Sergey Levine is an assistant professor at UC Berkeley whose research is focused on the thing our parents used to make such a fuss over, whenever we made stupid mistakes or should have known to avoid ...

Mischief can happen when AI is let loose in the world, just like any technology. The examples of AI gone wrong are numerous, the most vivid in recent memory being the disastrously bad performance of ...

Sometimes, advances in AI are a result of the combined effect of particular avenues of research that have made progress over the years. Such is the case for a very interesting recent bit of work from ...

For toddlers, playing with toys is not all fun-and-games—it’s an important way for them to learn how the world works. Using a similar methodology, researchers from UC Berkeley have developed a robot ...

Learning to use tools played a crucial role in the evolution of human intelligence. It may yet prove vital to the emergence of smarter, more capable robots, too. New research shows that robots can ...

We’re increasingly developing bonds with chatbots. While that’s safe for some, it’s dangerous for others. Some therapists are using AI during therapy sessions. They’re risking their clients’ trust and ...