AI (Page 9)

A look into how computer science is building and coding machines that solve problems the way human brains do.

Latest in AI

Amazon Sparrow robot sorting products into boxes at warehouse facility

New robot moves Amazon towards increased warehouse automation

deviant art's dreamup AI generator tool

DeviantArt’s AI image generator aims to give more power to artists

By Helen Bradshaw

Can software really define a vehicle? Renault and Google are betting on it.

Can software really define a vehicle? Renault and Google are betting on it.

By Kristin Shaw

a stage filled with lights and music equipment

This AI can harness sound to reveal the structure of unseen spaces

By Charlotte Hu

Code as Policies robot demo at Google AI event

Google is testing a new robot that can program itself

By Harry Guinness

person's hand on typewriter

Google’s AI has a long way to go before writing the next great novel

By Charlotte Hu

Quadrupedal robot with arm attachment walking across grass

AI can teach robot dogs tricks for cheap

Close up of chess player with head in hand playing game

A simple rule variation could move chess out of a stalemate

protein structure 3D

Meta’s AI could shake up how we study protein structures

By Charlotte Hu

A major player in the AV space is hitting the brakes—here’s why

By Harry Guinness

Elon Musk gesturing with both hands up against black background

Tesla is under federal investigation over autopilot claims

paintings on a red wall

Shutterstock and OpenAI have come up with one possible solution to the ownership problem in AI art

By Charlotte Hu

brain cells on a multi-electrode array

What Pong-playing brain cells can teach us about better medicine and AI

By Charlotte Hu

Two armed laundry folding robot folding a t-shirt

Meet the world’s speediest laundry-folding robot

Adobe Beyond the Seen rendering

Adobe’s new AI can turn a 2D photo into a 3D scene

By Harry Guinness

Sepsis sneaks up on thousands Americans every year. AI may spot it sooner.

Sepsis sneaks up on thousands Americans every year. AI may spot it sooner.

By Simar Bajaj / Undark

Woman walking across college campus using exoskeleton robotic mobility boots

These robotic exoskeleton boots will make you feel 30 pounds lighter

Barreleye fish from a deep-sea video taken by robotic ocean rovers in Monterey Bay

Your gaming skills could help teach an AI to identify jellyfish and whales

By Charlotte Hu

A man standing in a field lands a drone in the back of a pickup truck.

Microsoft is hoping its algorithms can help farmers—and the planet

By Helen Bradshaw

guided frame demo during google annoucement

Google’s Guided Frame helps visually impaired individuals take better selfies

By Helen Bradshaw

You can now tell Facebook to stop feeding you posts you hate

You can now tell Facebook to stop feeding you posts you hate

Walgreens Retail Store Exterior at night

Your upcoming Walgreens prescription may be refilled by a machine

Tesla Optimus robot prototype dancing on stage

Tesla’s Optimus humanoid robot can shuffle across stage, ‘raise the roof’

Cassie bipedal robot running on relay track

This robot broke a Guinness World Record for the 100-meter dash

meta's AI text to video generator

Meta is pivoting to video with its new AI generator

By Harry Guinness

An AI called Dragonfly is helping design faster-charging batteries

An AI called Dragonfly is helping design faster-charging batteries

By Harry Guinness

AI generated comic book artwork of alien planet's blue forest

Graphic novel with AI-generated art gets unprecedented copyright

Researchers made a robot that knows how to laugh with you

Researchers made a robot that knows how to laugh with you

By Charlotte Hu

Thumbs up Facebook buttons reflected in water droplets in front of blurry thumbs down symbol

Facebook’s automated image removal system is flawed, says Oversight Board

AI voice filters can make you sound like anyone—and make anyone sound like you

AI voice filters can make you sound like anyone—and make anyone sound like you

Amazon robotics working working on assembly line

Amazon’s tech empire is expanding into mechatronics

Are we ready for our Uber Eats orders to arrive via robot?

Are we ready for our Uber Eats orders to arrive via robot?

A Boeing drone flying in Australia.

