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New Research Center to Explore Ethics of Artificial Intelligence
The ethics center is being established at a time of growing international concern about the impact of artificial intelligence technologies.
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The Pentagon's 'terminator Conundrum': Robots That Could Kill on Their Own
The Pentagon has made artificial intelligence the core of its agenda to maintain the U.S. position as the world's leading military power.
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The Pentagon's 'terminator Conundrum': Robots That Could Kill on Their Own
The small drone, with its six whirring rotors, swept past the replica of a Middle Eastern village and closed in on a mosque-like structure, its camera scanning...
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Stepping p Security For an Internet-of-Things World
The vision of the so-called internet of things—giving all sorts of physical things a digital makeover—has been years ahead of reality. But that gap is closing fast...
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nder Hawaii's Starriest Skies, a Fight Over Sacred Ground
Little lives up here except whispering hopes and a little bug called Wekiu.
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.s. Tech Giants Are Investing Billions to Keep Data in Europe
In the battle to dominate Europe's cloud computing market, American tech giants are spending big to build up their local credibility.
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The Problem With Google's 'star Trek' Computer
Google is hoping to develop its Assistant, a Siri-like technology to be included on the company's new smartphones and other products, into something like the computer...
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Modern Technology nlocks Secrets of a Damaged Biblical Scroll
Biblical scholars in Israel used technology developed by University of Kentucky computer scientists to examine an ancient charred scroll virtually with a digital...
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In Backing Autonomous Cars, .s. Tells Automakers to Figure It Out
The Obama administration's approach to hands-free driving is remarkably hands-off.
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Artificial Intelligence Software Is Booming. But Why Now?
This is the year artificial intelligence came into its own for mainstream businesses, at least as a marketing feature.
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A Lesson of Tesla Crashes? Computer Vision Can't Do It All Yet
Jitendra Malik, a researcher in computer vision for three decades, doesn't own a Tesla, but he has advice for people who do.
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Your Car's New Software Is Ready. Update Now?
Tired of your vehicle and its aging, limited features? Don’t trade it in just yet. Download new software instead.
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Does the Messaging Service Telegram Take Privacy Too Far?
The encryption of digital information is considered the best protection against hackers, snoops or potential enemies looking to poke around into private exchanges...
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No Sailors Needed: Robot Sailboats Scour the Oceans for Data
Two robotic sailboats trace lawn-mower-style paths across the violent surface of the Bering Sea, off the coast of Alaska.
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How Spy Tech Firms Let Governments See Everything on a Smartphone
Want to invisibly spy on 10 iPhone owners without their knowledge? Gather their every keystroke, sound, message and location?
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How Driverless Cars May Interact With People
There are plenty of unanswered questions about how self-driving cars would function in the real world, like understanding local driving customs and handing controls...
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Chip Technology Keeps Checked Luggage in Check
On a recent Southwest Airlines flight from Baltimore, Shvilla Rasheem arrived in Indianapolis, but her luggage did not.
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China Launches Quantum Satellite in Bid to Pioneer Secure Communications
China launched the world's first quantum communications satellite from the Gobi Desert early Tuesday, a major step in the country’s bid to be at the forefront of...
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How to Give Rural America Broadband? Look to the Early 1900s
From the sofa in his living room, Clinton Creason can see the electric pole outside that his father staked 70 years ago to bring power to this remote area of hilly...
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