The alien-like machines, described as ‘legged metamachines’, are built from autonomous modules that can be snapped together in a variety of forms. Researchers say the approach could lead to robots ...

Long before modern computers existed, scientists and philosophers wondered whether machines could imitate human reasoning. This video traces the evolution of that idea from Aristotle’s logic and ...

Women’s Day is a moment to recognise women who have shaped different fields, including technology and artificial intelligence ...

New modular legged robot comprises multiple smaller autonomous robots. Each athletic module is a complete robot with its own motor, battery and brain. Together, modules form larger machines that can ...

Battle over AI guardrails for autonomous weapons and domestic surveillance threatens U.S. national security sovereignty and ...

Every day, algorithms make consequential decisions about millions of people's lives—who gets approved for a mortgage, who is called back for a job interview, who receives priority care in a hospital ...

Inspiring story of Rajeev Motwani, the IITian and Stanford professor who mentored Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page, ...

Karthik Sankaranarayanan trained in two quite different scientific subfields as a graduate student and as a postdoctoral ...

The following is a story that originally appeared on the Trinity College of Arts and Sciences website.

How many fossils does it take to accurately train an image-based AI algorithm? According to a new study, the answer is much ...

Introduction Envision our digital world as a sprawling universe filled with glittering constellations of encrypted data, each packet of information ...

In a world run by computers, there is one algorithm that stands above all the rest. It powers search engines, encrypts your data, guides rockets, runs simulations, and makes the modern digital ...