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ManipulaTHOR training software from AI2 gives virtual robots a hand — and an arm

You can lead a virtual robot to a refrigerator, but you can’t make it pull out a drink. This is… Read More

President Trump signs an executive order guiding how federal agencies use AI tech

President Donald Trump today signed an executive order that puts the White House Office of Management and Budget in charge… Read More

‘Superintelligence’ in Seattle: AI researchers do a reality check on a movie that adds romance to tech

Seattle, Microsoft and the field of artificial intelligence come in for their share of the spotlight in “Superintelligence” — an… Read More

Sexbot or not? Ethicist stimulates debate on the senior set’s need for companionship

Are sex robots just what the doctor ordered for the over-65 set? In a newly published research paper, a bioethicist… Read More

Science-fiction master Ted Chiang explores the rights and wrongs of AI

What rights does a robot have? If our machines become intelligent in the science-fiction way, that’s likely to become a… Read More

With Elon Musk’s help, ‘Three Little Pigs’ demonstrate Neuralink’s brain implant

With grudging assistance from a trio of pigs, Neuralink co-founder Elon Musk showed off the startup’s state-of-the-art neuron-reading brain implant… Read More

Robots and their masters take over nuclear plant for DARPA’s Subterranean Challenge

SATSOP, Wash. — Amid the ruins of what was meant to be a nuclear power plant, a robot catches a… Read More

White House’s top techie explains how AI initiative will help Seattle tech community

One year after the White House kicked off the American AI Initiative, its effects on research and development in the… Read More

AI vs. humans? Microsoft’s Eric Horvitz sees the future as AI-human partnership

Artificial intelligence is often portrayed as a rising competitor for human intelligence, in settings ranging from human-vs.-machine card games to… Read More

AI2 throws down the challenge for robotic scavenger hunt in virtual and real rooms

Computer vision and navigation have improved by leaps and bounds, thanks to artificial intelligence, but how well do the computer… Read More

Amazon wins patent for robots that drop off bunches of items on delivery routes

Amazon is already testing robots that deliver packages, but a newly issued patent covers a far more ambitious scheme, involving… Read More

77 teams enter next stage of ANA Avatar XPRIZE competition for virtual travelers

Seventy-seven teams from 19 countries around the globe have qualified to participate in the $10 million ANA Avatar XPRIZE competition,… Read More

Study suggests AI’s disruptive effect on jobs will hit higher on economic and education scales

When experts talk about the disruptive effects of artificial intelligence, they tend to focus on low-paid laborers — but a… Read More

‘Terminator’ is back! AI experts do a reality check on Hollywood’s new robo-nightmare

He promised he’d be back — and 35 years after Arnold Schwarzenegger created what’s now a cliche for artificial intelligence… Read More

Why Fujifilm SonoSite is betting the future of ultrasound on artificial intelligence

Decades of technological advances have led to a revolution in ultrasound machines that has given rise to modern devices that… Read More

How ‘avatars’ could let you see the world — and your family — through telepresence

When it was time for Kevin Kajitani to put his ideas for traveling through telepresence to the test, he chose… Read More

Pacific Northwest National Lab plays role in federally funded AI research center

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is joining forces with two other research powerhouses to pioneer a new $5.5 million research center… Read More

Secretive Seattle startup Picnic unveils pizza-making robot — here’s how it delivers 300 pies/hour

After three years of quietly toiling away on a robotic food system, Seattle startup Picnic has emerged from stealth mode… Read More

Fujifilm SonoSite and AI2 team up to add artificial intelligence to ultrasound imaging

A new collaboration between Fujifilm SonoSite and the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence aims to use AI to generate better interpretations of ultrasound… Read More

Xnor teases an AI gizmo that’ll make sure grocery stores keep their shelves stocked

Artificial intelligence is coming to a grocery store shelf near you. Xnor.ai, a spin-out from Seattle’s Allen Institute for Artificial… Read More

Facebook and Microsoft join researchers to set up contest for deepfake video detection

Facebook says it’s working with Microsoft, the Partnership for AI and an international team of academics to create the Deepfake… Read More

How Microsoft got in on the creation of the world’s first whisky formulated with AI

Computer scientists have tried using artificial intelligence to write poetry and compose music, with mixed results. But have they tried… Read More

Allen Institute’s Aristo AI system finally passes an eighth-grade science test

Four years after the late Seattle billionaire Paul Allen challenged researchers to come up with an artificial intelligence program smart… Read More

Billionaires Jack Ma and Elon Musk debate good, evil and AI at conference in China

In the debate over artificial intelligence, whose side is Elon Musk on? Musk, who’s in charge of SpaceX, Tesla and… Read More

Amazon, Microsoft and other titans face scrutiny in report about killer-robot tech

Dutch activists are voicing concerns about technologies that could open the way for lethal autonomous weapons – such as AI… Read More

Why Big Data is a bigger deal than venture capital in the artificial intelligence game

“Data is the new oil” may be a classic cliche characterizing how important raw numbers are for the computer industry,… Read More

Neuroscientists fine-tune brain-to-speech translator – but there’s a long road ahead

Neuroscientists have demonstrated a computerized system that can determine in real time what’s being said, based on brain activity rather… Read More

Elon Musk takes the wraps off Neuralink brain probe and aims for human trials

Two years after word emerged that tech billionaire Elon Musk was backing a company called Neuralink, the secretive brain-link venture… Read More

White House rewrites AI research strategy to prioritize public-private partnerships

The Trump administration is updating the Obama administration’s strategy for artificial intelligence to put more emphasis on public-private partnerships like… Read More

Alexa gets smarter about combining AI skills, starting with dinner and a movie

LAS VEGAS — Amazon’s Alexa virtual assistant will soon get savvier about juggling its thousands of skills — starting with… Read More