Moravec‘s Paradox

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…

After ChatGPT burst onto the scene, China is looking to artificial intelligence to reinvigorate its economy that is haunted by a debt mountain, coronavirus-related aftershocks and demographic challenges...Read More

SHANGHAI — Inside a senior care center in downtown Shanghai, Gao Hongjun is busy preparing the day’s entertainment: a singing robot named Duobao, or “many treasures.” The machine — a squat white companion robot — often performs for the elderly residents, usually rousing revolutionary songs from the Mao era. The…

TORONTO — A former OpenAI board member says it's the interactive nature of ChatGPT that has made artificial intelligence accessible to a wide audience in a meaningful way. Shivon Zilis says the chatbot that can engage in humanlike conversations had such an impact because anyone with access to a computer…

Lawmakers are beginning to consider ways in which artificial intelligence systems are involved in inventive processes like discovery of new drugs, and how the use of such technologies affects what is, and is not, patentable.  The issue is fast becoming critical because U.S. law allows patents to be issued only to…

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