US President Donald Trump—who generally opposes any regulatory restrictions on the development of artificial intelligence—stated during a meeting with executives from companies in the sector that “self-regulation is very important,” Agence France-Presse reported at the end of September. Trump also indicated that he would sign a document later that day, officially establishing the term “superintelligence” […]

While drinks may be prepared by human hands, an artificial intelligence system is in full control of an experimental café in the Swedish capital, Stockholm, the Associated Press reported in late July. San Francisco-based startup Andon Labs has placed an AI-powered agent named “Mona” at the helm of a café in Stockholm. The system, built […]

Scientists have used CRISPR gene-editing technology to create the first dogs lacking a key protein that triggers allergic reactions in humans, the Associated Press reported two months ago. The study, published in *The CRISPR Journal*, describes how specialists from the US company Kindred Companion Sciences created two female Beagles—Bailey and Alfie. They “switched off” the […]