AI in our schools – a dystopian nightmare or a bright future?
New technologies in the classroom are giving students a more personalised path to learning. Initial results are promising but, Sonia Klug asks, what are the risks and benefits of letting machines teach the next generation?
UK’s work problem is not too many robots but too few, MPs say
‘The government needs to take more seriously both the opportunities and risks of automation than it has to date’
Bacterial co-culture with cell signaling translator and growth controller modules for autonomously regulated culture composition
To avoid metabolic overload and divide tasks, synthetic biologists are turning to microbial consortia engineering. Here the authors design a co-culture controller that autonomously regulates population composition.
The global landscape of AI ethics guidelines
As AI technology develops rapidly, it is widely recognized that ethical guidelines are required for safe and fair implementation in society. But is it possible to agree on what is ‘ethical AI’? A detailed analysis of 84 AI ethics reports around the world, from national and international organizations, companies and institutes, explores this question, finding a convergence around core principles but substantial divergence on practical implementation.
‘Don’t be afraid of AI’: Daniel Pitchford on how businesses can demystify new technology
View From The Top: The co-founder of AI Business, a portal for the technology’s real-world applications, says the arrival of machines that can learn anything a human can could be anything up to 100 years away
Image of the Day: ButterflyNet
Scientists used machine learning to analyze the coevolution of physical traits in butterflies.
Cool new products from USA CBD Expo 2019
CBD Expo at the Miami Beach Convention Center has come and gone. Here are the best products and solutions for the hemp industry we saw at the show.
AI Decodes Speech and Hearing Based on Brain Activity
The proof-of-concept study could be a step toward better assisted communication devices for paralyzed people.
Exclusive video: Yuval Harari on social inequality and the naivete of tech CEOs
Yuval Harari on social inequality and the naivete of tech CEOs
Elon Musk's plan to replicate the human brain with AI just received $1bn from Microsoft
'The creation of AGI will be the most important technological development in human history,' says OpenAI boss
The worrying thing that happens when you use the viral face aging app
App provokes shock with pictures – and concern about what they could be used for
Police testing technology to 'assess the risk of someone committing a crime'
Critics say 'Minority Report-style policing' must be stopped
Opinion: Applying AI to Clinical Care Is Key to Individualized Medicine
Not only can artificial intelligence revolutionize healthcare, it could help restore the doctor-patient relationship.
Topol on Deep Medicine
Eric Topol, founder and director of Scripps Research Translational Institute and Reading Frames author, discusses the future of the doctor-patient bond in an era of artificial intelligence-driven medicine.
Book Excerpt from Deep Medicine
In Chapter 10, “Deep Discovery,” author Eric Topol considers the marriage of omics and AI.
Artificial intelligence has now pretty much conquered poker | Science News
A new artificial intelligence called Pluribus is a real card shark at six-player no-limit Texas Hold’em.
Facebook AI just beat professional poker players in a major artificial intelligence breakthrough
Pluribus became the first computer to win at no-limit Texas hold ’em
Why is the US military building a vast AI system and how will it change the battlefield of the future?
Amazon and Microsoft are vying for a controversial 'war cloud' contract worth $10 billion