Gender stereotyping or normalising verbal abuse or harassment falls short of the current standards for prohibited AI under the European Union's AI Act. Extreme cases, such as voice assistant ...

The design choices behind AI technologies — female voices, deferential responses, playful deflections — create a permissive ...

China's labor market is increasingly anxious about job losses as AI spreads through factories and offices, up to 40 million ...

Members of the New Scientist Book Club give their take on Sierra Greer's award-winning science-fiction novel Annie Bot, our ...

A source trapped inside an industrial-scale scamming operation contacted me, determined to expose his captors’ crimes—and ...

GUANGZHOU – The burgeoning development of artificial intelligence has found a sultry new frontier in the sex robot industry, as a Chinese company unveils a new series of realistic dolls designed to ...

About 50 residents of a community outside Chile's capital spent Saturday trying their best to power an entirely ...

A new war on women? Artificial intelligence is having an outsize impact on female-centric professions, a new study suggests. A report from the nonpartisan think tank Brookings Institution and the ...

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A new humanoid robot named Sprout, developed by Fauna Robotics, is making its debut. Unlike sleek and powerful-looking ...