Robots are featuring more and more in our daily lives. They can be incredibly useful (bionic limbs, robotic lawnmowers, or the robots that deliver meals to people in quarantine), or merely entertaining (robotic dogs, dancing toys, and acrobatic drones). Imagination is perhaps the only limit to what robots will be able to do in the future. What happens, though, when robots don't do what we want them to – or do it in a way that causes harm? For example, what happens if a bionic arm is involved in a driving accident?

BENGALURU: At least 10 new AI-based jobs are being created for every 100 positions made redundant in traditional technology, experts in the field have said. However, the new roles are not being created as quickly as the positions that are eliminated and companies are increasingly training talent to fill the gap in artificial intelligence skills. This was the key takeaway from ET's recent conversation on Technology Talent Equilibrium with Sridhar Mitta, founder of digital technology services provider NextWealth Entrepreneurs; Prakash Mallya, the head of Intel India, and Supriyo Das, vice-president, Wipro Technologies. "If 100 jobs are cut, 10 jobs are created. The people who are losing jobs have different skills, and they're going away. People are getting new jobs on different skillsets," Mitta said.

Unlike recipients James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo, most of us are unlikely to accept such an award in Stockholm. Neither are our beloved pet dogs, even though owners will swear their four-legged companions are geniuses. Sure, dogs are smart--at least when it comes to working with humans. But pigs, for instance, are smarter than you think. That's the contention of a new paper out today in the journal Learning & Behavior, which asks, "in what sense are dogs special?"

Barclays, the UK bank, is to replace the password system on its phone banking service with personal voice recognition. 'Unlike a password, each person's voice is as unique as a fingerprint,' said Steven Cooper, Barclays' head of personal banking. Yet the reality is we have no idea whether either fingerprints or voices are unique at all. 'Unlike a password, each person's voice is as unique as a fingerprint,' said Steven Cooper, Barclays' head of personal banking. Yet the reality is we have no idea whether either fingerprints or voices are unique at all.