One of the ultimate goals of artificial intelligence is the ability for machines to operate on their own, with little or any human interaction. This idea of autonomous systems makes up one of the ...

Reliability is expected when systems are new. The real test comes after deployment and years of continuous operation.

A mystery novel, a history book, and a fantasy epic may have little in common in plot or style. But count the words inside ...

Since the beginnings of artificial intelligence, researchers have long sought to test the intelligence of machine systems by having them play games against humans. It is often thought that one of the ...

Researchers describe a new manner of detecting microbial infection that intercepts pathogen-derived signals of growth to assess the relative threat of virulent bacteria. A nuclear hormone receptor in ...