Robots & AI

Aerial view of a car using semi-autonomous driving automation to parallel park between two other cars. Red and green sensor indicators display the car's proximity to obstacles while guiding its reverse parking.
Automation
The rise of the semi-autonomous car
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.
Kristin Houser
A grid featuring 15 portraits of an elderly man wearing a hat. The images show various digital distortions.
AI
“Model collapse” threatens to kill progress on generative AIs
Generative AIs start churning out nonsense when trained on synthetic data — a problem that could put a ceiling on their ability to improve.
Kristin Houser
A close-up of a high-performance AI chip called Sohu
AI
The AI chip startup that could take down Nvidia
A new kind of AI chip developed by a team of Harvard dropouts could shift the ground beneath our massive AI economy.
Kristin Houser
ARC PRIZE written in pixelated letters, with a pink square above 'PRIZE' and a yellow square next to it, set against a black background, reminiscent of classic AGI digital aesthetics.
AI
LLMs are a dead end to AGI, says François Chollet
Kristin Houser
A search bar appears in the center of a dark background, with the text "the future" typed in it. A cursor hovers over the "Search" button below the bar, which is highlighted in blue, reminiscent of advanced answer engines.
AI
Perplexity, Google, and the battle for AI search supremacy
Kristin Houser
A drone, enhanced with military AI, soars in the sky against a sunset and cloud-filled backdrop reflecting the innovative spirit of Silicon Valley.
Military
How AI is rewriting Silicon Valley’s relationship with the Pentagon
Kristin Houser
A red hourglass is centered against a swirling, purple abstract background, evoking the visionary essence of Ray Kurzweil's AI innovations.
AI
Ray Kurzweil explains how AI makes radical life extension possible
Ray Kurzweil
A sleek, modern car with glowing blue digital data and numbers overlayed on it, set against a dark background with a red gradient.
Automation
Tesla’s new self-driving software throws out its old code entirely
Sascha Brodsky
A 3D representation of a protein structure is shown in purple on a black background with various helices, spirals, and chains.
AI
How Google’s new AI could revolutionize medicine
Kristin Houser
Two robotic hands are holding a movie clapperboard against a dark, textured background with purple streaks.
AI
Will generative AI change everything for filmmaking?
Kristin Houser
3d illustration of an ai-designed crispr system
CRISPR
New AI generates CRISPR proteins unlike any seen in nature
Kristin Houser
A man wearing a gray beanie, white AI glasses, and a green puffer jacket smiles subtly against a light brown background.
AI
How Brilliant Labs CEO is creating a “symbiosis of humanity and artificial intelligence”
Kevin Dickinson
A stylized digital illustration of a hand wearing a futuristic SIMA glove, manipulating a ghostly image of a game controller against a dark, gradient background.
AI
Why AI playing video games is a big deal
Kevin Dickinson