This robot may look like a cute alien, but don’t let the design fool you—it’s an artificial-intelligence-powered tool designed to help kids ages 3 through 7 learn language and STEM skills.

It will be essential for us as a species to maintain superiority, but [...] we are not the pinnacle of creation,” he says.

Scientists have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) tool in their quest to discover alien life. A new machine-learning algorithm has been trained for this purpose, making use of living cells ...