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The program is a direct response to countries like China, which have been building sophisticated missile technology to target ships that approach their shores. But experts warn the autonomous ships could fuel an AI naval arms race and have difficulty replicating a sailor’s workload.

Over the past month, 1,300 librarians and archivists across the world, have used open source tools to back up everything from Ukraine's historical records and census data to children’s poems and Ukrainian basket weaving techniques.

Once considered a humorous version of cryptocurrency, memecoins are now rife with scams, critics say, making it a particularly dangerous product.

Researchers in the United Kingdom have developed an autonomous, snakelike robot that could slither down human lungs into places that are difficult to reach, potentially improving the detection and treatment of lung cancer or other pulmonary diseases.

DARPA, the innovation arm of the U.S. military, wants artificial intelligence to make battlefield medical decisions, raising red flags from some experts and ethicists.

Drones that can dive bomb a target and explode on impact, sometimes without human control, are showing up on both sides of the Ukraine conflict. Experts say the weapons are here to stay.

The war in Ukraine has turned ordinary Twitter users into hobbyist intelligence analysts. These war sleuths could impact who’s held accountable for the conflict, or bring danger to those living through it.

More than 1,200 miles from Kyiv, a battle is playing out over autonomous weapons. Experts say the stakes are even higher than the Russian invasion.

Depending on your point of view, the future the ads portrayed is either a great change to be excited about or one to greatly fear.

Despite what viewers will see advertised during the Super Bowl, the NFL has largely prohibited its teams from involvement with cryptocurrency, unlike the NBA.

Attending the festival in virtual reality was surprisingly similar to being there in the real world.

A Vermont company hopes its electric plane, which can take off and land without a runway, will remake the way small packages are moved between warehouses.

China has a long history of attempting to modify the weather.

Searching for artificial intelligence that's more in touch with your emotions.

The influential thinker has some bold ideas about genetic editing, modified foods and TikTok.

A year after the attack on the Capitol, data science is better than ever at predicting insurrections. But is it good enough?

An increasingly popular idea is to outsource choices to algorithms, even New Year's resolutions. It doesn’t sound half bad.

Amid huge gaps in inventory and quality, several renegade companies are looking for a superior approach to the current tangled system.