Stephen Hawking

When famed astrophysicist Stephen Hawking and Russian tech tycoon Yuri Milner announced a $100 million hunt for alien life last year, they pledged to inject a whole lot of funding and brain power into the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. At a When famed astrophysicist Stephen Hawking and Russian tech tycoon Yuri Milner announced a $100 … Read more

Stephen Hawking has gained close to 1.5 million followers within hours of joining China's version of Twitter on Tuesday. In his inaugural post on social media platform Weibo, the famous cosmologist wrote: “Greetings to my friends in China! It has been When famed astrophysicist Stephen Hawking and Russian tech tycoon Yuri Milner announced a $100 … Read more

Some of the most popular sci-fi movies—2001: A Space Odyssey, The Terminator, The Matrix, Transcendence, Ex Machina, and many others—have been based on the notion that artificial intelligence will evolve to a point at which humanity will not be able Stephen Hawking's speech system has now been released by Intel as an open source platform, … Read more

Elon Musk and Stephen Hawking, along with hundreds of artificial intelligence researchers and experts, are calling for a worldwide ban on so-called autonomous weapons, warning that they could set off a revolution in weaponry comparable to gunpowder  Some of the most popular sci-fi movies—2001: A Space Odyssey, The Terminator, The Matrix, Transcendence, Ex Machina, and … Read more

Stephen Hawking: 'To keep someone alive against their wishes is the ultimate indignity.' Photograph: Karwai Tang/Getty Images. Jessica Elgot. Wednesday 3 June 2015 05.05 EDT Last modified on Wednesday 3 June 2015 13.27 EDT. If you have some questions on AI that can only be answered by one of the top minds in theoretical physics, … Read more

To help Stephen Hawking's $100 millions search for extraterrestrial life with Yuri Milner, smartphones will prove key. On Monday he and Milner, a billionaire, announced Breakthrough Listen, an initiative to find life beyond Earth. By using the Berkeley Disclaimer: This post does not constitute an endorsement of any Microsoft service, technology or product by Stephen … Read more

Professor Stephen Hawking and Yuri Milner, the immensely wealthy Russian tycoon with stakes in Facebook and Alibaba, have announced a $100 million project to search for intelligent extraterrestrial life. The plan has two  We've been thrilled to have longtime space and science reporter Alan Boyle covering two big stories for GeekWire today: Stephen Hawking's announcement … Read more