It seems like every month we write a post about a new Facebook breach or some other scandal. This month is no exception. In this edition of “Seriously Facebook, Get It Together,” we’ll take a look at the social media platform’s September 29 announcement that a breach had affected at least 50 million and possibly […]
For nearly 100 years, the film industry has presented us with a number of onscreen representations of artificial intelligence. These AI characters vary from big to small, from good to evil, and from anthropomorphic to clearly robotic. You’re probably well-acquainted with beloved popular AI figures like R2-D2 and WALL-E, but are you familiar with the […]
Picture this: It’s 11 p.m. and you and your friends are hungry for McDonald’s. When you pull up to the drive-thru, instead of a human voice over the intercom, you hear a robot asking what you’d like to order. A company called Clinc is working to make this hypothetical situation a reality. Four University of […]
If you thought you couldn’t dislike or distrust the Federal Communication Commission any more, think again. On Tuesday, four members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee sent a letter to FCC Chairman Ajit Pai to demand an explanation as to the agency’s latest slip-up. In case you haven’t heard, allow me to fill you […]
We may be advancing into an age of prevalent artificial intelligence, but humans have been dreaming about the possibilities of AI for far longer. This is evidenced by AI’s first appearance in film in 1927, before movies even had sound. The relationship between humans and AI in the movies is often complicated, much like it […]
There have been people willing to predict the future of technology ever since the first technologies were developed. Since the creation of computers, however, we’ve seen an explosion in both the pace of innovation and the volume of prognostication on all sorts of technology trends. We think there’s a lot to be learned from some […]