Amazon’s New Robot Sparrow Can Handle Most Items in the Everything Store

3 years ago

Sparrow could shift the balance between humans and machines in the company’s warehouses, using machine learning algorithms and a custom…

Russia’s Sway Over Criminal Ransomware Gangs Is Coming Into Focus

3 years ago

Questions about the Kremlin’s relationships with these groups remain. But researchers are finally getting some answers.

Anita Sarkeesian Hates Talking About Gamergate—but She Has To

3 years ago

A decade ago, she was the target of a harassment campaign for her feminist critiques of video games. With That…

Protest Is Risky at Egypt’s COP27. That Won’t Stop Activists

3 years ago

At the international climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, long-standing restrictions on protesters and dissidents are front and center.

This Personalized Crispr Therapy Is Designed to Attack Tumors

3 years ago

In a small study, researchers modified patients’ immune cells to target their particular cancer—but it only worked for a third…

Mimicking life: Breakthrough in non-living materials

3 years ago

Researchers have discovered a new process that uses fuel to control non-living materials, similar to what living cells do. The…

Scientists articulate new data standards for AI models

3 years ago

Aspiring bakers are frequently called upon to adapt award-winning recipes based on differing kitchen setups. Someone might use an eggbeater…

Smarter sensor sniffs out target gases

3 years ago

A chemical sensor endowed with artificial intelligence can learn to detect certain gases in the air with high sensitivity and…

Sometimes it’s bad for AI to be too curious

3 years ago

It's a dilemma as old as time. Friday night has rolled around, and you're trying to pick a restaurant for…

Is this a deer I see? Socially aware AI adapts by asking questions of humans

3 years ago

As good as they've become, artificial intelligence agents are still largely only as good as the data upon which they…