Artificially intelligent robots are tipped to our steal office jobs in just five years' time and even inventors' jobs are at risk, an entrepreneur has warned. The creator of Apple's digital assistant, Siri, made the claim as well as predicting we will get information from a'giant brain in the sky.' Dag Kittlaus is working on one such brain, known as'Viv', and believes it's one step up from the assistants in our phones, as it will be able to make'mental leaps'. Artificially intelligent robots are tipped to our steal office jobs in just five years' time and even inventors' jobs are at risk, an entrepreneur has warned. The creator of Apple's Siri, Dag Kittlaus, made the claim as well as predicting we will get information from a'giant brain in the sky' called'Viv' (promotional shot pictured) Speaking at SXSW Interactive in Austin, Texas, he said it is a good idea for scientists to monitor the development of AI machines, echoing the fears of Elon Musk and Stephen Hawking, who have both warned AI has the potential to destroy humanity. When asked by author Steve Levy whether super computers will replace entrepreneurs, Kittlaus said: 'Yes, it will happen.

Most commuters who travel by road will know the frustration of being caught in traffic jams that can double and even triple the journey to work. But a group of scientists claims to have found a way to ease congestion during the busiest periods, and cut commuting times by a third. However, not everyone will be happy with their solution as it involves some drivers agreeing to endure longer journeys. Scientists analysed billions of journeys made in five cities around the world during morning rush hours record on mobile phones. They found when drivers made selfish, uncoordinated choices, they made congestion worse (stock picture).

Military forces around the world have been looking into'invisibility' techniques to keep personnel and equipment discrete. Stealth bombers can go almost entirely undetected by enemy radar, and'metamaterials' aim to make uniforms near invisible. But now, leading military lawyer Bill Boothby has cautioned that some of these tactics may be in violation of international humanitarian laws revised after World War II. Stealth bombers like the B-2 pictured above can go almost entirely undetected by enemy radar, and'metamaterials' aim to make uniforms near invisible. Deceptive camouflage techniques may be prohibited under a clause called'prohibition of perfidy,' if they are used to trick an enemy as a means to cause death.

It is one of the biggest sites in the world with over a billion users, but YouTube began life as a dating site, one its co-founders has revealed. Steve Chen, speaking at the South by Southwest in Austin to launch his news food video site Nom, said it was conceived on Valentine's day - but five days later, had not attracted a single user. 'We always thought there was something with video there, but what would be the actual practical application?' he said. 'We thought dating would be the obvious choice.' YouTube founders Steve Chen (left) and Chad Hurley: Speaking at the South by Southwest in Austin to launch his news food video site Nom, Chen said it was conceived on Valentine's day - but five days later, had not attracted a single user.

Robot Wars will soon back on TV in the UK, and a very similar battle is heading for the country's seas. The British Royal Navy will be holding a demonstration of unmanned technology off the coast of Scotland this autumn. The machines will compete in their very own version of'robot wars' to demonstrate they could be part of the Navy's future. The Royal Navy will be holding a demonstration of unmanned technology off the coast of Scotland this autumn. The'Unmanned Warior 2016' will feature vehicles that fly along with those that move across the surface, or under water.

They can be traumatic, joyful and sometimes hard to remember but memories play a significant role in who we are and how we think. Now, scientists have developed a technique that not only pinpoints memories in the brain, to reveal what they look like, it can be used to restore thoughts that have been lost. The research additionally shows that patients with Alzheimer's may not have problems encoding memories, and instead the fault lies in retrieving the memory instead. This image reveals what a memory looks like. It depicts a memory engram cell (green) in the hippocampal dentate gyrus (DG) region of a mouse brain with symptoms similar to Alzheimer's disease.

Two astronomy students from the Netherlands have mapped the entire Milky Way Galaxy in dwarf stars for the first time. Their map suggests that there are a total of 58 billion dwarf stars, of which seven per cent have been found in the outer regions of our galaxy. This is the most comprehensive model ever for the distribution of these stars, which are relatively small and shine less brightly. Two astronomy students from the Netherlands have mapped the entire Milky Way Galaxy in dwarf stars for the first time. Their map suggests that there are a total of 58 billion dwarf stars, of which seven per cent have been found in the outer regions of our galaxy.

On cold, dark days it is tempting to imagine shutting yourself away until the warmer weather returns. Many animals do it by entering a state known as torpor, which reduces their bodily functions to a minimum and uses fat stores in their body for energy, but could humans ever hibernate in the same way? Vladyslav Vyazovskiy, associate professor of neuroscience at the University of Oxford has explained what torpor does to the body and how it could affect the human body in an article for The Conversation. An expert has explained what torpor - or the act of shutting the body down during hibernation - does to the body and how it could affect humans. A'therapeutic torpor' could make a manned mission to Mars more feasible.

A team of engineers has built a robot which can fly, land and scuttle up walls, just like a bug. The researchers said the machines could be used in disaster areas where rubble or floodwaters limit suitable landing spots for standard drones, but where there may still be vertical surfaces intact. Engineers at Stanford University have developed Scamp (pictured), a flying robot which can land on walls and climb vertical surfaces using its spindly legs. Called the Stanford Climbing and Aerial Manoeuvring Platform, affectionately shortened to Scamp, the flying robot is just as happy climbing surfaces as it is in the air. It uses two spindly, daddy long legs-style limbs to pull itself up walls and surfaces, and was developed and built at Stanford University's Biomimetics and Dextrous Manipulation Lab.

Google's Boston Dynamics is up for sale - and could be sold to Amazon or Toyota, it has been revealed. The firm is best known for Atlas, its 5 foot 9 humanoid robot, and spot, a four legged'dog robot'. Boston Dynamic has revealed the new wireless version of its humanoid robot in a new video showing it walk, run, and even be pushed over and get up again on its own. According to Boston Dynamics, Atlas is a'high mobility, humanoid robot designed to negotiate outdoor, rough terrain. 'Atlas can walk bipedally leaving the upper limbs free to lift, carry, and manipulate the environment.