It is possible that the phenomenon of consciousness requires a self-organizing system, like the brain. If so, then current machines will come up short.

The internet we left behind

We won't have to wait until 2019 for our Blade Runner future, mostly because artificially intelligent robots already walk, roll and occasionally backflip among...

It was a big year for the building blocks of life. Here are the most significant breakthroughs in genetics research of 2017.

A huge step forward towards actual 5G networks

AI researchers are looking for the meaning of our words, defenses against hacking, and teaching robots right from wrong.

All eyes may have been on Nvidia this year as its stock exploded higher thanks to an enormous amount of demand across all fronts: gaming, an increased interest in data centers, and its major…

Crispr Classic can be clunky, unreliable, and a bit dangerous. But this year, newer, flashier gene editing tools began rolling off the production line.

Humanity has unleashed its own version of “life” on Earth: robots that are evolving in ways that are fascinatingly similar to biological organisms.

More than two million patients have been saved by advances in diagnosis and treatment since 1991, according to new data.

Neural networks from Alibaba and Microsoft edged past human scores on the measure of machine reading.

AI may seem like a confusing phenomenon, but we often interact with artificial intelligence technology on a daily basis.

An anonymous reader shares a report: The first human test in the U.S. involving the gene-editing tool CRISPR could begin at any time and will employ the DNA cutting technique in a bid to battle deadly cancers. Doctors at the University of Pennsylvania say…

When? This is probably the question futurists, AI experts, and even people with a keen interest in technology dread most. It's been famously difficult to predict when developments in AI will take place. Stanford's new AI Index aims to clarify the situation…

There are three exciting developments that I do expect to transpire within the next 12-18 months.The first major rollouts of autonomous fleets; the development of new mapping and LIDAR technology;…

Though headlines have regularly touted graphene as the next wonder material in the last decade, the trip from promise to practicality has felt a bit lengthy. Still, graphene research has yielded a long list of reasons to keep at it, and there will be no shortage…

An anonymous reader quotes Quartz: Consciousness permeates reality. Rather than being just a unique feature of human subjective experience, it's the foundation of the universe, present in every particle and all physical matter. This sounds like easily-dismissible…

Biologically inspired circuitry could help build future low-power AI chips—if some obstacles are overcome.

Supersmart algorithms won't take all the jobs, But they are learning faster than ever, doing everything from medical diagnostics to serving up ads.

We've been promised a revolution in how and why nearly everything happens. But the limits of modern artificial intelligence are closer than we think.