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Artifical intelligence

‘I’m afraid I can’t do that’: Should killer robots be allowed to disobey orders?

By Arthur Holland Michel | Disruptive Technologies

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California AI bill becomes a lightning rod—for safety advocates and developers alike

By Owen J. Daniels | Analysis

Responsible science: What Sam Altman can learn (and not learn) from Nobel and Oppenheimer

By Sarah Kreps | Artificial Intelligence, Disruptive Technologies

Policy makers should plan for superintelligent AI, even if it never happens

By Zachary Kallenborn | Artificial Intelligence, Disruptive Technologies

US Naval Postgraduate School students participate in analytic wargames they designed to explore solutions for some of Department of Defense's most pressing national security concerns.

Wargames and AI: A dangerous mix that needs ethical oversight

By Ivanka Barzashka | Artificial Intelligence, Disruptive Technologies

Narrative warfare: How disinformation shapes the Israeli-Hamas conflict—and millions of minds

By Yusuf Can | Disruptive Technologies

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 03: OpenAI Co-Founder & CEO Sam Altman speaks onstage during TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco 2019 at Moscone Convention Center on October 03, 2019 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Steve Jennings/Getty Images for TechCrunch)

A tale of two camps: Sam Altman’s departure from (and return to) OpenAI

By Sara Goudarzi | Artificial Intelligence, Disruptive Technologies

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How creatives can stop AI from stealing their work

By Nick Vincent | Disruptive Technologies

AI back to back heads

Convergence: Artificial intelligence and the new and old weapons of mass destruction

By Emilia Javorsky, Hamza Chaudhry | Artificial Intelligence, Disruptive Technologies

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Can journalism resist a chatbot-fueled race to the bottom?

By Sara Goudarzi | Artificial Intelligence, Disruptive Technologies

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Do scientists need an AI Hippocratic oath? Maybe. Maybe not.

By Susan D’Agostino | Artificial Intelligence, Disruptive Technologies, Technology and Security

Facial recognition and the future of privacy: I always feel like … somebody’s watching me

By Brenda Leong | Artificial Intelligence, Disruptive Technologies