Field: AI

A robot that uses AI and 3D cameras to paint fingernails is now giving Target customers 10-minute manicures for just $8.

Meta has created an AI that can tell what you’re hearing based on non-invasive brain scan measurements.

Echonet, an AI trained to assess a measure of heart function, has outperformed trained technicians in both accuracy and efficiency.

When USC researchers tried to teach an AI simple fables, they discovered that the process is a lot harder than it sounds.

New research from Waymo points the way to overcoming driver fatigue in cars that are almost — but not quite — self-driving.

A Stanford-led team has developed a new microchip that could let us run advanced AI programs directly on our devices.

A new AI for spotting sepsis, which accounts for ⅓ of hospital deaths, was found to be effective in a large trial.

Researchers use machine learning to automatically solve, explain, and generate university-level math problems at a human level.

Motional and Lyft are now offering robotaxi rides in Las Vegas.

Text-to-image AIs that draw whatever you describe in text are making it easy for anyone to create unique art online.

Are we really only a moment away from "The Singularity," a technological epoch that will usher in a new era in human evolution?

MIT scientists unveil the first open-source simulation engine capable of constructing realistic environments for autonomous vehicles.

Using AI and analysis, Theator is helping surgeons improve how pilots and pro athletes do: by going to the tape.

Robot litter picker, the BeachBot, uses artificial intelligence to detect trash like cigarette butts and help clean up beaches.

Engineers have created an AI chip with alternating layers of sensing and processing elements that can communicate with each other.

We had a challenging question for the AI AlphaFold – had its structural training set taught it some chemistry?

The Gene Ranking Artificial Intelligence Network (GRAIN) identifies genes that act at a fundamental level in crop metabolism.

Technology will not save the world, and it is inherently neither good nor bad. But, when tech is coupled to human virtue, good will prevail.

An underwater garden off the coast of Italy is introducing the world to a new type of sustainable agriculture.

Google can make AI seem sentient, but the AI has no understanding of what it is saying. But humans are easily fooled by conversational AI.

Autonomous ships like the Prism Courage could make the seas safer, while also making shipping cleaner and more efficient.

Advanced neuroprosthetics are here, and they could hook our brains into the Internet of Things.

The technology is enabling law enforcement to shine a light on the darkest corners of the open internet.

Inspired by the ancient compound eyes of the trilobite, researchers have created a record-breaking camera with a depth of field of just over a mile.

AI research lab ​​DeepMind, a sister company of Google, has purchased and open-sourced the powerful robot simulator MuJoCo.

Combining satellite and Street View images, Google Maps’ “immersive view” will let you explore select neighborhoods soon.

Thanks to AI, digital avatars, and robotic cannons, John McEnroe is taking on his toughest opponent: himself.

Rapper Kendrick Lamar harnesses the artistic power of deepfake technology in the new music video for his song “The Heart Part 5.”

Metaverse company Somnium Space wants to create digital versions of you to live on after you pass, the newest example of digitized death-defying.

Animal behavior researchers can now turn the task of analyzing footage over to an open-source algorithm that can spot even subtle actions.

MIT has developed a new method for quickly and easily evaluating machine learning decisions, which could help us build trustworthy AI.

Fake faces created by artificial intelligence (AI) are considered more trustworthy than images of real people, a study finds.

Researchers at UC Irvine have created a proof-of-concept AI that can take night vision images and accurately turn them into full color.

A new technique compares the reasoning of a machine-learning model to that of a human, so the user can see patterns in the model’s behavior.

Facing a skilled labor crunch, companies are turning to autonomous forklift fleets for a safer, faster, more efficient work environment.

An “electronic nose” that can accurately identify a whiskey’s brand, region, and style could help combat the sale of counterfeit whiskey.

Until robots understand jokes and sarcasm, artificial general intelligence will remain in the realm of science fiction.

AI drug discovery models can be repurposed to darker ends — instead of discovering new treatments, they could create thousands of brand new chemical weapons.

The cyborg cockroaches are outfitted with sensors that can identify heat, carbon dioxide, and body movements.

Inspired by birds' perching abilities, researchers developed a drone with a bird-like structure that can land on a wide array of objects.

Defending against cyberattacks increasingly means looking for patterns in large amounts of data – a task AI was made for.

Driverless cars no longer need to have manual controls, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s safety standards.

An Oculus exec has publicly bet $10,000 that vehicles with Level 5 autonomy will arrive on city streets by 2030.

Self-driving cars could impact the future of economics, equity, privacy, and city planning.

DeepMind has co-developed an AI capable of controlling the super-hot plasma inside a tokamak fusion reactor.

GM and Cruise have asked the NHTSA for permission to build and deploy their Cruise Origin, a self-driving car with no steering wheel.

Natilus is developing huge autonomous cargo drones that could cut the cost of air freight by 60% and reduce its carbon emissions by 50%.

An android child capable of expressing six emotions puts us one step closer to a future in which we share our homes with companion robots.

The U.S. Army has given a Black Hawk helicopter the ability to complete an autonomous flight without any humans on board.

A robot dog reached the summit of an Alps trail more quickly than the average human — and the mechanical K9s are just getting started.

