The film Chappie, which hit theaters Mar. 6, is about the first robot with the ability to think and feel for himself. The filmmakers claim that this story "will change the way the world looks at robots and humans forever."

The University of Illinois at Chicago’s (UIC) Artificial Intelligence Laboratory has received a $5.5 million research contract from the Illinois Department of Transportation to continue research, development and operation of the Gateway Traveler Information System and the TravelMidwest.com website. 

NSF awards $25 million to MIT-based center to advance brain understanding.

Is it possible to measure something very precisely – an atomic clock driven by oscillating electrons, for example – when we live in a quantum world of uncertainty?