Russian chess legend Garry Kasparov was beaten by a supercomputer - but when it comes to artificial intelligence, he is firmly convinced that it's the humans who pose the real threat.
Facebook's chief AI scientist and a company's vice president, Yann LeCun, is one of the computer scientists behind modern artificial intelligence.
Deepfakes are photos, videos or audio clips altered using artificial intelligence to appear authentic, which experts have warned can mislead or be completely false.
The cells of all living beings contain thousands of proteins, workhorses that catalyse most chemical reactions in the body.
Using a deep learning algorithm to crunch through grading data from merchants, Tuna Scope has now evolved into a smartphone app.
The Vatican’s initiative grew out of concerns that Pope Francis raised about AI and its effect on society more than a year ago, according to John Kelly III, executive vice president of IBM and one of the signatories.
Radiologists miss about 20% of breast cancers in mammograms, the American Cancer Society says, and half of all women who get the screenings over a 10-year period have a false positive result.
From finding the building blocks for life on Mars to breakthroughs in gene editing and the rise of artificial intelligence, here are six major scientific discoveries that shaped the 2010s - and what leading experts say could come next.
From doctors, lawyers and accountants being the cream of the crop, to software developers and coders being celebrated, is it finally time for the BA brigade to get its moment in the sun, asks Haji Mohamed Dawjee.
Have you ever wondered why dung beetles don’t get lost, even when they navigate vast expanses backwards?
The technology industry’s battleground for smartphone cameras has moved inside the phone, where sophisticated artificial intelligence software and special chips play a major role in how a phone’s photos look.
With buzz words such as artificial intelligence and the 4th industrial revolution popping up in conversations more and more, businesses will be able to see real-world applications of AI.
There’s a wave of artificial intelligence sweeping through Ethiopia and it’s causing disruption among futurists in Sheba Valley.
Japan hopes the 2020 Olympics will be a chance to put its tech sector back on the map after years in which the country's reputation as an industry leader has flagged.
A team of programmers at a British artificial intelligence company has designed automated 'agents' that taught themselves how to play the seminal first-person shooter 'Quake III Arena', and became so good they consistently beat human beings.
The world has changed since sci-fi author Asimov in 1942 wrote his three rules for robots, including that they should never harm humans, and today's omnipresent computers and algorithms demand up-to-date measures.
Students at the Technical University of Munich have developed an application to predict which character has the best chance to claim the coveted Iron Throne.
These kinds of artificial intelligence programs - available for nearly a decade - are becoming more widespread as news organisations turn to them to produce stories.
