Robots & AI

An AI fighter pilot faced off against a human pilot in a “dogfight” using actual planes — a huge milestone in military automation.

AI music generators — AIs that create new music based on users’ text prompts — are lowering the bar for music creation, for better or worse.

OpenAI’s most powerful AI model, GPT-4, outperformed junior doctors in deciding how to treat patients with eye problems.

The fast-growing coaching industry is being disrupted by generative AI, which excels at “performance coaching.”

Martin SFP Bryant

A new tool for designing antibodies relies on the same kind of tech underpinning DALL-E and other image-generating AIs.

German automaker Mercedes-Benz is deploying Apptronik’s Apollo robots at a manufacturing plant in Hungary.

Autonomous racing is a testbed where competition spurs innovation and AI-controlled cars chart a course toward safer autonomous vehicles.

Madhur Behl

Named Genie, the AI can create a short video games from a single image. It could one day create a wide range of interactive environments.

Despite their brief history, computers and AI have fundamentally changed what we see, what we know, and what we do.

Max Roser | Our World in Data

Cognition Labs has unveiled Devin, an AI software engineer that can build websites from scratch, debug code, and more.

Existing AI systems include tools that predict weather, track icebergs, and identify pollution, all of which can help fight climate change.

Victoria Masterson

Elon Musk is suing OpenAI, claiming it has breached its agreement to develop artificial general intelligence for the benefit of all humanity.

Robert Chapman-Smith

What makes a robot seem competent and trustworthy might be different for different people.

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