The Deadly Recklessness of the Self-Driving Car Industry
Autonomous vehicles were supposed to make driving safer, and they may yet—some of the more optimistic research indicates
Artificial Intelligence
Here's Who Stands to Lose Most as AI Sweeps the Globe
There is a lot more artificial intelligence, and it is sprouting and multiplying everywhere. In schools, in job…
The First Sex Robot Was Conceived in Ancient Greece
The age of android brothels and lifelike sex robots may seem cutting edge—until you’ve heard the story of the man who…
The Five Most Worrying Trends in Artificial Intelligence Right Now
Artificial intelligence is already beginning to spiral out of our control, a new report from top researchers warns. Not…
The Ancient Origins of Automation
The robots are coming for our jobs, artificial intelligence is ascendant, and invisible programs are taking over our…
Predictim Claims Its AI Can Flag 'Risky' Babysitters. So I Tried It on the People Who Watch My Kids.
The founders of Predictim want to be clear with me: Their product—an algorithm that scans the online footprint of a…
Introducing Automaton
Automation is killing jobs
Automation is the future
Automation is good
Automation is bad
Automation is coming
Automation is…
Waymo's Autonomous Taxis Now Take Paying Riders, But You Won't Be One of Them
It’s simultaneously an exciting and terrifying time to be alive. The driverless car revolution is upon us, and on…
How We Can Prepare for Catastrophically Dangerous AI—and Why We Can't Wait
Artificial intelligence in its current form is mostly harmless, but that’s not going to last. Machines are getting…
The World's Smartest Plants, Atomic Clocks, and Whale Poop: Best Gizmodo Stories of the Week
It’s the final stretch of 2018, folks, and here at Gizmodo we’re still working hard to end this year with a bang. In…
These Animated AI Bots Learned to Dress Themselves, Awkwardly
The ability to put our clothes on each day is something most of us take for granted, but as computer scientists from…
Portrait Painted by AI Sells For $432,500
A painting made by an artificial intelligence program sold at Christie’s in New York auction on Thursday for…
Someone Used a Deep Learning AI to Perfectly Insert Harrison Ford Into Solo: A Star Wars Story
Casting anyone other than Harrison Ford in the role of Han Solo just feels like sacrilege, but since Ford is now 76…
Emerging Tech Will Create More Jobs Than It Kills by 2022, World Economic Forum Predicts
The advancement of robotics and artificial intelligence will make 75 million jobs obsolete by the year 2022, according…
This AI Fakes Footage to Make It Look Like You Have Bruno Mars' Dance Moves
By now we’ve got lots of worrying examples of how AI-powered image processing software can flawlessly alter faces, or…
This Online AI Tool Takes Your Words and Turns Them Into Nightmares
We’ve seen lots of machine learning systems create strange new phrases and dreamlike images after being trained on…
A Where's Waldo-Finding Robot Is Here to Steal Your Toddler's Only Job
Tired of that smug look of satisfaction on your kid’s face when they’re able to find Waldo on a page faster than you…
Thousands of Top AI Experts Vow to Never Build Lethal Autonomous Weapons
Hundreds of companies and thousands of individuals, many of them researchers and engineers prominent in the fields of…
This Is the Most Aerodynamic Bike, According to AI
Competitors at this year’s World Human Powered Speed Challenge are going to have to contend with this—a bullet-shaped…
Nvidia Taught an AI to Flawlessly Erase Watermarks From Photos
Photographers already face an uphill battle in trying to preventing people from using their digital photos without…