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How to stop cold callers: Inventor creates ingenious AI chatbot to waste time of telemarketers
The Jolly Roger Telephone company uses artificial intelligence to waste time of telesales callers.
Doomsday Clock: Watch announcement of how close Earth is to catastrophe live online
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists to announce how close we are to the apocalypse with its Doomsday Clock.
Elon Musk and Stephen Hawking win Luddite Award for artificial intelligence fears
The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation criticises Musk and Hawking for alarmist AI fears
Not so science fiction after all, the internet could out-evolve humanity
"We need to start thinking about the internet as an organism that can evolve."
Artificial intelligence used as TV weather presenter in China
Microsoft's Xiaoice appeared on Dragon TV and continues to work as 'trainee anchor' for the station.
Bill Gates, Elon Musk and Stephen Hawking nominated for 'Luddite Awards'
Trio labelled 'alarmists' for touting an artificial intelligence apocalypse.
Here's how self-driving cars can detect dangerous roads using sound and AI
AI neural networks can be used to detect when roads are dangerously wet by analysing sounds made by tyres.
REV review: Smartphone-controlled toy cars pit humans against AI in laser battles
Toy race car REV lets humans battle each other or artificial intelligence in numerous laser fight modes.
Wikipedia deploys 'X-ray specs' artificial intelligence to fight vandalism
ORES AI engine will rid Wikipedia of 'rogue editors' that use encyclopedia for nefarious purposes.
Humai wants to resurrect the dead with AI, cloning and nanotechnology – but is it real?
US 'entrepreneur' Josh Bocanegra claims they will be able to achieve everlasting life by 2045.
Artificial intelligence program passes college entrance exam
New AI program was developed using the skills of university and corporate researchers.
Google plans 'watershed' quantum computing announcement in December
Google is using D-Wave systems to study how quantum computing can advance artificial intelligence.
Toyota to invest $1bn in Silicon Valley artificial intelligence facility
Facility will help Toyota tap into tech knowledge of Silicon Valley and Stanford.
Facebook's M assistant combines human and artificial intelligence to do 'anything you want'
Facebook's CTO Mike Schroepfer tells IBTimes UK that M can do anything so long as it's legal.
Artificial intelligence vs Buzzfeed: Neural network taught to write clickbait headlines
Programmer fed two million headlines into neural network to train computer in clickbait.
Stephen Hawking Reddit AMA: Theoretical physicist talks AI, movies and women
Hawking says women are the biggest mystery to him.
Artificial intelligence cuts cancer drug development time in half
Cancer-fighting drug developed in seven years rather than the average of 14 by using AI.
Rat brain fragment simulated in supercomputer by Human Brain Project
Research marks first major result towards eventually simulating the human brain in a supercomputer.
Amelia virtual assistant brings AI close to 'near human cognitive capabilities'
IPsoft claims Amelia 2.0 will be the "harbinger" of AI systems surpassing human intelligence.
Artificial intelligence: Do not fear the robot revolution
We should embrace AI, not fear it, despite Stephen Hawking's warnings.
Artificial intelligence program ConceptNet matches 4-year-old child in IQ test
MIT researchers develop ConceptNet AI system capable of matching intelligence of young child.
Stephen Hawking: There is no God and computers will overtake humans in the next 100 years
Hawking has given his views on God, aliens and artificial intelligence.
Google DeepMind artificial intelligence can beat humans at 31 video games but can't master Pac-Man
DeepMind masters more video games as AI firm moves towards real-world applications.
Zoltan Istvan: On the US presidential campaign trail with the Transhumanist Party
Transhumanists make public demonstration to highlight existential risks technology poses.
New AI learns to play chess at international grandmaster level in 72 hours
Program learns from its mistakes, teaches itself to evaluate the board and adapt over time.
Artificial intelligence takes over Barbie's brain
Advanced artificial intelligence will deliver more than 8,000 lines of dialogue to new Hello Barbie.
Duer: Baidu launches AI assistant to rival Apple's Siri, Microsoft's Cortana and Google Now
Duer artificial intelligence virtual assistant rolled out on Mobile Baidu app by 'China's Google'.
Artificial intelligence social network offers 'digital immortality' through virtual counterpart
ETER9 social network promises users immortality through AI clone able to post on their behalf.
The Cocktail Party Problem: AI puzzle solved by 3D-printed device
The device solves age-old problem by allowing computers to pick voices out from a crowd.
IBM Watson CTO: Quantum computing could advance artificial intelligence by orders of magnitude
CTO of IBM Watson speaks of 'natural synergy' between cognitive computing and quantum computing.