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AFRL field-tests AI robot to improve DAF manufacturing capability

May 07, 2023 (SPX)

"There is an immediate need to obtain customized forged components that we might only require a few of, but which have significant lead times," said Dr. Sean Do...

W. House says tech giants have 'moral' duty on AI

May 04, 2023 (AFP)

Vice President Kamala Harris had summoned the heads of Google, Microsoft, OpenAI and Anthropic to strategize about the impact of AI, afraid that companies are r...

Microsoft expands AI access to public

May 04, 2023 (AFP)

The AI-enhanced features of the company's Bing search engine and Edge internet browser are now open for anyone to use, Yusuf Mehdi, corporate vice president, sa...

US regulator targets AI ahead of White House confab

May 04, 2023 (AFP)

"While the technology is moving swiftly, we already can see several risks," Federal Trade Commission chief Lina Khan wrote in a guest essay in the New York Time...

White House calls in tech firms to talk AI risks

May 03, 2023 (AFP)

Vice President Kamala Harris and other US administration officials will discuss ways to ensure consumers benefit from AI while being protected from its harms, a...

Open-source platform simulates wildlife for soft robotics designers

May 03, 2023 (SPX)

Taking a walk on the wild side, the platform features 3-D models of animals such as panda bears, fishes, sharks, and caterpillars as designs that can simulate s...

IBM eyes hiring pause because AI does the job

May 02, 2023 (AFP)

In an interview with Bloomberg on Monday, Arvind Krishna said that his company would enact a pause in hiring in those roles, and potentially reduce the payroll ...

'Godfather of AI' quits Google to warn of the tech's dangers

May 02, 2023 (AFP)

Geoffrey Hinton, who created a foundation technology for AI systems, told The New York Times that advancements made in the field posed "profound risks to societ...

ChatGPT sends shares in online learning giants into tailspin

May 02, 2023 (AFP)

Silicon Valley-based Chegg is an education tech company that provides online homework help and textbooks, and on Monday its CEO admitted that the explosion of g...

Italy lifts block on ChatGPT, AI chatbot owner says

Apr 28, 2023 (AFP)

"ChatGPT is available again for our users in Italy. We are delighted to welcome them back and remain committed to protecting their personal data," an OpenAI spo...

Highly dexterous robot hand can operate in the dark - just like us

Apr 28, 2023 (SPX)

Robotics researchers have long been trying to create "true" dexterity in robot hands, but the goal has been frustratingly elusive. Robot grippers and suction cu...

Speedy robo-gripper reflexively organizes cluttered spaces

Apr 27, 2023 (SPX)

The slow and deliberate approach of the arcade claw is similar to state-of-the-art pick-and-place robots, which use high-level planners to process visual images...

Jellyfish-like robots could one day clean up the world's oceans

Apr 26, 2023 (SPX)

For a more suitable design, scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (MPI-IS) in Stuttgart looked to nature for inspiration. They configur...

Robot fish makes splash with motion breakthrough

Apr 26, 2023 (SPX)

A TCP works by contracting like muscles when heated, converting the energy into mechanical motion . The TCP used in this work is warmed by Joule heating - the p...

Google, Microsoft top expectations as AI rivalry heats up

Apr 25, 2023 (AFP)

The tech titan has found itself under pressure due to a general slowdown in advertising spending, over-hiring during a Covid-era boom and a major challenge by M...

Russia's Sber launches GPTChat rival Gigachat

Apr 24, 2023 (AFP)

The state company said in a statement on its website that it was "launching its own version" of a chatbot, which will be called GigaChat -- a first for Russia. ...

Germany launches data protection inquiry over ChatGPT

Apr 24, 2023 (AFP)

Regional data protection authorities in Europe's top economy have compiled a questionnaire for OpenAI and expect a response by June 11, said Marit Hansen, commi...

Writer, adviser, poet, bot: How ChatGPT could transform politics

Apr 24, 2023 (AFP)

The chatbot, released last November by US firm OpenAI, has quickly moved centre stage in politics -- particularly as a way of scoring points. Japanese Prime Min...

Musk says he is out to create 'truth-seeking' AI

Apr 18, 2023 (AFP)

The billionaire boss of Twitter and Tesla voiced anew his concerns about the danger of AI, saying it has "the potential of civilizational destruction." He said ...

PickNik Robotics and Motiv Space Systems partner for advanced robotics development

Apr 14, 2023 (SPX)

PickNik Robotics, known as the Unstructured Robotics Company, has a ten-year heritage in advanced robotics control software and has received SBIR Phase 3 fundin...