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As tensions between the US and Russia escalate, both sides are developing technological capabilities, including artificial intelligence that could be used in conflict.
Next generation finance bots are incredibly sophisticated.
People prefer human experts even when they’re wrong.
There are more robots than ever in the operating room – but that’s led to fewer opportunities for surgical trainees. Now, some new doctors are teaching themselves in secret.
Artificial intelligence and automation are bringing changes to higher education that will challenge, and may even threaten, traditional universities.
Developing country governments need to give attention to the risks associated with new technologies and develop context-specific responses.
We give over control of our lives every day and trust other humans to make ethical decisions. But soon robots will make these decisions for us. Will they be ethical or is it just a numbers game?
Does big data threaten how humans explore the natural world? We need to protect our impulses to observe, compare, play, discover and love, no matter what technological capabilities are available.
Much like the fictitious Victor Frankenstein in Mary Shelley’s novel, more and more scientists are running away from their real-life creations.
What if Santa’s job is one of those taken over by an intelligent machine? Would a robot Santa begin to question its purpose and the existence of those it’s designed to serve at Christmas?
News stories generated by AI software may become commonplace in our media, but they are limited to data-driven content for now
Thanks to new deep-learning techniques, AI has the potential to analyse, improve and contribute to the process of human discussion.
Google’s artificial intelligence has been taught to look for planets around other stars. It’s already making new discoveries that scientists have missed.
The technological revolution has hit the doll aisle this holiday season in the form of artificial intelligence dolls. What does it mean for children’s development, to confuse real bodies with machines?
A report released today by the world’s largest technical professional organisation is designed to help humanity avoid a robot apocalypse.
Researchers’ views depend in part on what technology is (or will be) capable of – and in part on what consciousness actually is.
DeepMind’s machine learning collaboration with another NHS trust (this time, it’s applying the tech to breast cancer) kicks up more questions of trust.
The latest episode of The Conversation's In Depth, Out Loud podcast, in which we read out a selection of long form stories.
For future machines to be as smart as we are, they’ll need to be able to learn like we do.
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