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The Artificial Intelligence Database

Soft Touch

The Elusive Hunt for a Robot That Can Pick a Ripe Strawberry

By Khari Johnson

Ideas

Cow, Bull, and the Meaning of AI Essays

By Virginia Heffernan

On Thin Ice

YouTube’s Olympics Highlights Are Riddled With Propaganda

By Morgan Meaker

Who Are You?

Face Recognition Is Out. So How Will the IRS Verify Identity?

By Tom Simonite

Vroom

Sony's AI Drives a Race Car Like a Champ

By Will Knight

Chipped

The Collapse of the Nvidia Deal Leaves Arm Exposed

By Will Knight

Depth of Field

A New Trick Lets Artificial Intelligence See in 3D

By Will Knight

Choo Choo

Battery-Powered Trains Are Picking Up Speed

By Khari Johnson

Red Tape

AI Can Help Explain the Boring World of Regulation

By Yin Yin Lu

Ideas

American Spy Agencies Are Struggling in the Age of Data

By Amy B. Zegart

Ideas

The Real Harm of Crisis Text Line's Data Sharing

By Keith Porcaro

Ideas

The Unnerving Rise of Video Games that Spy on You

By Ben Egliston

AUTO PILOT

Here Come the Underdogs of the Robot Olympics

By Tom Vanderbilt

Smile

It's Not Just the IRS—the US Government Wants Your Selfies

By Tom Simonite

Long Distance

Now Physical Jobs Are Going Remote Too

By Will Knight

Text-to-Speech

Synthetic Voices Want to Take Over Audiobooks

By Tom Simonite

Ideas

Optimizing Machines Is Perilous. Consider ‘Creatively Adequate’ AI.

By Angus Fletcher and Erik J. Larson

Books

Dystopia Is All Too Plausible in The School for Good Mothers

By Kate Knibbs

Ideas

Are You Sure You Know What a Photograph Is?

By Rashed Haq

Crisis Mode

Simulation Tech Can Help Predict the Biggest Threats

By Joe Robinson