SpaceX marked the end of an era this morning as the last of its old-generation Falcon 9 rockets blasted beyond orbit from Cape Canaveral, Florida. On board was a ball-shaped artificial intelligence robot nicknamed the'flying brain', which is designed to fly around the International Space Station and interact with a German astronaut. The rocket's Dragon cargo ship is also carrying an experiment to measure plant stress in space and a study of a new cancer treatment. It is expected to dock with the International Space Station next week. The launch formally ended the reign of the Falcon 9 Block 4 rocket as SpaceX makes way for its next-generation Block 5 boosters, which the company hopes to launch and re-use up to 100 times before they need replacing.

A SpaceX Falcon rocket launched from Florida on Friday Morning, going to the International Space Station. It's hauling nearly 6,000 pounds of cargo, including the first robot with artificial intelligence bound for space. The rocket is carrying cargo to the International Space Station. Nearly 6,000 pounds of supplies and experiments, including the first test of artificial intelligence in space, are on their way to the International Space Station after a stunning pre-dawn Friday launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon cargo capsule blasted off at 5:42 a.m. from Launch Complex 40.

As part of his four-nation Asia tour, President Obama has visited students at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo where he was welcomed by a humanoid robot.

NASA launched the world's first "artificial intelligence astronaut" from Cape Canaveral Friday morning. The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched on time at 5:42 a.m. It will bring about 6,000 pounds of supplies to the International Space Station. Watch raw video of this morning's liftoff and read about the groundbreaking mission: https://t.co/NrUZeSjCjr The goal of the mission is to see if artificial intelligence could help real-life crew during long-term missions.

'Insider Threat' is a formidable risk to business because it threatens both customer and employee trust. Accidental or malicious misuse of a firm's most sensitive and valuable data can result in customer identity theft, financial fraud, intellectual property theft, or damage to infrastructure. Because insiders have privileged access to data in order to do their jobs, it's usually quite difficult for security professionals to detect suspicious activity; a process even more challenging to automate (and deploy at scale across the large organisations that most need it) as – so I will suggest – computers fundamentally lack semantic understanding of the meaning of the'bits' they so adroitly process. Conversely, in this talk I will outline a new approach to'Insider Threat' detection that draws inspiration from the Traffic Analysis' of encrypted Axis signal traffic' undertaken at Bletchley Park in WW2. A novel approach that (i) conceives companies as complex autonomous autopoietic entities and (ii) deploys state of art computational analysis of the communication flows that so define the company to flag potentially aberrant employee behaviour; intelligence that can be leveraged to help detect HR problematics before they arise.

An experimental robot with an animated cartoon face has been sent to the International Space Station (ISS) on board a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Dubbed Cimon (Crew Interactive Mobile Companion), the device is intended as an "an AI-based assistant for astronauts". Cimon weighs 5kg but in zero gravity it will float move around thanks to 14 internal fans. It is an attempt to find out whether robots and astronauts can collaborate. To this end, Cimon is equipped with microphones and cameras that help it recognise Alexander Gerst, the German astronaut with whom it will work.

CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla. -- Unlike HAL, it won't be able to open the pod bay doors. Its programming is limited, capable of conversation and technical support but not much else, at least for now. And instead of the searing red eye of the super computer gone rogue in Stanley Kubrick's sci-fi film, "2001: A Space Odyssey," the artificially intelligent robot launched into space from here Friday has a screen displaying a genial face prone to smiles. CIMON, as it is known (an acronym for Crew Interactive Mobile Companion), is designed to help astronauts on board the International Space Station perform their work -- namely the science experiments they are sent aboard the orbiting laboratory. On Friday, it became the first AI technology launched to the space station, officials said, an experiment that would be a sort of Alexa in space, able to help astronauts through the steps outlined in a manual, show pictures of certain parts of the experiment and answer questions about it.

Kamikaze drones fired from bazooka-like launchers are helping the US military hunt down and destroy lethal enemy drones with deadly precision. The interceptor craft crash into drones to take them down mid-flight and may even carry an explosive charge to bolster their destructive power. They form part of a new weapon system presented at the Pentagon earlier this month that deals specifically with the threat of attacks using shop-bought drones. The system, which can be mounted to an off-road vehicle, also features advanced radar technology and a computer-powered machine-gun. Kamikaze drones fired from bazooka-like launchers could help the US military hunt down and destroy enemy drones.

Silicon Valley has a long and secretive history of building hardware and software for the military and law enforcement. In contrast, a recent wave of employee protests against some of those government contracts has been short, fast, and surprisingly public--tearing through corporate campuses, mailing lists, and message boards inside some of the world's most powerful companies. The revolt is part of a growing political awakening among some tech employees about the uses of the products they build. What began as concern inside Google about a Pentagon contract to tap the company's artificial-intelligence smarts was catalyzed by outrage over Trump administration immigration policies. Now, it seems to be spreading quickly.

In 2017, there were reports on how the world's leading robotics and artificial intelligence pioneers called on the United Nations to ban the development and use of killer robots and weapons such as drones, tanks, and automated machine guns. A group of 116 specialists from across 26 countries led by Tesla's Elon Musk and Alphabet's Mustafa Suleyman had called a ban on autonomous weapons. This proves that even the big guns in automation are worried about robots running amok in the war field! Almost a year back, even Facebook had abandoned an experiment after two artificially intelligent programs started interacting with each other in a strange language only they understood. Ensuring a stringent surveillance and monitoring plan is one of the key focus areas for any Artificial Intelligence (AI) related activity or applications.