Moravec‘s Paradox

Westpac CEO Brian Hartzer says the bank wants to recreate the personal touch of the old-time bank manager by using artificial intelligence technology to pander to each customer's particular needs. Speaking at an IBM event in Sydney, Hartzer pointed to the ba…

Inside a sprawling recycling center in Florida, as bottles, cans, boxes, and other recyclables move down conveyor belts, 14 different robots use artificial intelligence to identify each material and automatically sort it, moving twice as quickly as humans doi…

Inside a sprawling recycling center in Florida, as bottles, cans, boxes, and other recyclables move down conveyor belts, 14 different robots use artificial intelligence to identify each material and automatically sort it, moving twice as quickly as humans doi…

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In Leones, Argentina, a drone with a special camera flies low over 150 acres of wheat. It's able to check each stalk, one-by-one, spotting the beginnings of a fungal infection that could potentially threaten this year's crop.  The flying robot is powered by …

Creators of a text-generating robot have released the tool to the public despite initial trepidation that it could be manipulated by bad actors. OpenAI - an Elon Musk-backed company that researches artificial intelligence- detailed its system, called GPT-2, …

What the original 'Blade Runner' got right — and wrong — about 2019

The humanoid robot named Sophia returned to the Web Summit stage, where she fielded questions from participants and journalists, including inquiries about blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies.  On Nov. 6, Sophia addressed the room at the latest edition…

Samsung is improving customer service in the Netherlands with the help of artificial intelligence and what the company calls Collective Memory. The latter is an AI-driven customer support solution that leverages machine learning to deliver fast and better cus…

Welcome to the first article in TNWs guide to the AI apocalypse. In this series well examine some of the most popular doomsday scenarios prognosticated by modern AI experts.  You cant have a discussion about killer robots without invoking the Terminator movi…