A new approach to health care is cutting a wide divide between doctors and their patients, putting Big tech, Big Government, Big Business in charge — all the while sending America’s medical system down a path that mirrors that used by the former U.S.S.R.

Employees with the Wisconsin-based technology firm Three Square Market have been quietly, steadily inserting microchips into their own hands as a means of making it easier to pay for the likes of snacks from company vending machines or drinks from the cafeteria. Subtitle this: When Convenience Becomes Downright Creepy. Roughly 80 of the firm’s 250…Continue reading Microchipping employees, the next terrible technology wave

Artificial intelligence is now being used to gaze into a person’s eyes, track their eye movements and spit back a personality assessment.

Scientists and researchers have been busily engaged in racing to discover the artificial intelligence clues that can read human minds — and what’s a bit frightening is they’re actually making gains.

Technology giants in droves have signed a pledge that says they won’t pursue lethal autonomous weapons development. But this may be a bit naive, and premature.

Facial recognition technology carries a lot of pitfalls — most notably, perhaps, when it comes to determing an individual’s personality and characteristics.

Congress needs to step in and put some restrictions on when, how, why and under what conditions police can use facial recognition technology.

Imagine a day when the job you apply for includes a facial scan from human resources that A.I.-fueled software will then use to rate your responsibility and emotional stability levels.

The dangers of China beating America in the development of artificial intelligence cannot be overstated.