Mental health support has a lot to gain from utilization of AI and technology, which could greatly reduce the economic costs associated with untreated mental illness.

Junaid Nabi · Project Syndicate 20 May 2019

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

What eBay tells us about AI, language and trade

A new study of eBay data suggests that implementation of AI translation on the site appears to have increased trade between countries.

Kurt Greenbaum · Futurity 20 May 2019

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

This AI quizbot is helping students to learn

In a study with 36 students, students correctly recalled over 25 percent more right answers with a QuizBot.

Andrew Myers · Futurity 16 May 2019

Future of Health and Healthcare

Machine learning could help make antibiotics more effective

MIT researchers have developed a new machine-learning approach to discover an additional mechanism that helps some antibiotics kill bacteria.

Anne Trafton · MIT News 16 May 2019

Space

What happened when NASA simulated an asteroid fragment hitting New York

The fragment was just 50 to 80m wide, but would create more energy than multiple nuclear bombs on impact.

Sinead Baker · Business Insider 15 May 2019

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

Researchers want you to play this game to understand the risks of nuclear conflict

The creators of SIGNAL hope to gain insights into how countries may fight with nuclear weapons by studying tactics used by players online.

Kara Manke · Futurity 15 May 2019

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

This leech-like robot can crawl on walls

The researchers fashioned the body out of shower hoses, which move through a gear while vacuum pumps control the robot’s suction cups.

Kristin Houser · Futurism 15 May 2019

Future of Mobility

The autonomous vehicle is coming – and people must be ready

The age of autonomous cars could radically alter human behaviour and use of city streets, unless we implement safety precautions.

Gemma Read and Jason Thompson · The Conversation 13 May 2019

Global Health

Robotic health care is coming to a hospital near you

Robots are already transforming the medical industry, and their presence is only set to get even bigger.

Stephen Rice and Mattie Milner · The Conversation 10 May 2019

Fourth Industrial Revolution

Stretchy 'nano-forest' might power future wearbles

Researchers say that these Crumpled carbon nanotube forests, or CNT forests, are a potential solution to the power needs of future wearable technology.

Layne Cameron · Futurity 10 May 2019

Emerging Technologies

The UN came of age with the nuclear bomb. Time for it to step up to the AI era

A global approach to assessing and regulating frontier technologies is needed – and the UN is perfectly placed to host the discussion.

Shamika Sirimanne 09 May 2019

Digital Economy and Society

AI-assisted recruitment is biased. Here’s how to make it more fair

Employers increasingly rely on algorithms to hire new staff, but these systems can replicate the biases of the humans who developed them.

Julius Schulte 09 May 2019

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

These rules could save humanity from the threat of rogue AI

Intelligent machines turning on their creators has long been the stuff of science fiction - but without a sound ethical framework, the risks posed by malfunctioning or malevolent AI in ou...

Jason Si 08 May 2019

Fourth Industrial Revolution

Six ways robots are used today that you probably didn’t know about

Robots come in all shapes and sizes, and they affect your life more than you may realize.

Jonathan Roberts · The Conversation 08 May 2019

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

Where robots will come fastest, the 4IR for NGOs and other top stories of the week

Also in this week's news round-up: why what you wear matters to the planet, and the business case for diversity.

Adrian Monck 03 May 2019

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