Robots & AI

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.

Stanford researchers have developed an AI that can provide useful feedback to teachers, helping them to increase student uptake.

A tech startup in San Francisco is going to change how the world sees the weather.

Mike Wehner

Students want to work with their communities, universities, and governments to figure out how to engage productively and responsibly with AI.

Cecilia Ka Yuk Chan and Adam Bridgeman and Danny Liu

A new study at the University of Tokyo aims to find out how people feel using robotic arms — and sharing them with others.

Tech startup Sanctuary AI has unveiled Phoenix, a general-purpose robot designed to perform many workplace tasks.

LLMs might be one ingredient in the recipe for true artificial general intelligence, but they are surely not the whole recipe.

Michael Wooldridge

A Google-trained chatbot has begun taking orders at a Wendy’s drive-thru, and if a pilot test goes well, the AI could be rolled out widely.

What can we learn from creatives who have already begun experimenting about with this new wave of generative AI tools about what is to come?

A copyright lawyer and fair use expert weighs in on the legal implications of these new AI technologies.

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