Ghost Bat drones could fly alongside the next generation of Air Force fighter jets

By Kelsey D. Atherton

girl with a pearl earring paining with outpainting-filled background

DALL-E’s latest trick: extending the boundaries of paintings

By Harry Guinness

Artificial intelligence is helping scientists decode animal languages

By Charlotte Hu

Close up of woman's mouth and headset microphone speaking at a call center

A startup is using AI to make call center workers sound ‘American’

YouTube screenshot of AI rapper FN Meka

Viral AI rapper dropped from major record label for racist content

Screenshot of DeepMind Transframer image examples from Google

Google’s DeepMind AI can ‘transframe’ a single image into a video

Everyday Robots helper robot picking up snack bar off of table

Google’s new robot butler was trained on social media and Wikipedia articles

Telexistence shelving robot TX-SCARA placing item on fridge shelf

300 Japanese stores will be reshelved by robot arms next month

A screen with Meta and Facebook logos

Meta’s new chatbot is already parroting users’ prejudice and misinformation

Move over, autopilot: This AI can avoid other planes

Move over, autopilot: This AI can avoid other planes

AI controlled robot and human pressing buttons

How an AI managed to confuse humans in an imitation game

By Charlotte Hu

The Air Force plans to test an AI copilot on its cargo planes

The Air Force plans to test an AI copilot on its cargo planes

By Kelsey D. Atherton

wikipedia home page

Meta thinks its new AI tool can make Wikipedia more accurate

By Charlotte Hu

Fat baby seal looking at the camera

Facial recognition works on seals. No, really.

By Sean Mowbray / Hakai Magazine

Person with long brown hair judging someone speaking to them during a meeting in an office for the Google AI study

If it sounds right, it must be human: Google’s language AI exposes us as shallow listeners

By Kyle Mahowald and Anna Ivanova / The Conversation

Why DARPA wants its robots to think like kids

Why DARPA wants its robots to think like kids

By Kelsey D. Atherton

voice recording

Do we want Alexa mimicking anyone’s voice? Yes, and no.

By Corinne Iozzio

The Craiyon interface, showing a courtroom sketch of a sperm whale vs. a giant squid

5 ways to get Craiyon, formerly Dall-E mini, to bend to your will

By John Kennedy

A grid of 12 images depict the Star Wars character Chewbacca performing office job tasks.

The Dall-E Mini image generator’s ridiculousness might be its main appeal

By Maria Parazo Rose

MIT stackable chip

MIT’s new computer chip design lets you clip on parts like LEGOs

By Charlotte Hu

person texting on phone

Unpacking Google’s ‘sentient’ AI controversy

By Colleen Hagerty

These drones can avoid midair collisions by listening for other aircraft

These drones can avoid midair collisions by listening for other aircraft

Iceland topography from above

Google Earth Engine is taking its closest look yet at how landscapes are changing

By Charlotte Hu

A dog in a sushi house

Why you can’t use Google’s impressive text-to-image generator Imagen yet

By Marissa Wu / Popular Photography

autonomous Mayflower cruising at sea

A modern AI-powered Mayflower just crossed the Atlantic

By Charlotte Hu

Images from the February 1989 issue of Popular Science from an article on "brain-style" computers.

From the archives: A forecast on artificial intelligence, from the 1980s and beyond

By Bill Gourgey

Power lines against cloudy sunset sky.

AI can help fight climate change—but it can also make it worse

"Scene exploration" was teased as a new feature coming to Google search

Google I/O recap: All the cool AI-powered projects in the works

By Charlotte Hu

This new AI algorithm could help flying cars survive windy days

This new AI algorithm could help flying cars survive windy days

lots of books laid flat

Meta wants to improve its AI by studying human brains

By Charlotte Hu

Flippy 2 from Miso Robotics

What robots can and can’t do for a restaurant

By Charlotte Hu

Night vision goggles in use on a C-17 aircraft in Hawaii in February.

Artificial intelligence could help night vision cameras see color in the dark

By Charlotte Hu