After cutting ties with the Pentagon, Google starts testing a censored search engine in China

After cutting ties with the Pentagon, Google starts testing a censored search engine in China

In August, Google executives chose to yield to internal and external pressure and cut ties with the United States Defense Department on an initiative that aimed at bringing a Google image search-like capability to the intelligence feeds human analysts currently sift through in hopes of locating high-value targets or identifying behavioral trends. The project, which […]

Artificial intelligence can reveal your personality by tracking your eyes

Artificial intelligence can reveal your personality by tracking your eyes

Artificial intelligence can reveal your personality by tracking your eyes. It’s been said eyes are the window of the soul in that they reveal your feelings and who you are. Now one line of study says eyes reveal our personalities – simply by the way they move. In a study by the University of South […]

These robots will change your life sooner than you think

These robots will change your life sooner than you think

Artificial intelligence robots can change your business and your life, according to a recent report from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). If you really want to benefit from these robots, the second largest professional services firm in the world says, “strategic investment in different types of AI technology is needed to make that happen.” Here are three incredible […]

Op-Ed: Is machine learning the future of national security, or the cyber equivalent of the F-22?

Op-Ed: Is machine learning the future of national security, or the cyber equivalent of the F-22?

Article by NEWSREP guest author Sean McWillie — In May 2018, Defense Secretary Mattis sent a still unreleased memo to President Trump, urging a national level strategy for artificial intelligence (AI). This opaqueness at the national level regarding advances in artificial intelligence indicates two problems: an over-estimation of the harms and benefits such technology can provide, and a lack […]

Pentagon wants to pull funds from ‘low priority’ projects for hypersonic missiles, long range artillery

Pentagon wants to pull funds from ‘low priority’ projects for hypersonic missiles, long range artillery

The Pentagon has submitted a request to Congress to reallocate some $4.7 billion toward higher priority programs aimed at making the American defense apparatus more capable and lethal in the shortest timeline possible. The funds would be drawn from programs deemed “lower priority” by Defense Department officials, and redistributed into programs that could offset growing […]

The truth about artificial intelligence (isn’t all that scary)

The truth about artificial intelligence (isn’t all that scary)

As is so often the case in our modern buzzword culture, the phrase artificial intelligence has grown well beyond the confines of what it is, and is instead often thought of in terms of what it could be. There’s nothing wrong with maintaining a healthy sense of a technology’s potentially dark extremes, but many experts […]

SOCOM needs Google’s artificial intelligence — here’s why

SOCOM needs Google’s artificial intelligence — here’s why

Earlier this month, Google employees made a stir in Silicon Valley when a number of them chose to resign from their positions in protest after their company agreed to work with the Defense Department on a new artificial intelligence initiative. Overwhelmingly, the media presented this gesture as an ethical stand — with tech professionals doing […]

Why are we so fixated on watching robots achieve consciousness?

Why are we so fixated on watching robots achieve consciousness?

There are minor spoilers in this article, that you might find in a trailer for “Westworld.” “Westworld,” a science fiction drama show put on by HBO, is halfway through its second season and has already been renewed for a third. It is set in the future, where “guests” can visit a Wild West theme park […]

US Army develops facial recognition system that works in the dark

US Army develops facial recognition system that works in the dark

Giving troops on the ground the ability to confirm the identity of a target offers a value that goes without saying. Positive identification, in particular, matters when taking someone into custody, or confirming a high value target has been killed, and in both instances, there’s a good chance American troops will be tasked with making […]

Elon Musk: A Mars colony is needed to help humanity rebound after the next world war

Elon Musk: A Mars colony is needed to help humanity rebound after the next world war

Earlier this year, SpaceX announced that construction was already underway on what is to become the company’s new flagship rocket and space faring vessel, the BFR. According to the company’s founder, Elon Musk, the BFR (short for Big Falcon Rocket) will be capable of ferrying large crews to and from distant locations like Mars, seemingly […]