Artificial Intelligence

Towards a cyborg future: Study reveals support for human enhancement

Previously the preserve of science fiction, the concept of human augmentation gains currency as digital technology becomes second nature to us.

Turkish engineers develop artificial intelligence that can coach gamers

Falcon AI helps gamers develop skills and tactics by analysing and reporting users' playing style, pinpointing strengths and weaknesses.

South Korea's self-driving upstarts take on tech giants

The RideFlux start-up brings together engineers who have given up well-paid jobs with some of South Korea's most prestigious firms to try to build a ride-sharing company for the tech-savvy nation.

Is American Big Tech using China to increase its influence in Washington?

Feeling the pinch of rising Chinese tech, the Silicon Valley giants become political to stay in the game.

How the coronavirus is making tech companies richer

The pandemic lockdowns have solidified the notion of tech companies as a necessity as people’s reliance on the internet, smart phones, apps and social media has significantly increased.

Alphabet shares fall as Google misses on sales, YouTube revenue disappoints

Google parent Alphabet missed revenue expectations in the fourth quarter despite stellar growth at YouTube and in the cloud.

Samsung unveils AI-powered digital avatar

The announcement at the opening of the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas touted a new kind of artificial intelligence called NEON, produced by the independent Samsung unit Star Labs.

Study finds Google AI system could improve breast cancer detection

A new study by researchers in the US and UK shows that artificial intelligence has the potential to improve the accuracy of screening for breast cancer cutting the number of false negatives by 9.4% in the US group, and by 2.7% in the British group.

China bans 'fake news' created with AI, bots

Regulation by China's cyberspace authority says that providers and users of online video news and audio services are "not allowed" to use new technologies such as deep learning and virtual reality to create, distribute and broadcast "fake news".

Uber self-driving vehicles involved in 37 crashes before fatal incident

Uber self-driving test vehicle that struck and killed an Arizona woman in 2018 had software flaws, the National Transportation Safety Board said as it disclosed the company's autonomous test vehicles were involved in 37 crashes in 18 months.

Google claims breakthrough in blazingly fast computing

The feat could open the door someday to machines so blazingly fast that they could revolutionise such tasks as finding new medicines, developing vastly smarter artificial intelligence systems and cracking encryptions.

Nobel laurate Jody Williams campaigns against killer robots

Jody Williams, who is a Nobel Peace laureate, said lethal autonomous weapons are crossing a moral and ethical Rubicon and should not be allowed to exist and be used in combat or in any other way.