TechnologyMeet the robots that can reproduce, learn and evolve all by themselves Machines that can mate and produce offspring can help us clean up nuclear sites, explore asteroids and terraform distant planets – but could they prove a threat, asks Emma Hart, who is helping develop them Features
TechnologyA driverless car that went rogue could be a taste of the robo uprising The recent case of a driverless car that tried to escape its handlers might make us laugh, but it also warns us about what could happen when AI is given a "body", writes Annalee Newitz Comment