From street sensors that reduce collisions and congestion, to heated pavements that melt snow - data is driving urban improvements. But citizens need a meaningful role in evaluating data ...

Alex Ryan · Quartz 09 Dec 2019

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

The 8 pieces of digital DNA we need to thrive in the AI age

Individuals need to embrace a new form of human intelligence – digital intelligence (DQ) – that enables individuals to effectively utilize technology for the benefits of themselves, other...

Daniel Goleman and Yuhyun Park 09 Dec 2019

United States

If you work in these places, you're at higher risk of being replaced by a robot

Some studies predict that 50% of all workers are at risk of losing their jobs to automation in the coming decades. But some parts of the United States are adopting robot use quicker than ...

Megan Schumann · Futurity 02 Dec 2019

Fourth Industrial Revolution

Here's where robots are replacing workers fastest

Those who are young and less-educated are being displaced by robots in the Midwest manufacturing industry at alarmingly high rates.

Megan Schumann · Futurity 26 Nov 2019

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

Here's how deepfake technology can actually be a good thing

Creating artificial intelligence technologies in isolation for fear of negative impacts prevents new AI developments that could help address societal concerns.

Geraint Rees 25 Nov 2019

Fourth Industrial Revolution

How to design and control robots with stretchy, flexible bodies

In simulations, the model enabled 2D and 3D soft robots to complete tasks — such as moving certain distances or reaching a target spot —more quickly and accurately than current state-of-t...

Rob Matheson · MIT News 25 Nov 2019

Fourth Industrial Revolution

Bot can beat humans in multiplayer hidden-role games

DeepRole uses a game-planning algorithm called “counterfactual regret minimization” (CFR) — which learns to play a game by repeatedly playing against itself — augmented with deductive rea...

Rob Matheson · MIT News 25 Nov 2019

Fourth Industrial Revolution

Japan displays technological abilities with an AI welcome for Pope Francis

'Protect all Life - The Signs of the Times' is based on the theme of the Pope’s Japan visit and was partly composed using an artificial intelligence-powered programme.

Hideto Sakai and Akira Tomoshige · Reuters 22 Nov 2019

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

Why the idea of ‘care robots’ could be bad news for the elderly

"There are concerns that social care quality may diminish with the use of robots, because robots are incapable of fulfilling the social or emotional needs of older care recipients and may...

Melanie Henwood · LSE Business Review 22 Nov 2019

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

Could you answer to a robot boss?

New research from Oracle and Future Workplace shows employees are open to the idea of automated intelligence in the workplace.

Katharine Rooney 18 Nov 2019

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

How artificial intelligence is redefining the role of manager

Employees are increasingly happy to receive orders from AI or bots – who are freeing up managers to pay better attention to their employees.

Dan Schawbel 15 Nov 2019

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

People want self-driving cars to share their personality

Would giving autonomous vehicles their own personality encourage their adoption?

Dan Newman · Futurity 15 Nov 2019

Technological Transformation

This robot army can run, jump, duck and even backflip

They are small quadrupedal robots that can run, walk, jump, turn, and backflip. The robots weigh about 20 pounds and researchers claim they are "virtually indestructible".

Lisa Eadicicco · Business Insider 13 Nov 2019

Internet Governance

We must bridge the gap between technology and policymaking. Our future depends on it

As technology continues to permeate society, surviving the future depends on bringing technologists and policymakers together. Here's how we might achieve it

Bruce Schneier 12 Nov 2019

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

The robots of the future can do much more than work in factories - this is what they'll look like

Soft and stretchable: it can conduct heat and electricity, actively change its shape, the shape-morphing can be activated electrically, it is also resilient to significant damage and is s...

Michael Ford · The Conversation 12 Nov 2019

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