EmoSPARK is an artificial intelligence-based device that can gauge a person's mood based on what they say and how they say it. New Scientist From ACM TechNews | May 18, 2015
It's humans versus machine at the Rivers casino in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Four professional poker players are squaring up to an artificial intelligence over...New Scientist From ACM News | May 7, 2015
The United Nations' Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons this week heard from experts on the subject of killer robots, or "lethal autonomous weapons systems...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | April 17, 2015
Forget Skynet. Hypothetical world-ending artificial intelligence makes headlines, but the hype ignores what's happening right under our noses.New Scientist From ACM Careers | April 1, 2015
Researchers at the University of Sheffield's Sheffield Robotics program are trying to give their iCub robot an artificial "self." New Scientist From ACM TechNews | March 25, 2015
On the website Park or Bird on Flickr, a computer makes an educated guess as to whether a photograph was taken in a national park or shows a bird. New Scientist From ACM TechNews | November 5, 2014
Many artificial intelligence researchers believe one of the major breakthroughs in AI will be creating systems that are effective story-tellers. New Scientist From ACM TechNews | October 15, 2014
Bristol Robotics Laboratory's Alan Winfield and colleagues recently tested an ethical challenge for a robot.New Scientist From ACM TechNews | September 17, 2014
Google is building the largest store of knowledge in human history—and it's doing so without any human help.New Scientist From ACM News | August 21, 2014
In suite 712 of the Eventi Hotel, high above the sticky June bustle of Midtown Manhattan, New York, one of the world's most advanced consumer robots awaits command...New Scientist From ACM News | July 16, 2014
Doctors faced with the tricky task of spotting rare genetic diseases in children may soon be asking parents to email their family photos.New Scientist From ACM News | June 25, 2014
A series of experiments is aimed at determining how well children retain new words learned from robots over time. New Scientist From ACM TechNews | May 16, 2014