Intelligent Machines The US military wants AI to dream up weird new helicopters A DARPA project aims to see if machine learning can change the way complex engineering systems are designed. by Jackie Snow 2018-03-19T15:22:00-04:00
Intelligent Machines An Ostrich-Like Robot Pushes the Limits of Legged Locomotion Robots are still learning to walk. Here’s one that runs on two legs. by Will Knight 2017-05-02T00:00:00-04:00
Intelligent Machines The U.S. Military Wants Its Autonomous Machines to Explain Themselves The latest machine-learning techniques are essentially black boxes. DARPA is funding a number of efforts to open them up. by Will Knight 2017-03-14T10:00:00-04:00
Intelligent Machines These Paper Drones Are Built for One-Way Missions The autonomous craft would be a cheap, disposable way to deliver medical supplies in remote areas or conflict zones. by Michael Reilly 2017-02-01T14:55:00-05:00
Intelligent Machines Botnets Could Meet Their Match in Robot Hackers Software called Mayhem that won a $2 million Pentagon hacking prize is being prepared to go to work fixing up the Internet. by Tom Simonite 2017-02-01T13:46:00-05:00
Intelligent Machines DARPA’s Autonomous Ship Is Patrolling the Seas with a Parasailing Radar Forget self-driving cars—this is the robotic technology that the military wants to use. by Jamie Condliffe 2016-10-25T10:35:00-04:00
Connectivity Pentagon Bot Battle Shows How Computers Can Fix Their Own Flaws Automating the work of hacking experts could make the world safer. by Tom Simonite 2016-08-04T13:13:00-04:00
Connectivity DARPA Hopes Automation Can Create the Perfect Hacker Seven Pentagon supercomputers are getting ready to attack one another. by Tom Simonite 2016-07-13T14:40:00-04:00
Business Impact Google’s Skunkworks Loses Its Leader to Facebook—and Has Yet to Produce Any Hits Google’s “pirate” research group is now leaderless, and none of the projects it has birthed have caught on at scale. by Tom Simonite 2016-04-14T13:00:00-04:00
Intelligent Machines Why a Chip That’s Bad at Math Can Help Computers Tackle Harder Problems DARPA funded the development of a new computer chip that’s hardwired to make simple mistakes but can help computers understand the world. by Tom Simonite 2016-04-14T00:00:00-04:00
