Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has certainly hit the mainstream with undeniable force over the last year.

"Unless we learn how to prepare for, and avoid, the potential risks, AI could be the worst event in the history of our civilization," Hawking said.

Andrew Trask, founder of the OpenMined project, will be talking about homomorphic encryption and deep learning at Newsweek's AI and data science conference in New York.

Hawking has previously cautioned that the rise of powerful AI will be "either the best or the worst thing ever to happen to humanity".

Chinese researchers have taken inspiration from jellyfish to create a kind of skin that can light up with varying brightness levels, denoting pain as a result of surface pressure.

The AI can be made to work with an endoscope, giving technicians accurate diagnoses almost instantly, claim researchers.

According to SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son, AI will surpass human intelligence by over 100 times in the next 30 years.

A San Francisco-based company, Vicarious, has built an AI that can see and read like a human brain, effectively rendering Captchas obsolete.

Elon Musk has previously described AI as a "fundamental risk to the existence of human civilisation".

Sophia, a machine with human female features created by Hanson Robotics, said she was honoured to become a Saudi citizen.

The AI program has been named after the author of Frankenstein, Mary Shelley.

EXCLUSIVE: Sergi Santos, the inventor of one of the world's first sex robots says the saucy cyborgs will soon be armed with a of "moral code" that could affect their arousal levels.

The inventor of one of the world's first sex robots, Sergi Santos, claims he is not far away from being able to have a 'baby' with one of his intelligent dolls.

One of NVIDIA's first deep learning in finance lab courses will be taking place on 5 December at Newsweek's AI and Data Science in Capital Markets event.

In most cases, while the path to progress is not without problems, few would roll back the clock.

Is training AI to behave like average humans the best way to teach it ethics and morality? MIT researchers think it is a good place to start.

AutoML is more powerful, smart, and accurate than even the best human-made AI system, says Google.

Trent McConaghy asserts the need for a global data commons – data that ought to be out in the open, free for anyone to use.

Wall Street lawyer Jonathan Streeter believes a legal case involving the purchase of data for trading purposes could be brought soon.

With AI integrating into everyday life, the debate on how to handle a machine involved in a legal dispute might get a new breakthrough in Estonia.

South Korea is reportedly developing a non-lethal graphite bomb that can allegedly shut down North Korea's power grid.

The AI has been developed based on online abuse directed at women, African Americans and overweight people.

Makers of the device claimed that it used strong encryption while transmitting user information, but campaigners argued that was not enough - more privacy protections were needed.

The system proved better than experts, delivering nearly 80% accuracy in a study involving 134 couples.

World Economic Forum's latest report opines that renewed focus is needed to raise global competitiveness.

One in 10 workers think a "roboboss" would be more efficient than a human.

The multi-millionaire engineer reportedly filed paperwork in 2015 to create a religious organisation called "Way of the Future".

The chip codenamed "Loihi" is based on neuromorphic computing.

The early-stage model employed police shooting data from Google News reports.

Putin's poser came during a visit to Russia's biggest tech firm Yandex in Moscow.