AI choices have caused discrimination, racism and at least one death. When a computer's learned more than the developer has programmed into it, who do we blame?

The internet of things world is becoming all-pervasive. Who's going to make sure it's secure?

The year 2016 was replete with confident assurances Donald Trump would never win the presidency, from names no less venerable than the New York Times and The Guardian.

“Those who are inspired by a model other than Nature, a mistress above all masters, are laboring in vain.”

Let’s say you're interested in an investment property. But it's in another city and you can't be there to view the floorplan. Instead, you visit a website and do a virtual walkthrough – in 3D, not just on a computer screen - where it's fully furnished, contains realistic lighting and final surface colours – before it's even built.

As cybercriminals improve their methods, so too does the cybersecurity industry – the arms race between the two isn't news. But here's what is – one of the earliest and most developed examples of artificial intelligence we have in the world might finally give protection from cyberthreats the edge we've been waiting for.