AI assistants could start manipulating you into making decisions—and then selling your plans to the highest bidder before you've even consciously made your mind up. According to AI ethicists from the ...

Humans have a way of understandings others' goals, desires and beliefs, a crucial skill that allows us to anticipate people's actions. Taking bread out of the toaster? You'll need a plate. Sweeping up ...

CAMBRIDGE, England — Imagine scrolling through your social media feed when your AI assistant chimes in: “I notice you’ve been feeling down lately. Should we book that beach vacation you’ve been ...

The online world is changing fast. Every time you talk to a chatbot or click around a website, you leave a trail of clues. These clues can show what you might want next—even before you know it ...

Background: Human genetic resources are an important material component for life science research and have strategic significance for medical science and technological innovation. In this study, we ...

Lee Curtis and Rachel Platts at HGF discuss the rise of the ‘intention economy’ and its impact on trademark law Trademarks are by definition built on attention or maybe more accurately gaining the ...

You probably can't fool Fido. New research indicates dogs may know whether you mean to withhold a treat or you're doing so by accident. This suggests dogs have a least one aspect of something known as ...

In both the consumer and industrial worlds, scientists are working to make robots more human like. But while there are some common goals—and even similar applications—the vision can be quite different ...

In a wave of new ads, brands like Heineken, Polaroid and Cadbury have started hating on artificial intelligence (AI), celebrating their work as "human-made." But in these advertising campaigns on TV, ...