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12/04/2015 / By Greg White

Parents, beware: Mattel’s interactive “Hello Barbie” may be susceptible to computer hacks

For most young girls, Christmas won’t be complete without receiving their favorite Barbie dolls as a gift. Yet, security officials warn that this year’s newest Barbie incarnation, Hello Barbie, isn’t just a fun doll for girls — it can also be a means for hackers to spy on children. Hello Barbie is touted as the world’s first […]

11/16/2015 / By Greg White

Advances in A.I. to exacerbate social inequality

In the near future, the top one percent who controls everything won’t be a handful of wealthy bankers. Rather, it will be a group of engineers who own artificial intelligence (A.I.), and in turn, everything else. We’ve all heard that the robot revolution, which will drastically reshape the economic landscape, is already on the horizon. Estimates […]

11/13/2015 / By Greg White

Artificial Intelligence program has the language skills of a four-year-old

Language is a distinctly human, innate mental structure. It is a prime example of a mental algorithm, which strings words into new combinations by plucking them from a memory bank. Recently, scientists have replicated this mental algorithm by developing an artificial intelligence (A.I.) software, which has the language skills of a four-year-old. The machine mirrors the […]

11/04/2015 / By Greg White

Self-driving robots to kick delivery men to the curb

A time-consuming chore of everyday life is purchasing groceries week after week. Fortunately, the days of driving to the supermarket may soon be over. Starship has recently debuted a self-driving robot capable of delivering groceries to customers’ homes in 30 minutes or less. The self-driving robot was developed by Skype co-founders Ahti Heinla and Janus […]

11/02/2015 / By Greg White

VTT’s project enables astronauts to control robots on Mars via space station

Humans definitely require the aid of robots if they plan on stepping foot on Mars. Robots are needed to build infrastructure, such as housing and laboratories, on the planet’s surface to prepare for future manned space missions. Figuring out how to do this has always presented a challenge to space agencies. Now, scientists have developed a communication solution that can help […]

10/27/2015 / By Greg White

JAEA opens Fukushima Center to build robots that can remove melted nuclear fuel

Officials at the Fukushima Prefecture lack the technology necessary to locate and remove the missing melted nuclear fuel. But there may be hope. The Japan Atomic Energy Agency christened its new facility on Oct. 19 dedicated to developing technologies to decommission the reactors at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. The Naraha Remote Technology Development […]

10/16/2015 / By Greg White

Workers bow down to robot overlords at Japanese warehouses

Warehouse workers at Hitach are now bowing down to the instructions of their robot overlords. The multinational conglomerate company has implemented a new artificial intelligence (A.I.) system to an unknown number of warehouses that dictates the behavior of workers—not the other way around. The A.I. system doesn’t just blindly issue timeless preprogrammed orders. Instead, it […]

09/23/2015 / By Greg White

Robo sex trafficking? New campaign issues ban on sex robots

The mathematician Alan Turing argued that a machine could perform the substantial equivalent of thinking if it could convince someone that it was human by responding to various questions through teletype, whereas author Phillip Dick suggested that emotions are the necessary ingredient in order to make robots “conscious.” But what will really transform cold silicon […]

09/20/2015 / By Greg White

15 percent of men are willing to have sex with a robot, survey finds

Over the past 100 years, robots and machinery have made our lives easier and even replaced factory workers, telemarketers and manual vacuum cleaners while streamlining industry, improving military capabilities and providing more job opportunities. Experts have predicted that robots will likely soon replace fast food workers and medical professionals too. The advancement of robotics and […]

09/16/2015 / By Greg White

New Study Reveals Robots Are Expected to Take 35 Percent of Jobs In Next 20 Years

Robots are a threat to human welfare in more ways than one. A recent, in-depth report found that approximately 35 percent of jobs in the UK are likely to be taken over by robots within the next 20 years. The authors of the study drew up a list of skills that robots possess, and the jobs […]

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