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The US military wants to teach AI some basic common sense

Even the best AI programs still make stupid mistakes. So DARPA is launching a competition to remedy the field’s most glaring flaw. Read more »

Waymo’s cars drive 10 million miles a day in a perilous virtual world

A simulation lets autonomous cars experience situations that are too dangerous to try in reality. Read more »

NASA is using HoloLens AR headsets to build its new spacecraft faster

Lockheed Martin engineers wear the goggles to help them assemble the crew capsule Orion—without having to read thousands of pages of paper instructions. Read more »

There’s no Google Maps for self-driving cars, so this startup is building it

In as little as 24 hours, Mapper will deliver a machine-readable map of any place on earth with public roads. Read more »

Even the best AI for spotting fake news is still terrible

It should be possible to automatically identify dubious news sources—but we’ll need a lot more data. Read more »

The US is hastening its own decline in AI, says a top Chinese investor

The White House should worry less about China’s progress and invest heavily in artificial intelligence breakthroughs, according to Kai-Fu Lee. Read more »

Getting Multi-cloud Right with Per-app Architectures

How by-the-app solutions can tackle common cloud migration roadblocks including ramp up, risk management, and operational overhead. Read more »

We need a cyber arms control treaty to keep hospitals and power grids safe from hackers

A fresh diplomatic push could help put vital public services off limits to nation-state cyberattacks. Read more »

Three robot advances that’ll be needed for DARPA’s new underground challenge

What kind of robot could handle this impossible-seeming cave mission? Read more »

The secret data collected by dockless bikes is helping cities map your movement

Lime and other companies are gathering masses of location-based information that some cities are leveraging to improve their streets. Read more »