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DOT loosens rules for driverless trucks
by
Erika Beras
Oct 5, 2018
The Department of Transportation said in its new autonomous vehicle guidelines Thursday that a human driver doesn’t necessarily have to be in the driver’s seat of a commercial motor vehicle. That means an artificial intelligence system could potentially drive a truck. What could this mean for the trucking industry? Click the audio player above to hear the […]
What else can Big Data do? Pick stocks.
by
Molly Wood
Sep 21, 2018
Credit card swipes, satellite data, media subscriptions ... all kinds of information fuels data-driven investing.
Is Watson enough to carry IBM?
by
Molly Wood
Jul 19, 2018
We look at whether the company's focus on artificial intelligence is a good business bet.
The International Space Station has an AI assistant. No ... it's not evil
by
Molly Wood
, Stephanie Hughes
and Shaheen Ainpour
Jul 5, 2018
CIMON, a floating AI robot will help astronauts on the International Space Station.
Should a machine have to tell you if it's a machine?
by
Molly Wood
and Stephanie Hughes
May 23, 2018
Can a robot make a dinner reservation? Google is working on it, but should they?
Why facial recognition software has trouble recognizing people of color
by
Molly Wood
, Stephanie Hughes
and Shaheen Ainpour
Feb 13, 2018
"Data reflects our history, and our history has been very biased to date," MIT researcher Joy Buolamwini says.
Will AI eventually let us enhance our own brains?
by
Molly Wood
Oct 11, 2017
The economics of superintelligence and the workplace.
For public good, not for profit.
The Source Code: Nick Bostrom
by
Molly Wood
Oct 11, 2017
Molly Wood talks with Nick Bostrom, director of the Future of Humanity Institute at the University of Oxford, about what would happen if artificial and human intelligence meet.
Google's Magenta wants to teach machines to be creative
by
Ben Johnson
and Levi Sharpe
Jun 1, 2016
Giving a new meaning to electronic music.
Autonomous weapons and the eventual robot uprising
by
Molly Wood
and Raghu Manavalan
Jul 31, 2015
Stephen Hawking, Elon Musk and others signed a letter to ban, yes, killer bots.