Machines v. Hackers: Cybersecurity’s Artificial Intelligence Future
by Paul F. Roberts, The Christian Science Monitor It’s a common refrain after any recent high-profile breach into federal computers and corporate …
When AI Goes Wrong We Won’t Be Able to Ask It Why
by Jordan Pearson, Motherboard Software governs much of our daily lives from behind the scenes, from which sorts of information we consume, …
The White House Is Finally Prepping for an AI-Powered Future
by April Glaser, Wired.Com Researchers disagree on when artificial intelligence that displays something like human understanding might arrive. But the Obama administration isn’t waiting to …
A Fleet of Self-Driving Trucks Rumbles Across Europe
by Lucas Mearian, Computerworld A fleet of about 12 self-driving trucks from six manufacturers for the first time completed a trip across parts …
Bringing Big Neural Networks to Self-Driving Cars, Smartphones, and Drones
by Katherine Bourzac, IEEE Spectrum Engineers are trying to squeeze outsize AI into mobile systems. Artificial intelligence systems based on neural networks …
Testing to Start for Computer With Chips Inspired by the Human Brain
by Robert McMillan, The Wall Street Journal The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) on Thursday will begin testing a $1-million computer packed …
Physicists Unleash AI to Devise Unthinkable Experiments
by Charles Q. Choi, Scientific American Quantum physics can fly in the face of human intuition—even that of a physicist such as Mario …
In Emergencies, Should You Trust a Robot?
by John Toon, Georgia Tech News Center Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) researchers studying human-robot trust in an emergency situation report …
Marvin Minsky’s Legacy of Students and Ideas
by Susan Hassler, IEEE Spectrum The late computer science pioneer and ACM A.M. Turing Award recipient Marvin Minsky left behind a wealth of …
Artificial Intelligence Offers a Better Way to Diagnose Malaria
by Anna Nowogrodzki, MIT Technology Review For all our efforts to control malaria, diagnosing it in many parts of the world still requires …