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.

Google’s AI-powered virtual try-on feature lets shoppers see what an article of clothing would look like on a wide range of models.

GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke goes in depth to answer questions about how AI-powered development will change the future of innovation itself.

A dose of scepticism is warranted when considering the AI doomsayer narrative — there are commercial incentives to manufacture fear of AI.

Michael Timothy Bennett

AI-powered systems designed to detect, confirm, and detail wildfires at the earliest possible time may help firefighters tame infernos in the West.

A new AI was able to make accurate predictions about patients’ risk of death, readmittance, and more by analyzing medical notes.

AI has many caught between near utopia and horrifying dystopia. Marc Andreessen sees a better future for all, if we build AI in warp speed.

Marc Andreessen

Who’s afraid of utopia? AI doubters have cold feet. History can warm them.

AI-driven software has the potential to advance quickly and change how companies make strategic decisions about their employees.

Catherine Rymsha

AI black boxes refer to AI systems with internal workings that are invisible to us. What are the implications of working without transparency?

Saurabh Bagchi

The designer of a new type of rover for NASA has found a way to make her space robots useful to firefighters on Earth.

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