Robots & AI

Alphabet-backed Waymo is leading the robotaxi revolution, but Tesla’s new Cybercab could change everything.

AI chatbots may have certain advantages when roleplaying as our friends. They may also come with downsides that make our loneliness worse.

Flexport is using generative AI to read documents, talk to truckers, and create a “knowledge agent” that’s an expert in shipping.

The future of hacking is coming at us fast, and it isn’t clear yet whether AI will help attackers and defenders more.

Most AI models are incredible at taking tests but easily bamboozled by basic reasoning. “Simple Bench” shows us why.

Philip L | AI Explained

A look back at the history of driving automation and the kinds of tech we can expect to see hitting the road in the coming years.

Generative AIs start churning out nonsense when trained on synthetic data — a problem that could put a ceiling on their ability to improve.

A new kind of AI chip developed by a team of Harvard dropouts could shift the ground beneath our massive AI economy.

AI researcher François Chollet thought we needed a better way to measure progress on the path to AGI — so he made one.

AIs that generate answers to user queries could transform search, but only if someone can get the tech and the business model right.

Silicon Valley is warming to the Department of Defense as it works to get new AI systems developed and deployed en masse.

Life expectancy gains in developed countries have slowed in recent decades, but AI may be poised to transform medicine as we know it.

Ray Kurzweil

Tesla made a bold move ahead of its robotaxi launch, completely overhauling the code for its Full Self-Driving (FSD) software.

Sascha Brodsky

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