The virtual worlds where robots are trained

Freddo the robot walks across the office and takes a plastic bottled offered by a staff member. Given that a robot recently beat Usain Bolt's 100m sprint record, it's not the most startling ...
The African Exponent

Rediet Abebe: The Ethiopian Computer Scientist Who Broke Harvard's Systemic Barrier While Building AI Tools Against Global Poverty

Why did it take until 2019 for one of Harvard's oldest fellowship societies to induct its first female computer scientist, ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Algorithm opt-in best way to stop big tech serving manosphere content to young men, says advocate

Chanel Contos is warning tech giants could design their way around weaker attempts to rein in harmful social media algorithms. The Teach Us Consent chief executive used a National Press Club speech to ...
The Motley Fool

Palantir's Maven Is Now an Official Pentagon Program of Record. Here's What Guaranteed Budget Dollars Are Worth.

Maven traces its roots to the Pentagon's 2017 plan, Project Maven, which was conceived as a drone-imagery labeling program. Palantir won a Pentagon contract in 2024 worth up to $480 million; the ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Locarno Director Touts “Adventurous” Lineup for “Era of Algorithms” and Highlights Theme of Community

Giona A. Nazzaro also discusses actors as "living history of cinema," why he focuses on talent rather than celebrity factor, the importance of a sense of wonder and select films from the 2026 program.
Business Wire

Toshiba’s Breakthrough Algorithm Harnesses Edge of Chaos to Dramatically Boost Performance of its Quantum‑Inspired Computer

KAWASAKI, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Toshiba Corporation has developed a breakthrough algorithm that dramatically boosts the performance of the Simulated Bifurcation Machine (SBM), its proprietary ...
Newsweek

List of Programs Trump 2027 Budget Proposal Would Cut

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. President Donald Trump’s budget proposal calls for sweeping cuts to ...
Chicago Tribune

Chicago, you’ve been programmed: Meet Julius Mondragon, TikTok’s Computer Guy

The Computer Guy of Chicago strikes when you least expect. Sitting in a coffeehouse. Reading your phone on the train. Working out. Waiting for food. Walking down the street. When the Computer Guy ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Why the Computer Scientist Behind the World’s First Chatbot Dedicated His Life to Publicizing the Threat Posed by A.I.

MIT professor Joseph Weizenbaum developed Eliza in the mid-1960s. His views on artificial intelligence were often at odds with many of his fellow pioneers in the field. Illustration by Meilan Solly / ...
techtimes

How Recommendation Algorithms Shape What You Watch and Share: Streaming and Social Media Explained

Learn how recommendation algorithms, streaming recommendations, and social media algorithms use content recommendation systems to deliver personalized recommendations. Pixabay, TungArt7 From movie ...
Reuters

What is so special about TikTok's algorithm?

While the creation of this new entity marks a big step toward avoiding a U.S. ban, as well as easing trade and tech-related tensions between Washington and Beijing, there is still uncertainty ...