Robots & AI

Three robotaxis glide in a line on a sunny road with trees and buildings in the background.
Automation
The robotaxis have arrived
Alphabet-backed Waymo is leading the robotaxi revolution, but Tesla’s new Cybercab could change everything.
Kristin Houser
A human hand reaches towards a robotic hand amidst a background of pink and purple pixels, with lines of code visible near the robotic arm, symbolizing AI loneliness bridging the gap between man and machine.
AI
AI chatbots may ease the world’s loneliness (if they don’t make it worse)
AI chatbots may have certain advantages when roleplaying as our friends. They may also come with downsides that make our loneliness worse.
Kevin Dickinson
A pixelated image displays two overlapping masks with facial hair, one smiling and the other frowning, set against a dark background with green digital noise.
AI
Will AI supercharge hacking — if it hasn’t already?
The future of hacking is coming at us fast, and it isn’t clear yet whether AI will help attackers and defenders more.
Ian Scheffler
An illustration of a tomato and a carrot, with parts of each depicted using a black and white circuit board pattern, sits on a simple bench.
AI
No, LLMs still can’t reason like humans. This simple test reveals why.
Philip L | AI Explained
Aerial view of a car using semi-autonomous driving automation to parallel park between two other cars. Red and green sensor indicators display the car's proximity to obstacles while guiding its reverse parking.
Automation
The rise of the semi-autonomous car
Kristin Houser
A grid featuring 15 portraits of an elderly man wearing a hat. The images show various digital distortions.
AI
“Model collapse” threatens to kill progress on generative AIs
Kristin Houser
A close-up of a high-performance AI chip called Sohu
AI
The AI chip startup that could take down Nvidia
Kristin Houser
ARC PRIZE written in pixelated letters, with a pink square above 'PRIZE' and a yellow square next to it, set against a black background, reminiscent of classic AGI digital aesthetics.
AI
LLMs are a dead end to AGI, says François Chollet
Kristin Houser
A search bar appears in the center of a dark background, with the text "the future" typed in it. A cursor hovers over the "Search" button below the bar, which is highlighted in blue, reminiscent of advanced answer engines.
AI
Perplexity, Google, and the battle for AI search supremacy
Kristin Houser
A drone, enhanced with military AI, soars in the sky against a sunset and cloud-filled backdrop reflecting the innovative spirit of Silicon Valley.
Military
How AI is rewriting Silicon Valley’s relationship with the Pentagon
Kristin Houser
A red hourglass is centered against a swirling, purple abstract background, evoking the visionary essence of Ray Kurzweil's AI innovations.
AI
Ray Kurzweil explains how AI makes radical life extension possible
Ray Kurzweil
A sleek, modern car with glowing blue digital data and numbers overlayed on it, set against a dark background with a red gradient.
Automation
Tesla’s new self-driving software throws out its old code entirely
Sascha Brodsky
A 3D representation of a protein structure is shown in purple on a black background with various helices, spirals, and chains.
AI
How Google’s new AI could revolutionize medicine
Kristin Houser