Computer superintelligence is a long, long way from the stuff of sci-fi movies, but several high-profile leaders and thinkers have been worrying quite publicly about what they see as the risks to come. Our economics correspondent, Paul Solman, explores that. ACTOR: I want to talk to you about the greatest scientific event in the history of man. ACTOR: Are you building an A.I.? ACTRESS: Do you think I might be switched off? ACTRESS: Why is it up to anyone?

What would have taken weeks or months of reporting by an investigative team today could take a lone journalist aided by artificial intelligence only one day. The fictional scenario below was inspired by the very real technological progress detailed in a recent study by The Associated Press. In fact, AP spent the past few months meeting with leaders in the artificial-intelligence field for an extensive report detailing the impact of AI in journalism. You can read the report here. By 2027, newsrooms will have an arsenal of AI-powered tools at their disposal, and journalists will seamlessly integrate smart machines into their everyday work, the study predicts.

A silent communications system in which nonaural carriers, in the very low or very high audio-frequency range or in the adjacent ultrasonic frequency spectrum are amplitude- or frequency-modulated with the desired intelligence and propagated acoustically or vibrationally, for inducement into the brain, typically through the use of loudspeakers, earphones, or piezoelectric transducers. The modulated carriers may be transmitted directly in real time or may be conveniently recorded and stored on mechanical, magnetic, or optical media for delayed or repeated transmission to the listener.

Google has denied suggestions that its iconic desktop homepage is in line for a major redesign. The company this week unveiled a new feed experience that will transform the look of its mobile app with the addition of cards, videos and news stories. The announcement sparked rumours that Google's famously clean, simple desktop homepage was also in line for the same redesign. The I.F.O. is fuelled by eight electric engines, which is able to push the flying object to an estimated top speed of about 120mph. The giant human-like robot bears a striking resemblance to the military robots starring in the movie'Avatar' and is claimed as a world first by its creators from a South Korean robotic company Waseda University's saxophonist robot WAS-5, developed by professor Atsuo Takanishi and Kaptain Rock playing one string light saber guitar perform jam session A man looks at an exhibit entitled'Mimus' a giant industrial robot which has been reprogrammed to interact with humans during a photocall at the new Design Museum in South Kensington, London Electrification Guru Dr. Wolfgang Ziebart talks about the electric Jaguar I-PACE concept SUV before it was unveiled before the Los Angeles Auto Show in Los Angeles, California, U.S The Jaguar I-PACE Concept car is the start of a new era for Jaguar.

Disney says its parks are "Where Dreams Come True," but that statement was never so literal as it was for two foster kids during a recent visit to the park. Janielle and Elijah Gilmour, ages 12 and 10, got the surprise of a lifetime in April, when foster parents Courtney and Tom Gilmour announced news of their official adoption date during a visit to Walt Disney World. "We planned it as soon as we got the [official] date, which was the Friday before our trip," Courtney tells Fox News. What Courtney didn't plan on, however, was that Disney would catch wind of the duo's plans and offer to lend a mouse-like, white-gloved hand. After arriving at the park from Portland, Penn., Courtney tweeted out a photo of the family's Walt Disney World celebration buttons, and the park got in touch to offer a private meet-and-greet with Mickey Mouse himself.

Hook has just rolled out what it is calling the first artificial intelligence generated fashion feed for consumers. The Hook Fashion Discovery is free and available at the App Store and on Google Play. Parent company Intelligence Node said the app features "user-friendly, editorial-style" content that aims to educate users "at a glance on trending styles and current bestsellers." The company said there are "millions of stockkeeping units featured" on the app, and that shoppers can search for "virtually any fashion item." The app is being positioned in the market to target Millennials.

You probably haven't heard of a special effects company called MOVA, but you've seen its Contour facial-capture technology in films like Guardians of the Galaxy and Beauty and the Beast. It could also have a big impact your entertainment choices. The company behind the tech, Rearden LLC, has filed an injunction against Walt Disney Co. to block those two films, along with Avengers: Age of Ultron, from sales or distribution. MOVA Contour is used to capture facial movements in a much more detailed way than rival tech. Rather than using markers, actors' faces are painted with a phosphor dye.

Google's famously simple homepage with its logo and single search box on a white background is set to undergo a radical change for the first time since its launch in 1996, with the addition of Google's interest and news-based feed. The feed of personalised information, which has been a mainstay of Google's mobile apps for Android and iOS since 2012 along with a home-screen page on Google's Nexus and Pixel smartphones and tablets, will become part of the main desktop experience in the near future, the Guardian understands. On Wednesday Google announced it was deploying further customisation to the feed, which took over from its Google Now personalisation in December, using the company's "advanced machine-learning algorithms". Shashi Thakur, vice president of engineering at Google said: "You'll see cards with things like sports highlights, top news, engaging videos, new music, stories to read and more. And now, your feed will not only be based on your interactions with Google, but also factor in what's trending in your area and around the world." Users will also be able to follow topics straight from search results for things such as sports, movies, music and celebrities, showing updates on those topics in the feed.

James Vlahos lost his father John to lung cancer in February, but he still talks to him every week. That is, he talks to the version of his father that lives on through Dadbot, an artificially intelligent chatbot he designed to retain his dad's experiences and personality. "It either brings a smile to my face and a warm feeling sometimes, and at other times it brings a tear to my eye," the journalist from Berkeley, Calif., told As It Happens guest host Helen Mann. "It can make him feel closer sometimes, or I can be painfully aware that I'm talking to a computer program that I created that very clearly is not him." Vlahos documented his experience creating the chatbot in Wired magazine's August cover story, "Dadbot."

By the time Amazon finally gave up on its Fire Phone, it had $83 million worth of inventory gathering dust in its warehouses--even though at that point, the phones only cost a dollar on contract. It remains perhaps the biggest flub of Jeff Bezos' career, a missed shot at getting a foothold in smartphones, the most important new consumer product in generations. Not quite three years later, it's time to try again. Yes, Amazon got burned on smartphones the first time around. And yes, if anything, the market has become even more squeezed.