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Responsive and Responsible Leadership given prominance at #WEF17 World Economic Forum

Alex Kirkpatrick 20 Jan 2017

The population of the scenic ski-resort Davos, nestled in the Swiss Alps, swelled by nearly +3,000 people between the 17th and 20th of January. World leaders, academics, business tycoons, press and in...

Catalia Health uses social robots to improve health outcomes

Andra Keay and Silicon Valley Robotics 17 Jan 2017

Catalia Health is leading the surge in social robotics, with Mabu, their patient care management system. Catalia Health likes to be seen primarily as a health company that utilizes robots, rather th...

What is machine learning?

Oxford Sparks 16 Jan 2017

In this fascinating animation from Oxford Sparks, we take a look at how statistics and computer science can be used to make machines that learn for themselves, without being explicitly programmed....

Brian Cox presents Science Matters: Machine learning and artificial intelligence

Robohub Editors 11 Jan 2017

We're beginning to see more and more jobs being performed by machines, even creative tasks like writing music or painting can now be carried out by a computer. But how and when will machines be abl...

White House report: Artificial intelligence, automation, and the economy

Robohub Editors 22 Dec 2016

The White House released a new report on the ways that artificial intelligence will transform the US economy over the coming years and decades....

How artificial intelligence is changing our Christmas shop

Rikke Duus and Mike Cooray 21 Dec 2016

British consumers are expected to spend £280 each on gifts over the weeks leading up to Christmas. More than half of these purchases will take place online. Almost a third of people will rely on onli...

Commerce announces first artificial intelligence hearing today, livestream available

Robohub Editors 30 Nov 2016

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), chairman of the Subcommittee on Space, Science, and Competitiveness will convene a hearing today, 30 November, at 2:30 p.m. EST on “The Dawn of Artificial Intelligence....

Understanding the four types of AI, from reactive robots to self-aware beings

Arend Hintze 30 Nov 2016

The common, and recurring, view of the latest breakthroughs in artificial intelligence research is that sentient and intelligent machines are just on the horizon. Machines understand verbal commands, ...

Generating predictive videos using deep-learning

CSAIL MIT 28 Nov 2016

Living in a dynamic physical world, it’s easy to forget how effortlessly we understand our surroundings. With minimal thought, we can figure out how scenes change and objects interact. But what�...

Report examines China’s expansion into unmanned industrial, service, and military robotics systems

Robohub Editors 03 Nov 2016

In October, the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission released a report, China’s Industrial and Military Robotics Development, prepared by the Defense Group, Inc. at the Commission’...

White House releases reports focusing on opportunities and challenges of AI

Dave Gershgorn 14 Oct 2016

While the future of artificial intelligence is probably going to be driven by Silicon Valley, the folks in Washington DC want their say about how it will work, too. In two reports, the White House ...

EQ-Radio: Detecting emotions with wireless signals

CSAIL MIT 21 Sep 2016

By measuring your heartbeat and breath, this device from MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab can tell if you’re excited, happy, angry or sad ....

What artificial intelligence will look like in 2030

Leah Burrows and Harvard SEAS 16 Sep 2016

Artificial intelligence (AI) has already transformed our lives — from the autonomous cars on the roads to the robotic vacuums and smart thermostats in our homes. Over the next 15 years, AI technolog...

Tune in: Economist holding Facebook Live Q&A about AI and the future of work

Robohub Editors 13 Sep 2016

How will artificial intelligence change the world of work? The Economist is holding a Facebook Live Q&A with their Deputy Editor on Tuesday, September 13, 4pm London time. You can watch, listen, ...

Taking measure of artificial intelligence and the Turing Test

Jibo 31 Aug 2016

As far as party games go, the Imitation Game is a pretty clever and fairly entertaining one. A man and a women answer questions as if they were the other, trying to fool party guests into guessing the...

How science can help us make AI more trustworthy

Simone Stumpf 22 Jul 2016

Stories about racist Twitter accounts and crashing self-driving cars can make us think that artificial intelligence (AI) is a work in progress. But while these headline-grabbing mistakes reveal the fr...

“Deep learning is the most fundamental advance in AI research since AI started in 1956”

Frank Tobe 14 Jul 2016

Frank Chen, a partner at Andreessen Horowitz, the Silicon Valley venture capital and private equity firm, said, "It is absolutely non-controversial that deep learning is the most fundamental advance ...

