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.

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

Freethink interviews OpenAI’s ChatGPT, an AI chatbot capable of generating conversational text, code, and more in response to prompts.

The game of Diplomacy, based on social skills, has long been seen as a tough challenge for AI. But Meta’s CICERO has proven itself up to the task.

Study finds patients are receptive to interacting with robots designed to evaluate symptoms in a contact-free way.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office

The new website From Numbers to Names uses facial recognition tech to identify previously anonymous faces in Holocaust photos.

Integrating robots into walls, ceilings, furniture, and appliances could radically change our indoor spaces.

General Motors subsidiary Cruise is quickly expanding its commercial robotaxi service to more cities in the US.

A new study found that AI can use a patient’s initial skin cancer growth to predict their risk of melanoma recurrence.

Verge Genomics has begun a trial of their AI-found ALS drug candidate, one of the first tests for this new method of drug discovery.

Audio deepfakes potentially pose a huge threat, as people often communicate via phone calls, radio, and voice recordings.

Patrick Traynor and Logan Blue

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