Did Facebook Shut Down an AI Experiment Because Chatbots Developed Their Own Language?

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David Emery

Aug 1, 2017 Facebook's artificial intelligence scientists were purportedly dismayed when the bots they creat ...

The Saga of Twitter Bot Tay

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Brooke Binkowski

Mar 25, 2016 A Microsoft experiment with AI to research "conversational understanding" on social media quickl ...

Robots with Guns: The Rise of Autonomous Weapons Systems

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David Emery

Apr 21, 2017 An August 2017 letter to the U.N. signed by Elon Musk and other tech luminaries called autonomou ...

Are We Living Inside a Computer Simulation?

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David Emery

Apr 25, 2017 A philosophical notion called the "simulation hypothesis," said to be growing in popularity in h ...

Did Saudi Arabia Behead Its First Robot Citizen?

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Dan MacGuill

Nov 13, 2017 A satirical web site fooled some readers with a fabrication based on a recent international news ...

Did Four AI Robots Kill 29 Scientists in Japan?

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Dan Evon

Dec 19, 2018 The claim came from a UFOlogist -- and, yes, it does sound like something from a movie.

Watch: MIT’s 'Mini Cheetah' Robot Runs at Its Fastest Speed Recorded Yet

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Madison Dapcevich

Mar 16, 2022 The four-legged robot can adapt to its environment and learn from obstacles.