Special Report on the Rise of AI

Artificial intelligence, once discarded as a has-been technology, is now undergoing a vigorous resurgence

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The promise of driverless cars and software that teaches itself new skills has sparked a revival of artificial intelligence—and, with it, fears that our machines may one day turn against us.

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