Browsing: artificial intelligence

The dramatic rise of online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic has spotlit concerns about the role of artificial intelligence technology…

Facebook is either doing awfully or it’s performing really well in the eyes of the world. But it’s what the…

A major new report on the state of artificial intelligence (AI) has just been released. Think of it as the AI…

Events over the past few years have revealed several human rights violations associated with increasing advances in artificial intelligence (AI). Algorithms created to…

Artificial systems such as homecare robots or driver-assistance technology are becoming more common, and it’s timely to investigate whether people…

What does it mean to be an inventor? In patent law, designed to protect the intellectual property of inventors, officials…

At first glance, a recently granted South African patent relating to a “food container based on fractal geometry” seems fairly mundane. The…

In collaboration with the United States Navy’s Underwater Archaeology Branch, I taught a computer AI how to recognize shipwrecks on the…

Many governments are increasingly approaching artificial intelligence with an almost religious zeal. By 2018 at least 22 countries around the world, and…

Astronomy is all about data. The universe is getting bigger and so too is the amount of information we have about…