Artificial Intelligence
Teaching Drones to Sniff Out Toxic Air
Swarms of the flying devices, using sensors and AI, will learn to find and track harmful gases
New Software Can Predict Landslides Weeks Before They Happen
Australian researchers are using AI and mathematics to detect tiny changes that may precede the often-deadly events
"Superpower Glass" Helps Kids With Autism Understand Emotions
A new Stanford-designed technology pairs Google Glass with a face-identifying AI app that tells wearers what emotions they're seeing
Children Are Susceptible to Robot Peer Pressure, Study Suggests
When robots provided incorrect answers in social conformity test, children tended to follow their lead
Can Artificial Intelligence Help Stop School Shootings?
Some researchers believe it could help predict student violence. Others worry about unintended consequences
Artificial Intelligence May Be Able To Smell Illnesses in Human Breath
Compounds in your breath could help AI detect illnesses, including different cancers
Can AI Tell if a Child Is Malnourished?
A new program may be able to spot malnutrition in a simple photo, making it easier to assess nutrition problems in volatile regions
Artificial Intelligence Could Help Generate the Next Big Fashion Trends
With a tool called Cognitive Prints, designers will be able to riff off of past styles and incorporate outside inspiration like never before
Just Like Faces, Buildings Have Features That Algorithms Can Recognize
An art historian explains how he uses 'facial recognition' to unlock architectural secrets
How Charles Dickens Imagined a Westworld-like Robot Theme Park Back In 1838
The writer's dystopia, populated by 'automaton figures,' was surprisingly modern
Could This Futuristic Vest Give Us a Sixth Sense?
For starters, the new technology—appearing on 'Westworld' before hitting the market—could help the deaf parse speech and ambient noise
This Texas Company Is Fighting Hollywood's Gender Inequality With Hard Data From Movie Scripts
StoryFit uses artificial intelligence to analyze film scripts for how characters are portrayed by gender
What Will Be the Next Big Thing to Come Out of Silicon Valley?
The titans of technology tell us what they think is coming soon to a planet near you
What Will Our Society Look Like When Artificial Intelligence Is Everywhere?
Will robots become self-aware? Will they have rights? Will they be in charge? Here are five scenarios from our future dominated by AI
A New Study Brings Scientists One Step Closer To Mind Reading
Researchers have developed a technique that uses the brainwaves captured by EEG machines to reconstruct the images you see
Artificial Intelligence Is Now Used to Predict Crime. But Is It Biased?
The software is supposed to make policing more fair and accountable. But critics say it still has a way to go.
This AI Bot Fights Workplace Harassment
A new app, Spot, uses AI to help harassment and discrimination victims create and file reports without having to talk to a human
Meet the Robots of the 2018 Olympics
The Pyeongchang games will have bots to clean, dance, serve drinks, provide translation and more
Five Questions You Should Have About Amazon's New AI-Powered Store
Will it destroy retail as we know it? Is it spying on you? Will it weaken your resolve not to buy that $8 gourmet chocolate bar?
Could AI One Day Detect the Flu...Before You Even Feel Sick?
New research into the subtle facial signs of illness could one day help train artificial intelligence systems to scan for infections
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