Moravec‘s Paradox

The leaves in your cup of tea could soon be plucked by a pair of robot-assisted hands. Indias oldest tea company has begun the process of deploying artificial intelligence (AI) to help take the industry to a sustainable future from its past perfect present s…

An Irish-made robot has been profiled on the cover of Time, with the magazine describing 'Stevie' as the robot that could change the elder care industry.  Stevie, which uses advanced artificial intelligence, was engineered by a team in Trinity College Dublin…

By Caroline Monahan NEW YORK (Reuters) - Artificial intelligence is approaching critical mass at the office, but humans are still likely to be necessary, according to a new study by executive development firm, Future Workplace, in partnership with Oracle. F…

Image copyrightVictor Chavez Arnold Schwarzenegger means it when he says: "I'll be back," but not everyone is thrilled there's a new Terminator film out this week. In labs at the University of Cambridge, Facebook and Amazon, researchers fear Terminator: Da…

An unsecured NFC tag opens a door to trivial exploitation of robots inside Japanese hotels. A Japanese hotel chain called “Henn na” that uses robots in lieu of human staff is wrestling with bedside bots that researchers hacked to view video footage from guest…

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is already reconfiguring the world in conspicuous ways. Data drives our global digital ecosystem, and AI technologies reveal patterns in data. Smartphones, smart homes, and smart cities influence how we live and interact, and AI s…

McDonald’s has developed digital boards programmed to market their food more strategically, taking into account such factors as the time of day. (Robert Beatty/The New York Times) By David Yaffe-Bellany McDonalds has a new plan to sell more Big Macs: act li…

As the world continues to progress, almost anything is possible: good or bad. Its interesting how, in the grand scheme of things, the excitement for the autumn season is no longer about reeling in seasonal beverage and cozy sweaters. Instead, these things are…

The researchers then fed all of the muscular-activation readouts into a machine-learning software program, which is a type of artificial intelligence. For the first few examples, the program was told which readouts belonged to which person and directed the pr…

Is Bonfire a movie? Is it a game? Its neither! Its an interactive narrative in virtual reality with complex character AI that enables you to make decisions and progress the story. Youre the star of this animated short and Ali Wong is your sidekick. Oh and it …