Exploring the ways AI solves problems and makes organizations better
Giving AI A Body: Why Robots Are Evolving So Quickly Today
A few short months ago, almost every robot made by the hundreds of companies working on humanoid robots could charitably be described as slow, topping out at around three mph. Walking was on the edge of plodding, and arm movements bordered on sluggish and...
AI’s Expanding Role in Law Enforcement
Artificial intelligence has steadily expanded its influence in law enforcement, moving from experimental tools to systems that are actively reshaping police work. The recent collaboration between Axon, the U.S. company known for Tasers and body cameras, and the...
AI-Driven Motion Control: How Machine Learning Optimizes Motors, Reduces Downtime, Cuts Energy Costs
With so much focus on AI data analytics in manufacturing, ranging for executive dashboards to predictive maintenance, you may not be aware of how extensive the reach of AI into industry has become. Various kinds of AI are already at work enhancing motion control...
Are We Seeing The First Steps Toward AI Superintelligence?
The Matrix, The Terminator—so much of our science fiction is built around the dangers of superintelligent artificial intelligence: a system that exceeds the best humans across nearly all cognitive domains. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg have...
Trump’s Plan For AI Dominance Threatened By His Own Attacks On Solar, Wind Power
The Trump administration is moving to fast-track the construction of power-hungry data centers as a matter of national security. At the same time, it’s adding roadblocks for new solar and wind farms. But the two policies could be at odds: Hindering renewable energy...
Second-Most-Popular Major Among MIT Undergraduate Students: AI
The New York Times reported on the rapid rise of AI as a concentration on college campuses. That trend includes nearly 330 students at the vaunted Massachusetts Institute of Technology majoring in AI and decision-making. That leaves computer science as the lone major...
The Most Important Artificial Intelligence Trend No One Is Talking About
As AI expands into more businesses, cybersecurity is becoming increasingly important. Yet it's not receiving the mainstream love that the headlines above do. Cybersecurity has gone from a "it's nice to have" expense for businesses to one of the more mandatory costs...
AI’s Power And Water Consumption Worrying Agriculture Sector
Nations around the world are rapidly building out the infrastructure needed to take part in the AI boom–including massive, multibillion dollar investments in data centers, which house and manage the servers needed to process, store and share information. Yet data...
Food Waste Tech Expands To U.S. To Help Hospitality Industry Cut Waste And Costs
The Netherlands-based company Orbisk is expanding into the U.S. after successful partnerships with major global brands including Accor, Hyatt, and Carnival Cruise Line. With the U.S. generating an estimated 60 million tons of food waste every year, Orbisk...
Anthropic’s Claude Takes Control Of A Robot Dog
Anthropic just crossed a major threshold in AI development - their Claude model successfully programmed and controlled a quadruped robot dog, completing tasks that stumped human programmers working without AI assistance. The experiment, dubbed Project Fetch,...
