A Turing machine, and therefore a computer, is a machine that pretends to be another machine. Think about the computing systems you use every day.

Indeed, Gartner's 2013 CEO survey shows that 60% of CEOs believe that the emergence of smart machines capable of absorbing millions of middle-class jobs within 15 years is a “futurist fantasy ...

It may have been big, slow and lacking in much memory but almost seven decades on we have a lot to thank the creators of Australia’s first programmable computing machine.

JUDY WOODRUFF: You may not realize it, but artificial intelligence is all around us. We rely on smart machines to scan our checks at ATMs, to navigate us on road trips and much more. Still, humans ...

Then, in the mid-20th century, machines began to take on the bulk of computing work, and the definition of “computer” changed. A computer was no longer just a human reckoner.

Leveraging machine learning is a solid step toward ongoing, impactful data analytics. Below, 10 Forbes Technology Council members share the first steps for any tech department that wants to start ...

The machine acts like a "reprogrammable network of artificial magnets" where each magnet only points up or down and, like a real magnetic system, it tends to operate at low energy.

Artificial intelligence is progressing rapidly. If our machines get smart enough, we may grapple with ethical questions about whether robots deserve rights.