What’s new in robotics this week? First commercial 3D printer in space is up and running

Emmet Cole and Robotiq Inc. 17 Jun 2016

Investing in robots; China's robotics acquisitions; robot designed to hurt; exoskeleton for kids; Russian bot escapes testing ground; 3-DP in space and more. Find out what's happening in our robotics ...

Livestream conference: Artificial Intelligence for Social Good

Robohub Editors 06 Jun 2016

The White House announced a series of public workshops on artificial intelligence (AI) and the creation of an interagency working group to learn more about the benefits and risks of artificial intelli...

To err is human: raising the bar on AI

Michael Szollosy 01 Feb 2016

Last week, media outlets reported about the latest 'sure sign' of an imminent robopocalypse. Google-backed DeepMind created an AI sophisticated enough to beat a human champion in the Chinese ...

Turning the lens on robotics reporting: An interview with New York Times technology reporter John Markoff

Hallie Siegel 28 Jan 2016

If you are working in the field of robotics or AI, you may be used to fielding calls from journalists wanting to better understand the technology. But not all journalists are created equal. Pulitzer-P...

How friendly is your AI? It depends on the rewards

Ardi Tampuu, Tambet Matiisen, Ilya Kuzovkin, Kristjan Korjus, Jaan Aru and Raul Vicente 08 Jan 2016

Two years after the small London-based startup DeepMind published their pioneering work on “Playing Atari with Deep Reinforcement Learning”, they have become one of the leaders in the chase for Ar...

Computer model matches humans at predicting how objects move

CSAIL MIT 06 Jan 2016

By Adam Conner-Simons We humans take for granted our remarkable ability to predict things that happen around us. For example, consider Rube Goldberg machines: One of the reasons we enjoy them is b...

Microsoft’s Cortana now doing daily morning weather report

Frank Tobe 02 Jan 2016

The use of Cortana, an AI personal assistant created by Microsoft initially for Windows phones, has been a big hit in Japan and China. The Mandarin language version, named Xiaoice, is being used ...

#ShowUsYourAI – AAAI Video Competition – Deadline extended to October 23!

Sabine Hauert 15 Oct 2015

Submit your video to the AAAI Video Competition for a chance to win one of the several Shakey Awards. We'll be voting for the People's Choice Award right here on Robohub. Last year's videos were viewe...

Talking Machines: The Master Algorithm, with UW’s Pedro Domingos

Talking Machines 25 Sep 2015

In episode 20 we chat with Pedro Domingos of the University of Washington, who has just published a book The Master Algorithm: How the Quest for the Ultimate Learning Machine Will Remake Our World....

Talking Machines: Strong AI and autoencoders, with Hugo Larochelle

Talking Machines 14 Sep 2015

In episode nineteen we chat with Hugo Larochelle about his work on unsupervised learning, the International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR), and his teaching style....

#IJCAI15 brings together leading researchers in AI

Sabine Hauert 28 Jul 2015

Over one thousand of the world’s top experts in Artificial Intelligence (AI) are in Buenos Aires this week for the 2015 International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (#IJCAI15). ...

Talking Machines: Data and machine learning in advertising, with Claudia Perlich

Talking Machines 19 Jun 2015

In episode thirteen we talk with Claudia Perlich, Chief Scientist at Dstillery. We talk about her work using machine learning in digital advertising and her approach to data in competitions....

Talking Machines: Interdisciplinary data, with David Blei

Talking Machines 07 May 2015

[clear] In Episode 10 we talk with David Blei of Columbia University. We talk about his work on latent dirichlet allocation, topic models, the PhD program in data that he’s helping to create at C...

True AI, or clever simulation? Transcendence movie has Johnny Depp crossing the Singularity

Michael Savoie 01 May 2015

I was inspired to write this article after recently watching Transcendence starring Johnny Depp and reading this article “Death is Optional.” What will the world look like when we cross the sing...

Ex Machina: When Turing meets Bechdel test

Andra Keay 15 Mar 2015

Alex Garland’s first feature film as a director, Ex Machina, had its US debut at SxSW on March 14. This stylish idea film explores the Turing Test in a very Pinteresque fashion as a young coder fall...

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