By Brett Wilkins In the name of “protecting future generations from potentially devastating consequences,” a bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday introduced legislation meant…
By Kerry McDonald The K-12 district schools I went to while growing up in a Boston suburb look nearly the same today as they did…
By Nicholas West Earlier resistance to AI-driven robocops on the streets of New York appears to have lessened in the wake of rising crime and…
By Study Finds Are humans one step closer to giving robots a true sense of touch? Scientists are developing electronic skin that they hope will…
By Study Finds Fans of the film Terminator 2: Judgment Day likely remember the terrifying scene where the killer robot turns into liquid metal to slide…
By Tyler Durden Boston Dynamics’ latest video of its six-foot-tall bipedal humanoid, Atlas, shows it has acquired new skills that enable it to operate in…
By Study Finds A smartphone app that can tell a defendant what to say in court using artificial intelligence has been used for the first…
By Jonathan Erskine, University of Bristol and Miranda Mowbray, University of Bristol You might have heard of killer robots, slaughterbots or terminators – officially called…
For nations not willing to risk direct military involvement in Ukraine, Technocrats sending advanced robot technology instead makes for a perfect experimental lab to test…
By Matthew Guariglia The rising tide of policing by robots and drones may seem relentless or even inevitable. But activism, legislative advocacy, and public outrage…
By Tyler Durden Netflix’s post-apocalyptic drama Black Mirror featured a terrifying vision of robot dogs hunting humans. The quadruped robot resembles the actual real-life robot…
By Matthew Guariglia In a stunning 8-to-3 vote yesterday, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors banned the SFPD from using deadly force with remote-controlled robots….
By Matthew Guariglia EFF is announcing a letter signed by 44 community groups who stand united in opposition to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors…
By John W. Whitehead and Nisha Whitehead “Crush! Kill! Destroy!”—The Robot, Lost in Space The purpose of a good government is to protect the lives…