An artificial intelligence system being developed at Facebook has created its own language. It developed a system of code words to make communication more efficient. The researchers shut the system down as it prompted concerns we could lose control of AI. (more…)

Big tech is playing its part in reaching net zero targets, but its vast new datacentres are run at huge cost to the environment, says economics professor Mariana Mazzucato... (more…)

A common trope crossing the science fiction and mystery genres is a human detective paired with a robot. (more…)

International robotics researchers have developed an Urban Search And Rescue (USAR) system that uses a ‘steerable’ live cockroach to transport a miniaturized machine learning-enabled infrared survivor detection system through otherwise unnavigable disaste... (more…)

Industry’s biggest processor now packs 850,000 cores, 2.6 trillion transistors... (more…)