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The shapes were probably just "a play of light and shadow," study author Gabriel G. De la Torre.

"We didn't just want to improve on the car. We wanted to reimagine transportation as if the car had never existed," Cruise CEO Dan Ammann wrote in a blog post this week.

IBM's Project Debater took part in a debate for and against artificial intelligence alongside to two humans. The case in favor of AI achieved a narrow victory.

An artificial intelligence model named Pythia has an error rate of 30 percent, compared to 57 percent in humans.

Billions of dollars have already been spent trying to develop consciousness in machines.

"The big changes never happen in the way you see it in sci-fi movies where all of a sudden you have some revolutionary floating buildings or flying cars," Mate Rimac said.

The robot can move its eyes, eyebrows, lips and "other muscles," the company said.

Until now, all that could be made of the woman was the faintest trace of her outline. However, by using a neural network, computer scientists were able to bring the painting back to life.

"How does the killing machine out there on its own flying about distinguish between the 18-year-old combatant and the 18-year-old who is hunting for rabbits?," said former Google staffer Laura Nolan.

The school's move comes amid concerns about China's surveillance of its citizens.

On Monday, YouTube removed many videos of robots fighting in contests similar to the TV show "Battlebots"; on Tuesday most — but not all — were restored.

Skybot F-850, also known as Fedor, left Earth on the Soyuz-2.1a rocket late Wednesday night.

Making an AI that could defeat humans at six player poker was seen as a benchmark for scientists for decades.

Researchers say the tool could potentially be used to identify health problems in infants which may otherwise go undiagnosed.

Food, payment and logistics systems are connected. If one starts crashing, the chaos may cause other systems to crash, and before we know it we'll have massive shortages and conflicts.

"New technologies are arming governments with unprecedented capabilities to monitor, track and surveil individual people," said Steven Feldstein.

New research warns consumers may be duped by fakes.

It isn't sufficient to ask whether society will benefit from a reduction in accident-related deaths, but to envision whether the worst case consequences are acceptable.

Fable is developing a virtual being, and is hosting the first-ever Virtual Beings Conference this Summer.

A recently arrived alien intelligence is all around us, but don't run for the hills just yet—for all its smarts, it's actually pretty dumb.

Down Detector recorded outages across Europe and some parts of the U.S.

Actress Scarlett Johansson struck back at the creators of "deepfake" pornographic images in which celebrity faces are inserted into videos that show hardcore sex, warning that it could happen to anyone with an internet presence.

To realize the potential of autonomous vehicles to alleviate gridlock, we must encourage a culture in which cars are shared rather than privately owned.

Economists were skeptical that robots could permanently displace humans on a large scale. But look at what's happening to retail jobs: The economists were wrong.

One professor said students with creative thinking, persistence and a "willingness to fight" were wanted.

The stark prediction is one of many outlined in the renowned theoretical physicist's new book.

"The fourth industrial revolution is possibly the most important challenge facing our nation over the next 10, 20 to 30 years," a committee chair said.

How does the film's vision of the future compare with the world today?

"Think about this: An attacker records my wife's voice, 'learns' it using AI, and now he can craft a targeted campaign calling me from my wife's [fake] phone number."

Robots can help alleviate autistic behaviors, many therapists say.