DHL Supply Chain is paying Boston Dynamics $15 million for a fleet of its autonomous warehouse robots, which can each move 800 boxes/hour.

Three former SpaceX engineers have launched a startup to replace traditional freight trains with autonomous, battery-powered railcars.

Autonomous vehicle maker Nuro has added external airbags to its autonomous delivery robots to protect pedestrians.

A personal robot that carries items between different parts of a home is helping people with mobility issues live more independently.

Goodyear’s airless tires are now being used by a fleet of Starship's autonomous delivery robots on a college campus in the U.S.

John Deere has just debuted an autonomous tractor it plans to sell in 2022 — bringing the self-driving tech into the mainstream.

HereAfter AI’s Legacy Avatar is an AI-powered digital twin. But what’s it like to talk to yourself?

Chicago’s Surgical Innovation Training Lab is developing the robots, surgeons, and digital surgeries of the future.

Natural language processing tools are growing increasingly sophisticated, and OpenAI's GPT-3 just might fool you in a conversation.

An autonomous shuttle developed by Ford delivers fresh produce and milk to food insecure seniors in Detroit as part of a new pilot program.

Researchers have created a salt-grain sized micro camera capable of taking images almost on par with a regular camera.

These sexbots remember that you are 32 years old, and you like sushi, except on Thursdays — and they can teach us a lot about coexisting with AI.

AI artist Botto, which hones its taste via a human community, has made a splash in the art market, going from NFTs to Miami.

NVIDIA’s new AI can translate text into images.

Codex, from OpenAI, can turn normal, conversational commands into programming, taking text to code.

Three Stanford students have launched Sanas, a startup developing the world’s first real-time speech accent translator.

Extended reality technologies are quickly becoming better and cheaper, suggesting they may soon become part of daily life.

AI analysis of satellite images sees trees and shrubs where human eyes can't.

When middlemen are removed, whole new business models and innovations can emerge.

There's still no telling whether machine-learned common sense is five years away, or 50.

Alphabet has announced the launch of Isomorphic Labs, an AI-driven drug discovery company built on research from its DeepMind subsidiary.

Autonomous race cars sped around a world-famous track in pursuit of a $1 million prize during the Indy Autonomous Challenge.

Supply chains around the world are feeling the strain of COVID-19. Are AI-powered, highly detailed “digital twins” the key to a smoother future?

A new system that turns a standard electric metro train into a more efficient, higher-capacity autonomous train has debuted in Germany.

Caltech's new bipedal walking robot can fly to get around obstacles, and it's steady enough on its feet to skateboard or slackline.

Researchers have developed an AI system that allows cars to spot potholes.

A financial consulting firm has created AI avatars of its staff that can be used to quickly create deepfakes for presentations and more.

Bionic arms used to cost $80,000. Now, a young engineer has lowered the cost by over 90%.

DeepMind’s virtual playground, XLand, could help create general AI by overcoming the problem of insufficient training data.

Agility Robotics’ Cassie just became the first bipedal robot to complete an outdoor 5K run, completing the jaunt on a single charge.

DeepMind is releasing a massive database of protein structure predictions that includes all the molecules in the human proteome.

Primer’s new AI tools are expert readers, capable of analyzing long bodies of text far faster — and more accurately — than humans can.

Algorithms are learning to guess what you'll do next by analyzing shows like "The Office."

Seoul is deploying an AI-powered camera system designed to predict suicide attempts at bridges and send rescuers to help people in distress.

Toyota’s cleaning robot has demonstrated new skills, revealing an ability to detect clear objects and snap perfect selfies.

McDonald's just rolled out a voice recognition system at 10 drive-thrus in Chicago.

AI startup Pactum is trying to save big companies millions with AI negotiation.

While looking for drugs to potentially fight Alzheimer’s, a high school researcher's AI did “comically” bad, until he thought of it as a search engine.

At a smart farm in Australia, robots and AI will do all the manual labor, potentially foreshadowing agriculture’s "hands-free" future.

AI in sports has taken off in recent years. Now, Liverpool and DeepMind are teaming up to see how AI may impact the world’s most popular sport.

Can we teach AI sarcasm? Should we?

A new AI dubbing tech called TrueSync matches actors’ mouths with recorded dialogue to make watching a movie in an unknown language feel less jarring.

Google’s Project Starline is a new 3D video chat technology designed to make online communication feel more like real life.

Monarch Tractor’s all-electric, self-driving tractor could save farmers money, while also benefiting the environment.

Researchers build AI to predict dementia and mild cognitive impairment in older drivers based on driving data.

Mind Bank Ai wants to create a “personal digital twin” of you to forever be around. Is AI eternity around the corner?

To highlight the problem of “deepfake geography,” University of Washington researchers built AIs to create and detect the fake satellite images.

Carbon Robotics’ Autonomous Weeder is a smart farming robot that identifies weeds and then kills them using high-power lasers.

This robot’s thought process isn’t a secret — researchers gave the AI the ability to share its internal monologue with humans.

NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter has made history on Mars, achieving the first controlled flight on another planet.