US Has ‘Moral Imperative’ to Develop AI Weapons, Says Panel
By: The Guardian January 26, 2021 The US should not agree to ban the use or development of autonomous weapons powered by artificial intelligence (AI) software, a government-appointed panel has said in a draft report for Congress. The panel, led by former Google chief executive Eric Schmidt, on Tuesday concluded two days of public […]
How to Deal With China
By: The Economist January 9, 2020 The world’s democracies desperately need a coherent approach to dealing with China. It is the 21st century’s ascendant power, but also an autocracy that mistrusts free markets and abuses human rights. However, recent events show how ineffective Western policy has become. On December 30th the European Union agreed on […]
More Than Half of UK’s Furloughed Jobs at Risk of Automation – Report
By: The Guardian December 15, 2020 More than half of furloughed jobs in the UK are at the highest risk of automation as the Covid crisis accelerates workplace technology change, driving up redundancies and inequality across the country, according to a report. The two-year commission on workers and technology, chaired by the Labour […]
US Agencies, Companies Secure Networks After Huge Hack
By: AP December 15, 2020 WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. government agencies and private companies rushed Monday to secure their computer networks following the disclosure of a sophisticated and long-running cyber-espionage intrusion suspected of being carried out by Russian hackers. The full extent of the damage is not yet clear. But the potential threat […]
Pope Francis Urges Followers to Pray That AI and Robots ‘Always Serve Mankind’
By: The Verge November 11, 2020 Pope Francis has asked believers around the world to pray that robots and artificial intelligence “always serve mankind.” The message is one of the pope’s monthly prayer intentions — regular missives shared on YouTube that are intended to help Catholics “deepen their daily prayer” by focusing on particular topics […]
NHS Using Drones to Deliver Coronavirus Kit Between Hospitals
By: The Guardian October 17, 2020 An NHS drone is being used to courier Covid-19 samples, blood tests and personal protective equipment between hospitals in England. It is hoped that the trials, backed by a £1.3m grant from the UK Space Agency, can establish a network of air corridors for electric drones to navigate using GPS. […]
Tesla is Morphing Into More Than a Car Maker
By: Fox News November 18, 2020 Elon Musk’s Tesla is way more than just an electric-car maker, according to Morgan Stanley. That’s why the firm says the stock can continue to climb, building on its 428% advance this year, as it transforms to a software/connected vehicle services provider — the “entry ticket” to a much larger business. […]
Google’s Parent Company Is Building a Farming Robot
By: Futurism October 13, 2020 X, the moonshot project incubator run by Google’s parent company Alphabet, is working on prototype robots designed to help grow everthing from strawberries to soy beans. In a blog post, X project lead Elliot Grant discusses a new project he’s working on called “Mineral” — a suite of hardware […]
‘Attacking at Speed’: Army Project Convergence and Breakthrough Lightning-Fast War
By: Fox News September 27, 2020 The U.S. military recently conducted a live-fire full combat replication with unmanned-to-unmanned teaming guiding attacks, small reconnaissance drones, satellites sending target coordinates to ground artillery and high-speed, AI-enabled “networked” warfare. This exercise was a part of the Army’s Project Convergence 2020, a weapons and platform combat experiment which, service leaders say, […]