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What is SimSimi? A look at the chatbot application accused of enabling cyberbullying
The app was recently restricted in Ireland for spreading abuse to children.
Astronomer Royal Martin Rees on aliens, parallel universes and the biggest threats to mankind
Rees says extraterrestrial life would either be far less advanced - or they will have developed full electronic intelligence.
Why is Elon Musk afraid of AI and what is neural lace?
Musk has started Neuralink to push brain-computer interfaces, but is he heading in the wrong direction?
Neuralink: New Elon Musk company wants to supercharge our brains before computers leave us behind
Company insiders say Musk wants to help cure brain disease before offering brain power upgrades.
Trump's treasury secretary on threat of robots taking jobs: 'It's not even on our radar'
A recent PwC report estimated that AI and robots could take nearly 38% jobs in the US, 30% in the UK.
Robots could affect up to 30% of existing UK jobs, PwC study finds
The analysis suggests automation will have a significant impact across all sectors in the UK.
Would you replace your lover with a sex robot? Latest AI sex dolls respond to human touch
Meet the five ethnically different AI sex dolls that talk, respond and have an actual g-spot.
The Singularity: US Navy calls on gamers to help it plan for the rise of the machines
'Technology has advanced to the point that we can see the Singularity on the horizon,' Dr. Eric Gulovsen said.
Artificial Intelligence will help us become funnier and sexier says Google engineering head at SXSW
Machines "are powering all of us" says author, futurist and Google director of engineering Ray Kurzweil.
Robots to create jobs for 'creative' people, experts from Future Laboratory say
Experts believe artificial intelligence will operate alongside humans to 'take away the grind' from work.
Meet Ulrich Spiesshofer: CEO of ABB who champions AI and says taxing robots would be foolish
In an exclusive interview with IBTimes UK, the boss of automation giant says humankind is accelerating towards 'co-bots' not just robots.
SXSW 2017: Microsoft Research executive warns AI is 'a fascist's dream' and could be abused
AI's subtly encoded human biases could be abused by authoritarian regimes.
What is IBM Watson? An evolution in artificial intelligence and why technology won't kill us all
IBM tells IBTimes UK about the future of cognitive computing and how AI isn't something to be feared.
Stephen Hawking: Technology will kill us all unless humans control their aggressive instincts
Humans are evolved to be aggressive and technological advances create apocalyptic potential.
Which defendants are likely to be a flight risk? AI could help judges make better decisions
Algorithms can better predict what criminal defendants will do when released on bail than judges can.
'Skynet is here': How Orbital Insight is using satellites and AI to map the entire world
'Moore's Law is going to space' said AJ DeRosa at the IBTimes UK data conference.
Samsung bought artificial intelligence startup Viv for around $215m
Regulatory filing suggests Viv Labs is now a subsidiary of Samsung Research America.
Bill Gates' Reddit AMA: 13 most interesting answers from the humorous tech billionaire
The 61-year-old offered his thoughts on everything from artificial intelligence to his favourite sandwich.
'Siri, find me a date': Tinder boss says AI and augmented reality could improve online dating
Sean Rad on the future of swiping.
Ricoh and IBM Watson's 'magic' AI whiteboard translates languages in real time
The interactive whiteboards are powered by IBM's artificial intelligence.
Cyberwarfare: Royal Navy now training sailors to use AI and IoT to counter threats
The Royal Navy's training exercise, dubbed Information Warrior 17, will see forces trained for battle with tech weapons.
IBM uses Watson to build an artificially intelligent Internet of Things connecting world industries
IBM opens global IoT headquarters in Munich, announcing partnerships in multiple industries.
Wikipedia using AI machine learning algorithms to get rid of prolific internet trolls
Researchers discovered a small group of Wikipedia editors were responsible for 9% of all online abuse.
Elon Musk says humans need to merge with machines or risk becoming irrelevant in the AI age
Musk warned global leaders to pay close attention to AI development so researchers "don't get carried away".
Elon Musk jokes 'I'm not an alien' while discussing how to contact extraterrestrials
SpaceX boss says 'super intelligent' AI will be like aliens landing on Earth.
Ford is investing $1 billion in self-driving tech startup Argo AI
'We believe the next decade will be defined by the automation of the automobile,' Ford CEO Mark Fields said.
Google's DeepMind tests AI vs AI to see if they become 'aggressive' or cooperate
Researchers used two games to see if the AI's behaviour changes based on its environment
Hedge fund firm Man AHL cuts through the noise around machine learning
Man AHL chief scientist Anthony Ledford is a speaker at Newsweek's forthcoming Data Science Capital Markets event.
Robots could soon replace 250,000 NHS and Whitehall jobs saving the UK billions of pounds
According a report by Reform, around 30% of nurses' activities could be automated.
Two Sigma's Wes McKinney talks about big data interoperability
McKinney created the Pandas project and has spent the last seven years working in the Python open source ecosystem.