps the only thing that has advanced as quickly as artificial intelligence is worry about artificial intelligence. In the near term, many fear that chatbots such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT will flood the world with toxic language and disinformation, that automated decision-making systems will discriminate against certain…

National auditors of G20 countries Wednesday agreed to develop international auditing guidelines and comprehensive tool kits for the audit of the blue economy. A communique released after the conclusion of the Supreme Audit Institutions-20 (SAI20) Engagement Group meeting held in Goa from June 12-14 stated that the members had agreed…