Connectivity The Woman Engineering Uber’s Driverless Trucks Nancy Sun is trying to get driverless trucks on the road and convince truck drivers to trust Uber, too. by Rachel Metz 2017-12-06T16:24:00-05:00
Connectivity Smartphones Are Weapons of Mass Manipulation, and This Guy Is Declaring War on Them Tristan Harris thinks big tech is taking advantage of us all. Can its power be used for good? by Rachel Metz 2017-10-19T00:00:00-04:00
Intelligent Machines How Can We Optimize AI for the Greatest Good, Instead of Profit? At a summit in Geneva, academics, policymakers, and humanitarians are plotting how AI could be used to transform the planet for the better. by Jamie Condliffe 2017-06-07T13:30:00-04:00
Intelligent Machines What Happens When Robots Become Role Models Children can find their behavior shaped by robotic companions—so let’s not screw them up. by Jamie Condliffe 2017-02-22T13:32:00-05:00
Intelligent Machines How to Hold Algorithms Accountable Algorithmic systems have a way of making mistakes or leading to undesired consequences. Here are five principles to help technologists deal with that. by Nicholas Diakopoulos and Sorelle Friedler 2016-11-17T16:01:00-05:00
Intelligent Machines A New AI Ethics Center Shows Growing Angst About Machine Smarts The pace of progress in artificial intelligence has unsettled many experts, but the biggest risk of all may be inscrutability. by Will Knight 2016-11-03T13:25:00-04:00
Intelligent Machines Tech Titans Join Forces to Stop AI from Behaving Badly The new partnership is also designed to head off unwanted regulation. by Will Knight 2016-09-28T17:00:00-04:00
Intelligent Machines Top Safety Official Doesn’t Trust Automakers to Teach Ethics to Self-Driving Cars Federal rules could lay out how cars decide whom to protect or harm in a crash. by Andrew Rosenblum 2016-09-02T14:16:00-04:00
Intelligent Machines Microsoft’s CEO Calls for Accountable AI, Ignores the Algorithms That Already Rule Our Lives Satya Nadella warns that the smart software of the future may be capable of discrimination. In fact, biased algorithms are already here. by Tom Simonite 2016-06-29T16:10:00-04:00
Biotechnology Human-Animal Chimeras Are Gestating on U.S. Research Farms A radical new approach to generating human organs is to grow them inside pigs or sheep. by Antonio Regalado 2016-01-06T00:00:00-05:00
