China unveiled a national artificial intelligence (AI) development plan on Thursday, laying out its ambitions to build world-leading technology amid heightened international friction over applications of AI in military technology. (more…)

The maker of the lethal drone claims that it can identify targets using artificial intelligence. (more…)

Evil clowns. Undead pets. Haunted hotels. New England-based horror writer Stephen King has been scaring us all for decades. Now — just in time for Halloween — a team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is at the center of what might be the only t... (more…)

Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan doesn't want killer robots—but he does want artificial intelligence to occupy a central role in warfighting. (more…)

Margaret Mitchell leads the Google AI ethics team following the firing of Timnit Gebru. Now Google said Mitchell is under investigation. (more…)