Moravec‘s Paradox

NEW YORK, April 25 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Microsoft (MSFT.O) and Google parent Alphabet (GOOGL.O) are employing a bit of artificial intelligence-powered magic to enthrall Wall Street. The technology giants’ quarterly results released on Tuesday jumped the low bar of being better than investors feared. But neither showed the kind of…

Most of the world is covered in oceans, which are unfortunately highly polluted. One of the strategies to combat the mounds of waste found in these very sensitive ecosystems -- especially around coral reefs -- is to employ robots to master the cleanup. However, existing underwater robots are mostly bulky…

You won't necessarily have to hail one of Cruise's robotaxis at night in San Francisco. Company chief Kyle Vogt has revealed that Cruise now operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week across all of San Francisco. Only employees will have access to the whole region for those hours.…

OpenAI, the hyped artificial intelligence research laboratory, has recently applied for trademarking the term “GPT” with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The move comes as the organization aims to protect its widely recognized AI technology from misuse, imitation, and unauthorized exploitation. OpenAI’s flagship product, the GPT series, has…

Cybersecurity workers are burned out and its having an impact, Google may be losing its supremacy in answering tech support issues and executives say they’d rather have a robot making key decisions.  These stories and more on Hashtag Trending, for Monday, April 24th.  I’m your host Jim Love, CIO of…

Cyberpunk 2077 CDPR During one of the earliest missions in Cyberpunk 2077, you’re tasked with purchasing a robot from the Maelstrom gang. There are loads of different choices in terms of how you handle the endeavor, with shades of nuance between whether you side with Militech, Maelstrom or try to…

Deep learning and artificial intelligence (AI) are rapidly evolving fields with new technologies emerging constantly. Five of the most promising emerging trends in this area include federated learning, GANs, XAI, reinforcement learning and transfer learning. These technologies have the potential to revolutionize various applications of machine learning, from image recognition…

Japanese company ispace will attempt to land its Hakuto-R spacecraft on the moon. Credit: ispace illustration Other space ventures and spacefaring nations have tried and failed before. Undeterred by previous flops, a Japanese company will attempt to land a robotic spacecraft on the moon. If it succeeds, ispace could claim…

BERLIN - The editor of German magazine Die Aktuelle has been sacked after using an artificial intelligence programme to generate fake quotes from seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher, the media group Funke announced. Anne Hoffmann had stirred up a storm of controversy when on Wednesday the magazine published the interview…

Award-winning science fiction author Lavie Tidhar is a busy man. Between his own writing and editing projects, including The Best of World SF anthologies, he works with animator Nir Yaniv on sci-fi film series via their company Positronish, including Mars Machines, about “a toaster and a coffee pot on Mars”,…