A disembodied robot mouth and 14 other stories that made us laugh in 2020
Forget the challenges of the last 12 months and instead have some fun reading our pick of the quirkiest tech stories from the past year.
This is how Google’s internet-serving Loon balloons can float for nearly a year
Alphabet’s Loon balloons recently set a record for most consecutive days spent aloft in the stratosphere. How’d they do it? A software upgrade.
This basic human skill is the next major milestone for A.I.
CausalWorld is a virtual world that lets robots learn about cause and effect. Here’s why that has big implications for the future of A.I.
Can A.I. solve one of the oldest mysteries of linguistics?
Lost languages like Linear A have confounded researchers for decades, but as artificial intelligence advances, could technology crack the case?
A smartphone app for diagnosing autism could soon win FDA approval
App’s creators hope that it could enable children with autism to be identified younger, thereby getting the help they need sooner.
Self-driving car algorithm could save lives by constantly predicting the worst
New autonomous vehicle algorithm constantly predicts every scenario it could face. And then figures out how to get out of them without hurting anyone.
Dreamcatcher is an A.I. that could help analyze the world’s dreams
What does A.I. dream analysis make of electric sheep?
Facebook’s new ’embodied A.I’ project aims to build a new breed of robots
Get ready for the next wave of A.I. assistants.
Staggering implications: Smartphones may soon use our gait to see if we’re drunk
Phones and alcohol can be a bad mix. They don’t have to be.
How A.I. created that amazing sports highlight reel you can’t stop watching
Turns out algorithms are pretty good at making them go viral