Robots & AI

Alphabet-backed Waymo is leading the robotaxi revolution, but Tesla’s new Cybercab could change everything.

AI chatbots may have certain advantages when roleplaying as our friends. They may also come with downsides that make our loneliness worse.

Flexport is using generative AI to read documents, talk to truckers, and create a “knowledge agent” that’s an expert in shipping.

Celebrity humanoid Sophia the robot shares her “thoughts” on climate change, Elon Musk, and more with Freethink.

McDonald’s has opened a new highly automated restaurant, giving customers a first look at the potential future of fast food.

Sophia the robot has signed to XSET, a gaming organization and lifestyle brand focused on diversity and inclusion.

A microbiologist devised a quiz that would be appropriate as a final exam for college-level microbiology students. ChatGPT blew it away.

Alex Berezow

The tech behind ChatGPT isn’t ready to overthrow Google, but it could fix what’s wrong with search engines.

It's made headlines so often that there is no question that 2022 will be remembered as the year that Generative AI stunned the world.

Louis Rosenberg

The ad-free Neeva search engine is adding an AI feature that will answer user queries with conversational text, rather than lists of links.

The Chroma AI's ability to design proteins with structures no one has ever seen before could revolutionize medicine.

A new generation of smart, miniature robots could soon carry out the vital inspections and repairs needed to keep the sewer system afloat.

Internet users are getting creative with OpenAI’s new chatbot, ChatGPT, using it to plot movies, write menus, and more.

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