Artificial Intelligence could save lives by warning where a hurricane will hit land much sooner than traditional forecasting systems, researchers say. Read more

Demis Hassabis, the co-founder of Google Deepmind, one of the UK's biggest AI firms, says the booming industry should not follow the same path adopted by the older tech giants. Read more

While Atlantis — a fabled continent said to have been swallowed by the sea — continues to elude its seekers, another long-lost and less famous land mass has been discovered at the bottom of the ocean. Read more

Artificial intelligence could help make it easier to build chemical and biological weapons, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has warned. Read more

Effort mirrors similar efforts in Canada and New Zealand, and attracts corresponding doubts about whether the pursuit promises meaningful value to research Read more

Engineers at the University of Manchester have flown what they claim may be the biggest unmanned quadcopter drone yet built. Read more

Amazon is trialling humanoid robots in its US warehouses, in the latest sign of the tech giant automating more of its operations. Read more

For the first time to date, researchers out of Northwestern University developed an artificial intelligence that can design a robot completely by itself. The team gave the AI a prompt, “design a robot that can walk across a flat surface.” Seconds later, the AI created this purple block Read more

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has, for the first time, published rules of engagement for civilian hackers involved in conflicts. Read more

Jupiter-sized "planets" free-floating in space, unconnected to any star, have been spotted by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Read more