You might think robots and other forms of workplace automation gain traction due to intrinsic advances in technology — that innovations naturally find their way into the economy. But a […]
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Back to news homeTaking lessons from a sea slug, study points to better hardware for artificial intelligence
For artificial intelligence to get any smarter, it needs first to be as intelligent as one of the simplest creatures in the animal kingdom: the sea slug. A new study […]
Do Alexa and Siri make kids bossier? New research suggests you might not need to worry
Chatting with a robot is now part of many families’ daily lives, thanks to conversational agents such as Apple’s Siri or Amazon’s Alexa. Recent research has shown that children are […]
Researchers enlist robot swarms to mine lunar resources
With scientists beginning to more seriously consider constructing bases on celestial bodies such as the moon, the idea of space mining is growing in popularity. After all, if someone from […]
Soft components for the next generation of soft robotics
Soft robots driven by pressurized fluids could explore new frontiers and interact with delicate objects in ways that traditional rigid robots can’t. But building entirely soft robots remains a challenge […]
More AI Developers Focused on Engineering the Bias Out of AIÂ
Diversity and inclusion of many people in a population sample can help engineer the bias out of datasets on which AI systems rely. (Credit: Getty Images)Â By John P. Desmond, […]
Content Moderation Becoming a Big Business with AI Enlisted to HelpÂ
Content moderation of social media and website content is becoming a big business with AI at the center of a challenging automation task.  By John P. Desmond, AI Trends Editor  […]
Funny AI: Review of AI in Cartoons and Comic StripsÂ
This cartoon by Timo Elliott plays on the fears of an older generation losing ground to the younger, who are usually more savvy about AI. (Credit: Timo Elliott)Â By John […]
Scientists create a labor-saving automated method for studying electronic health records
In an article published in the journal Patterns, scientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai described the creation of a new, automated, artificial intelligence-based algorithm that can […]
These geckos crash-land on rainforest trees but don’t fall, thanks to their tails
A gecko’s tail is a wondrous and versatile thing. In more than 15 years of research on geckos, scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, and, more recently, the Max […]
