#429223 Chinese humanoid robot turns on the ...

Posted on January 10, 2017 by Android

"Jia Jia" can hold a simple conversation and make specific facial expressions when asked, and her creator believes the eerily life-like robot heralds a future of cyborg labour in China.[Read more…]

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#429220 This Week’s Awesome Stories From ...

Posted on January 8, 2017 by Android

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Google's AlphaGo AI Secretively Won More Than 50 Straight Games Against the World's Top Go PlayersZheping Huang | QUARTZ"On Jan. 4, after winning more than 50 games against several of the world’s best Go players, Ke included, a user registered with an ID of “Master” on two Chinese board game platforms came forward to identify itself as AlphaGo. 'I’m AlphaGo’s Doctor Huang,' the user 'Master' wrote on foxwq.com, according to screenshots from Chinese media reports.'"
PRIVACY & SECURITY
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#429219 Love Your Bot, But Know It’s Always ...

Posted on January 8, 2017 by Android

In the 2013 movie “Her,” Theodore Twombly, a lonely writer, falls in love with a digital assistant designed to meet his every need. She sorts emails, helps get a book published, provides personal advice and ultimately becomes his girlfriend. The assistant, Samantha, is AI software capable of learning at an astonishing pace.
Samantha will remain in the realm of science fiction for at least another decade, but less-functional digital assistants, called bots, are already here. These will be the […] Continue Reading…

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#429215 Mayfield Robotics Announces Kuri, a $700 ...

Posted on January 7, 2017 by Android

A Bosch-backed startup introduces a cute little mobile robot[Read more…]

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#429211 Video Friday: Expressive Robot, Luke ...

Posted on January 7, 2017 by Android

Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos[Read more…]

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