Artificial intelligence and robotics are leading a transformation in Silicon Valley expected to be as significant as the personal computing and commercial Internet...The New York Times From ACM TechNews | July 18, 2016
The push by some automakers to make fully autonomous vehicles a commercial reality is being tempered by others arguing against elimination of human driver intervention...The New York Times From ACM TechNews | July 8, 2016
Even before Tesla revealed that a fatal accident had occurred while one of its cars was in semiautonomous driving mode, a debate was well underway between researchers...The New York Times From ACM Careers | July 8, 2016
The arrival of fully autonomous automobiles is complicated by the debate over how much self-supervision should be allowed.The New York Times From ACM TechNews | July 6, 2016
Artificial intelligence (AI) may be worsening inequality, given the biases being embedded within the underlying machine-learning algorithms, says Kate Crawford,...The New York Times From ACM TechNews | June 27, 2016
Fully automated cars don’t drink and drive, fall asleep at the wheel, text, talk on the phone or put on makeup while driving.The New York Times From ACM News | June 6, 2016
Never mind Terminator-like killer robots. Artificial intelligence researchers are grappling with more realistic questions like whether their creations will take...The New York Times From ACM News | May 26, 2016
In its quest to maintain a United States military advantage, the Pentagon is aggressively turning to Silicon Valley’s hottest technology—artificial intelligence...The New York Times From ACM News | May 13, 2016
Two international arms control groups on Monday issued a report that called for maintaining human control over a new generation of weapons that are increasingly...The New York Times From ACM News | April 14, 2016
The resounding win by a Google artificial intelligence program over a champion in the complex board game Go this month was a statement—not so much to professional...The New York Times From ACM News | March 28, 2016
Richard Socher appeared nervous as he waited for his artificial intelligence program to answer a simple question: "Is the tennis player wearing a cap?"The New York Times From ACM News | March 7, 2016
The report warns about a range of real-world risks associated with weapons systems that are completely autonomous.The New York Times From ACM News | February 29, 2016
Marvin Minsky, who combined a scientist's thirst for knowledge with a philosopher's quest for truth as a pioneering explorer of artificial intelligence, work that...The New York Times From ACM News | January 26, 2016
Three years ago, Charles Chase, an engineer who manages Lockheed Martin's nuclear fusion program, was sitting on a white leather couch at Google's Solve for X conference...The New York Times From ACM Careers | January 22, 2016
Car enthusiasts, after hearing industry executives discussing the self-driving technology being built into their vehicles, might be forgiven for thinking robotic...The New York Times From ACM News | January 19, 2016
As autonomous driving technology advances, perhaps the most notable benefit is the promise of a striking reduction in accidents.The New York Times From ACM News | January 11, 2016
A group of prominent Silicon Valley investors and technology companies said on Friday that they would establish an artificial-intelligence research center to develop...The New York Times From ACM News | December 14, 2015