The AI bot helping you troll email scammers
A New Zealand internet watchdog has launched an artificial intelligence bot to engage foreign scammers in long-winded email conversations in an effort to waste their time and distract them from real v ...
Father-son team set for ‘green’ Antarctic trek
Veteran polar explorer Robert Swan and his 23-year-old son Barney are hoping to become the first team to trek to the South Pole relying solely on renewable energy. Matthew Stock reports.
Tech stars split over AI: threat or salvation?
Artificial Intelligence is a hot topic at a web summit in Portugal, with scientists warning of the risks of creating powerful autonomous machines that are smarter than we are. Reuters' Emily Wither re ...
Robot ANYmal takes the elevator
ANYmal is an autonomous quadrupedal robot designed to navigate industrial sites, with the eventual aim of inspecting oil and gas sites without human help. Jim Drury has more.
Uber’s on a mission to improve its relationship with drivers
After a tumultuous year, Uber has taken various steps to increase benefits and morale for its drivers including a nation-wide outreach effort to sign up hundreds of thousands of its drivers for heal ...
Sophia the robot says ‘I have feelings too’
Sophia the robot spoke to Reuters Emily Wither at web summit in Lisbon about her new Saudi citizenship, Elon Musk and what she thinks of how robots are portrayed in films.