(Natural News) The idea that robots will replace entry-level workers in places likes supermarkets has been around for quite some time now. As a matter of fact, an online retail giant has already gone ahead and implemented the idea in its own experimental stores called Amazon Go, where customers can walk in, take whatever items […]

(Natural News) Many industry experts are now in agreement: the rise of artificial intelligence (A.I.) will assuredly cause millions of people to lose their jobs. These displaced workers will come from all walks of life and from all types of industries, and not a single one of them will be able to fight back once […]

(Natural News) In a happy marriage of old Captcha and new biometric techniques, researchers have devised a new verification methodology called Real-Time Captcha. It presents real-time puzzles that will throw artificial intelligence for a loop and protect the accounts of human users, reported a ScienceDaily article. Real-Time Captcha is a logical evolution of current biometric techniques based on […]

(Natural News) Hopes for the discovery of another Earth – and alien life – have taken off again after the National Aeronautics and Space Administration‘s (NASA) Kepler space telescope discovered nearly 100 new exoplanets, reported The Daily Mail. Data from the space observatory identified 275 possible candidates, which an international team of researchers narrowed down to 95 confirmed planets. Every […]

(Natural News) As part of an international effort to revitalize cucumber farming, a European team presented a prototype robot that could replace human workers, stated a ScienceDaily article. The dual-arm robot falls under the European Union’s CATCH project. It’s considered a major step in automating and preserving the practice of crop cultivation in Germany. Cucumbers are […]

(Natural News) The Voynich manuscript, long considered to be the most mysterious book on Earth, may have finally been cracked. According to one researcher — a computer scientist named Greg Kondrak from the University of Alberta — by using artificial intelligence (AI) in the form of statistical algorithms, it became possible to decipher part of the […]

(Natural News) There has been a lot of hype surrounding self-driving cars and their potential to change the way humans use roads for a very long time. However, with all of the hope that they can change things for the better, there are also some reasons to fear for your safety while you’re in them. […]

(Natural News) The critically acclaimed TV-show-turned-Netflix series Black Mirror has been on a roll for pretty much the entirety of its six-season-long run. Despite its typically shocking storylines and twists — which prompt viewers to stop watching after every episode to contemplate what they just saw — it is almost universally loved and always near […]

(Natural News) New use of artificial intelligence (AI) technology has enabled a team of researchers to determine the sexual orientation of tens of thousands of individuals with great accuracy. What’s interesting is that they were able to do this based only on profile pictures that the individuals themselves uploaded on an online dating site. This […]

(Natural News) A new research paper, which studies the effectiveness of artificial intelligence (AI) in determining the likelihood of a convicted felon committing a crime, shows quite clearly that the software-based solutions available might not be so intelligent after all. To be more specific, research shows that dedicated AI programs designed to make certain risk […]