How a group of researchers trained bees into solving simple maths problems

New research shows the honeybee can use symbols to perform basic maths, including addition and subtraction.

Jair Garcia, The Conversation

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Adrian Dyer, The Conversation

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Scarlett Howard, The Conversation

· Feb 13, 2019 · 09:30 pm

Can artificial intelligence ever keep up with the complicated world of human emotions?

We may never be able to build a machine that can recognise the full diversity of human emotional experience.

Dr Rich Firth-Godbehere

· Jan 12, 2019 · 08:30 pm

Railways develops robot powered by artificial intelligence to check for faults in trains

The robot will take pictures and record videos of the under-gears of trains and send them to engineers for repairs and maintenance.

Scroll Staff

· Dec 27, 2018 · 11:59 am

What the debacle of Amazon’s sexist hiring algorithm reveals about how human bias works

We automatically expect an algorithm to make decisions without discrimination when this is rarely the case with humans.

Maude Lavanchy, The Conversation

· Nov 04, 2018 · 01:30 pm

How Chelsea football club is using Artificial Intelligence for smarter coaching

The best footballers aren’t necessarily the ones with the best physical skills.

Varuna De Silva, The Conversation

· Nov 03, 2018 · 07:00 pm

A portrait created by Artificial Intelligence has blurred the line between machine and artist

Later this month, Christie's will be auctioning its first piece of AI art, a portrait created via machine learning.

Ahmed Elgammal, The Conversation

· Oct 18, 2018 · 08:30 pm

Sound of tomorrow? First pop album created with help of Artificial intelligence says ‘Hello World’

We know computer algorithms can learn human bias, but can they create highly creative and emotionally engaging music?

Melissa Avdeeff, The Conversation

· Oct 07, 2018 · 07:30 pm

Artificial intelligence will not kill human jobs, says Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella

Companies should focus on applying technology ethically, he told The Sunday Telegraph in an interview.

Scroll Staff

· May 29, 2018 · 12:24 pm

Your next pilot could be drone software

Airplanes could be safer with technology at the helm. A key sticking point is human opinion.

Jeremy Straub, The Conversation

· Apr 21, 2018 · 09:30 pm

As algorithms become more and more like human brains, they are at risk of mental health problems

In the extreme, they can suffer from what is called catastrophic forgetting, where the entire algorithm can no longer learn or remember anything.

Thomas T Hills

· Apr 01, 2018 · 11:30 pm

India finally jumps on the AI bandwagon. Will it be able to catch up with China?

India hopes to follow China’s example to become an artificial intelligence powerhouse.

Ananya Bhattacharya, qz.com

· Feb 25, 2018 · 06:30 pm

Shazam-like apps to identify plants and animals are in the works – and we should be worried

Does big data threaten how humans explore the natural world?

Andrew Robinson, The Conversation

· Jan 02, 2018 · 09:30 pm