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Elon Musk has said that he hopes Neuralink will help people keep pace with future AI. But psychologist Susan Scheider warns that would be ill-advised.
Brain

Scientist: Merging Your Brain With AI Would Basically Be Suicide

By Dan Robitzski

Neuroscientist Vivienne Ming used tech to give her autistic son the ability to read emotions, but what happens when everyone wants to be a cyborg?
Prosthetics and Devices

“Mad Scientist” Mom Turns Autistic Son Into a “Cyborg”

By Kristin Houser

A Puerto Rican startup called Instarz plans on building a self-assembling, self-sustaining Moon habitat that can support eight astronauts for a year.
Moon

Puerto Rican Startup Plans to Launch Self-Sustaining Moon Habitat

By Dan Robitzski

A pakistani politician unknowingly gave a press conference while a Facebook AR filter gave him cute cat ears during the livestream.
Virtual Reality

Politician Accidentally Rocks AR Kitty Ears During Livestream

By Dan Robitzski

DARPA: This Smart Contact Lens Could Give Soldiers Superpowers
DARPA

DARPA: This Smart Contact Lens Could Give Soldiers Superpowers

By Victor Tangermann

This summer, NASA astronauts will join an international diving crew in a special underwater laboratory under the Atlantic to prepare astronauts space.
Moon

NASA is Using This Underwater Lab to Train Astronauts for the Moon

By Victor Tangermann

Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis wants to make sure that AI is built to serve, not conquer humanity, and wants to make sure important choices aren't automated.
Artificial Intelligence

Meet the Rabbi Fighting Back Against AI Armageddon

By Dan Robitzski

World Leaders Have Decided: The Next Step in AI is Augmenting Humans
Artificial Intelligence

World Leaders Have Decided: The Next Step in AI is Augmenting Humans

By Jolene Creighton

Glimpse: How Electronic Tattoos Will Change The World — And Ourselves
Medical

Glimpse: How Electronic Tattoos Will Change The World — And Ourselves

By Luke Kingma

Researchers from MIT built a cyborg houseplant that can sense light and move toward its source via a pair of attached wheels.
Robots and Machines

MIT Researchers Built a Cyborg Houseplant

By Kristin Houser

When news broke of He Jiankui's infamous gene editing research, an academic journal published his ethical guidelines. Now the article has been retracted.
Future Society

Journal Retracts Ethics Article by Doctor Who Gene Edited Babies

By Dan Robitzski

Arm-A-Dine is a robot arm that picks up food and feeds it to whichever human looks happiest. If you want dinner, you'll have to smile for the camera.
Prosthetics and Devices

A Wearable Robot Arm Makes You Work for Thanksgiving Leftovers

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers have created an AI they claim is able to accurately predict the type and location of a tennis player's next shot.
Artificial Intelligence

Ball-Tracking AI Can Predict Your Tennis Opponent’s Next Shot

By Kristin Houser

Walmart-owned retail store chain Sam's Club announced it will open a cashier-less store in Dallas, Texas. But it will still employ human staff.
Future Society

Walmart Is Opening a Store With Zero Cashiers

By Victor Tangermann

Glimpse: Truly Useful Augmented Reality is Coming. We’re Not Ready.
Virtual Reality

Glimpse: Truly Useful Augmented Reality is Coming. We’re Not Ready.

By Luke Kingma

Futurism acquired by Singularity University
Future Society

Special Announcement: Futurism Media and Singularity University

By Foster Kamer

Here’s What Experts Think of Stephen Hawking’s Posthumous Predictions About AI, Gene Hacking, and Religion
Hacking

Here’s What Experts Think of Stephen Hawking’s Posthumous Predictions About AI, Gene Hacking, and Religion

By Jon Christian

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Artificial Intelligence

Here Are the Jobs of the Future That Robots Won’t Be Able to Fill

By Kristin Houser

This robotic finger attaches to a smartphone or tablet, allowing the device to crawl itself across a table or stroke the back of a user's hand.
Robots and Machines

Look at This Creepy Finger You Can Plug Into Your Smartphone

By Kristin Houser

What are the breakthroughs we can expect on our countdown to the Singularity? Peter Diamandis shares twelve of the fifty he compiled.
Future Society

Countdown to the Singularity [Affiliate]

By Peter H. Diamandis

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AI Is Slitting the Throat of the Journalism Industry

AI Is Slitting the Throat of the Journalism Industry

By Victor Tangermann

Despite broadcasting a barrage of lies with its faulty AI summaries feature, Apple has yet to meaningfully address the problem.

Apple’s AI Is Constantly Butchering Huge News Stories Sent to Millions of Users

By Victor Tangermann

Tech startup Channel 1 released a 20 minute demo of its news channel presented by uncanny AI news anchors.

Channel 1 Says It’ll Use AI-Generated News Anchors

By Frank Landymore

Readers Want Publications to Label AI-Generated Content

Readers Want Publications to Label AI-Generated Content

By Sharon Adarlo