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Artificial Intelligence Is Powerful—And Misunderstood. Here's How We Can Protect Workers
Amazon's Next Secret Project Could Be Robots That Follow You Around
By Mark Gurman and Brad Stone / Bloomberg
A Global Arms Race for Killer Robots Is Transforming the Battlefield
By Billy Perrigo
Is YouTube Bad For Us
By The Aspen Institute
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Robots Will Be Busy at the Winter Olympics
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By The Aspen Institute
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Your Local Library Also Happens to be a Newsroom
These are today's best ideas
By The Aspen Institute
December 11, 2017
Better Protein May Be Key to Feeding Billions
These are today's five best
By The Aspen Institute
December 6, 2017
An Extra Year of High School Can Set Students Up For Success
These are today's best ideas
By The Aspen Institute
November 27, 2017
How Robots Are Changing the Way You See a Doctor
Machine-learning programs are helping doctors and their patients
By Alice Park
October 6, 2017
Why We Must Not Build Automated Weapons of War
The world must keep 'killer robots' from forever changing how we fight
By Paul Scharre
September 25, 2017
How to Keep Robots From Stealing Our Jobs
Instead, focus on how they will complement your work
By Thomas Kochan, MIT Sloan School of Management and Lee Dyer, Cornell University / The Conversation
September 4, 2017
Security Robot Drowns in Fountain to the Internet's Amusement
It had only been on the job a few days before it met its watery demise
By Joseph Hincks
July 18, 2017
Real-Life Robocops
A robot that can recognize human voices and gestures has officially joined Dubai's police force to help people report crimes and pay fines. But the United Arab Emirates isn't the only country embracing crime-fighting machines.
By Julia Zorthian
May 25, 2017
Find Out If a Robot Will Take Your Job
See which parts of your job could be replaced by machines
By David Johnson
April 19, 2017
The Case Against Fish
These are today's best ideas
By The Aspen Institute
April 3, 2017
We Should Educate Incarcerated Juveniles
These are today's best ideas
By The Aspen Institute
March 29, 2017
These 5 Books Could Help You Advance Your Career
Even if you’re not actively looking for a new job
By Martha C. White / Money
March 20, 2017
4 Robots That Can Do Your Household Chores For You
Never stress out about mopping again
By Chris Morris / Fortune
March 6, 2017
The Dark Side of Cheap Eats
These are today's best ideas
By The Aspen Institute
February 13, 2017
How to Fix the Broken Internet
These are today's best ideas
By The Aspen Institute
December 15, 2016
This Is the Radar System That Could Bring Us Flying Cars
These are today's best ideas
By The Aspen Institute
November 9, 2016
Can There Be Too Much Transparency in Government?
These are today's best ideas
By The Aspen Institute
September 6, 2016
Watch 1,007 Dancing Robots Break a Guinness World Record
Each robot was 43.8 centimeters tall
By Kate Samuelson
August 2, 2016
This Robot Giraffe Can Do Your Chores
It's from the Google-owned Boston Dynamics
By Lisa Eadicicco
June 23, 2016
Robots Greet Patients at Belgian Hospitals
The humanoid robot will help guide patients and visitors to the right departments
By Simon Lewis
June 14, 2016
We Need a Code of Ethics for Virtual Reality
These are today's best ideas
By The Aspen Institute
April 20, 2016
Why Robots Need to be Able to Say 'No'
The command is way more important than you'd think
April 8, 2016
Will Robots in the Workplace Destroy Our Future?
Grappling with the right role for automatons at work
By Alex Fitzpatrick
March 31, 2016
Google Reportedly Selling the Company That Makes Insane Humanoid Robots
Boston Dynamics is up for sale
By Alex Fitzpatrick
March 17, 2016
This Adorable Robot Wants to Greet You During Your Next Hotel Stay
It's powered by IBM Watson
By Lisa Eadicicco
March 9, 2016
Watch Google's Robotic Dog Play With a Real Dog
The future will be cute
By Lisa Eadicicco
March 1, 2016
This Adorable Robotic Ball Can Tease Your Pet When Your Not Home
The Rolling Bot is a weird new gizmo from LG
By Lisa Eadicicco
February 21, 2016
How Schools Are Turning Old PCs Into Speedy Computers
These are today's best ideas
By The Aspen Institute
February 18, 2016
Your Next Hotel May Be Swarming With Robots
It's like a cross between room service and Roomba
By Julia Zorthian
February 8, 2016
How to Close the Restaurant Gender Gap
These are today's best ideas
By The Aspen Institute
January 28, 2016
Here's One Job We Should Assign to Robots
These are today's best ideas
By The Aspen Institute
January 25, 2016
This New 'Hoverboard' Can Transform Into Your Own Personal Robot
It can also follow you on command
By Lisa Eadicicco
January 6, 2016
Google's Robotic Reindeer Are Actually Kind of Terrifying
Santa's little helpers just got a big upgrade
By Lisa Eadicicco
December 23, 2015
Why Car Rationing Won't Clean Up Delhi's Smog
These are today's best ideas
By The Aspen Institute
December 11, 2015
IBM Pulls the Plug on #HackAHairDryer Campaign After Sexism Complaints
IBM introduced the promotion a couple of months ago
By NBC News
December 8, 2015
New Google Vision Program Can Teach Your Robot to Recognize Your Mood
This could mean a new generation of smarter, more capable products and services
By Barb Darrow / Fortune
December 2, 2015
Billionaire Jeff Greene Warns that Smarter Tech Will Destroy Jobs
Greene hopes that his arguments will invoke a larger political discussion
By Barb Darrow / Fortune
November 12, 2015
This Woman Made A Robot That Makes Breakfast (Sort Of)
Robots are easy
By Melissa Locker
November 5, 2015
What Will Scare Americans This Halloween
These are today's best ideas
By The Aspen Institute
October 30, 2015
Your Future Co-Worker Will Be a Robot
These are today's best ideas
By The Aspen Institute
September 1, 2015
Soon Robots Could Make You Pancakes, Among Other Things
They’re reading WikiHow to learn how to cook
By Michal Addady / Fortune
August 26, 2015
A Team of Americans Is Building a Giant Robot to Challenge Japan In Hand to Hand Combat
But the American company behind the duel needs your help on Kickstarter
By Nolan Feeney
August 19, 2015
Watch a Robot Run Through the Woods Like a Human
Boston Dynamics is designing Atlas the robot to balance like humans do
By Eliana Dockterman
August 18, 2015
Some Evil Genius Sent a Robot To a Fast Food Drive Thru and Freaked Everyone Out
Want fries with that?
By Melissa Locker
August 4, 2015
Robots May Write Wall Street Analyst Notes One Day
But critics are wary of the implications
By Benjamin Snyder/Fortune
July 9, 2015
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