Bipartisan US lawmakers from both chambers of Congress introduced legislation this week that would formally prohibit AI from launching nuclear weapons. (more…)

(Reuters) -Google research manager Samy Bengio on Tuesday said he is resigning, according to an internal email seen by Reuters, in a blow to the Alphabet Inc unit after the firings of his colleagues who questioned paper review and diversity practices. Th... (more…)

Everyone needs to rethink the practical and social impact of fewer jobs in the future, Kai-Fu Lee says. (more…)

Predicting protein folding is a massive problem with huge potential to help us understand disease. It’s been stuck in a rut for the past 50 years, but one team of researchers has come out of nowhere and claims to have solved the problem. But have they? (more…)

Jockeying for supremacy intensifies as two sides grapple with security issues... (more…)