The rapid progress and development in AI is prompting desperate speculation about its dual use applications and security risks. From autonomous weapons systems (AWS) to facial recognition technology to decision-making algorithms, each emerging application of AI brings with it the potential to be [...]
Many American cities are rushing to jam digital doo-dads into streetlights, sidewalks, and citizen smartphones, with the utopian-sounding promises of healthier, happier, more affordable neighborhoods. What’s different in Las Vegas is that, here, testing these technologies is seen as an end in [...]
The Pentagon’s research wing is investigating how certain insects could provide a key to developing new technologies related to artificial intelligence. The U.S. military has long experimented with new AI applications, from missile systems to swarms of drones, but the latest focus may be [...]