Some companies want their humanoid robots to fold your clothes. Others want them in the workplace. Sankaet Pathak and his startup Foundation Future Industries have…
Author: Will Knight
AI Isn’t Smarter Than a Baby—Yet
If you think an artificial intelligence model running on thousands of cutting-edge computer chips is smart, allow me to introduce you to the concept of…
Thinking Machines Lab Drops Its First Model
Thinking Machines Lab, an artificial intelligence company started by exiles from OpenAI, has released its first model, called Inkling. The startup’s new model is open-weight,…
I Built a Self-Improving AI, and So Can You
These days, the frontier AI labs are all racing to build self-improving models. Some believe it’s the surest route to superintelligence—as AI improves itself in…
You Can Now Sound the Alarm on AI Behaving Badly
Writing AI Lab each week means I occasionally encounter AI models that behave badly and bizarrely. Usually, there’s nothing to be done about it, save…
I Met With China's Top AI Experts. They're Freaking Out, Too
Just over a week ago, I attended a major artificial intelligence conference in Zhongguancun, Beijing’s bustling high-tech district. It was packed with fascinating sessions touching…
The Humanoid Robot of the Future Is a 6-Foot-Tall Beefcake With a Chinese Body and an American Brain
The humanoid robot of the future is a hulking specimen with a body that’s made in China and a brain that runs on American silicon.…
Huawei's ‘Chip Queen’ Throws Down the Gauntlet
The plot thickens in the great AI chip race. Tingbo He, president of Huawei’s chip-design subsidiary HiSilicon, says her company’s engineers have developed a novel…