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Cruise and Waymo Robotaxis Can Now Work the Streets of San Francisco 24/7
California today cleared all-day paid robotaxi service in San Francisco—with unlimited fleets of self-driving cars. Soon, anyone in the city…
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The AI-Powered, Totally Autonomous Future of War Is Here
A fleet of robot ships bobs gently in the warm waters of the Persian Gulf, somewhere between Bahrain and Qatar,…
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Don’t Ask Dumb Robots If AI Will Destroy Humanity
Hanson and I talked about the idea of adding real intelligence to these evocative machines. Ben Goertzel, a well-known AI…
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Amazon’s New Robots Are Rolling Out an Automation Revolution
In a giant warehouse in Reading, Massachusetts, I meet a pair of robots that look like goofy green footstools from…
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Humanoid Robots Are Coming of Age
Eight years ago, the Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency organized a painful-to-watch contest that involved robots slowly struggling (and often…
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You’re Probably Underestimating AI Chatbots
In the spring of 2007, I was one of four journalists anointed by Steve Jobs to review the iPhone. This…
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Self-Driving Cars Are Being Put on a Data Diet
Self-driving-car developers initially held a similar philosophy of data maximization. They generate video from arrays of cameras inside and outside…
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For Smarter Robots, Just Add Humans
Teleoperating a physical robot could become an important job in future, according to Sanctuary AI, based in Vancouver, Canada. The company also…
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The Air Force is Now Using Facial Recognition Drones
Image: Getmilitaryphotos (Shutterstock) Flying killer robots used to be a nightmarish sci-fi fantasy—something that only existed in James Cameron movies…
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Alphabet Layoffs Hit Trash-Sorting Robots
Teach a robot to open a door, and it ought to unlock a lifetime of opportunities. Not so for one…
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