Articles about AI – Page 16 of 20

That flipping robot sparks new warning from Elon Musk about an AI apocalypse

Boston Dynamics’ video of a humanoid robot executing a perfect backflip sparked a lot of dark humor, and now billionaire… Read More

Startup Spotlight: GrailAI hopes to use AI to detect cancer’s most subtle red flags

Anand Prakash is taking an unexpected path toward building GrailAI, a startup that he recently launched to fight cancer. He’s… Read More

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Lessons from the Bushmen: How this tech-free society could foreshadow our technological future

Many people nowadays are concerned about the way technology is changing their lives. From worries about artificial intelligence taking jobs,… Read More

Crowdsourced AI platform picks Putin as top prospect for Time’s Person of the Year

The guessing game has already begun for Time’s Person of the Year pick, and according to a Silicon Valley company… Read More

AI and jobs: Here’s what one of the leading minds in private equity thinks

PALM DESERT, Calif. — There’s been a lot of chatter in recent months about the impact of artificial intelligence and… Read More

Seven minutes of terror: AI activists turn concerns about killer robots into a movie

As if the mere phrase “killer robots” weren’t scary enough, AI researchers and policy advocates have put together a video… Read More

Microsoft Ventures launches global AI startup competition with top VC firms

In the latest sign of Microsoft’s continued investment in artificial intelligence, Microsoft Ventures announced today that it is teaming up… Read More

EchoNous announces $35M in new funding for mini, AI-driven ultrasound devices

EchoNous — a company based in Redmond, Wash., working to develop next-generation ultrasound devices — announced Thursday that it has received… Read More

‘Life 3.0’ gives you a user’s guide for superintelligent AI systems to come

Do we need to be concerned about the rapid rise of artificial intelligence? Some people say there’s nothing to worry… Read More

One year later, Microsoft AI and Research grows to 8k people in massive bet on artificial intelligence

Microsoft’s first mission statement envisioned a computer on every desk and in every home, but Bill Gates also had another… Read More

Talk to the lamp: We tried GE’s Sol, a $200 light with Amazon Alexa inside

It is becoming more common to control smart lights around the home or office with voice commands, by connecting those… Read More

Microsoft’s AI chief wants to launch a chatbot in every country with more than 100M people

Microsoft has launched conversational chatbots in several countries so far, starting three years ago with Xiaoice in China, which quickly… Read More

Microsoft Pix update uses AI to turn iPhone app into a document scanner

Microsoft Pix was released last year with a goal of improving on the native iPhone camera experience, but it just wouldn’t be… Read More

IBM makes a 10-year, $240M investment in artificial intelligence research at MIT

IBM is making a 10-year, $240 million investment in artificial intelligence research through a new lab it’s creating in partnership… Read More

Amplero raises $17.5 million to help humans and machines analyze vast expanses of marketing data

Amplero, a Seattle startup that makes artificial intelligence-powered marketing technology, has picked up $17.5 million in a new round of… Read More

Report: Amazon building fashionable AI that can quickly spot and reproduce the latest trends

Amazon is building trendy artificial intelligence tools that can identify the latest fashion craze. MIT’s Technology Review reports that Amazon… Read More

Microsoft’s Project Brainwave puts ‘real-time artificial intelligence’ into high-tech chips

Microsoft has developed a new system for deep learning, dubbed Project Brainwave, that embeds deep neural network technology into the… Read More

This Bay Area startup is arming retailers with the technology to take on Amazon Go

Amazon is still tinkering with the checkout-free technology behind its Amazon Go retailer concept, but Palo Alto, Calif. startup Standard… Read More

New Alexa skill aims to cut food waste by offering storage advice and tips on what’s still OK to eat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2k4FJySKUQg You can order takeout or learn how to prepare a meal with the help of Amazon’s Alexa, but what… Read More

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s Microsoft using artificial intelligence to teach a machine to stay aloft

Paying attention to the “rise of the machines” increasingly means scanning the skies for things other than conventional aircraft or… Read More

Can’t get technology off your mind? Amazon’s Alexa is no help as she sings about her place in the world

If you were sitting at your desk just wishing you had a new ear worm you couldn’t shake, you should… Read More

Paul Allen’s AI institute expands startup incubator after successful artificial intelligence spinouts

Paul Allen’s artificial intelligence experts are aiming to generate a new wave of AI startups in Seattle. The Microsoft co-founder’s Allen… Read More

Elon Musk hails Dota 2 bot’s victory at The International, with OpenAI and Microsoft

The Dota 2 esports tournament in Seattle, known as The International, demonstrates how video games have become hugely popular team… Read More

Trying to fill a job in AI? Stop using the term AI, advises listings language experts Textio

Leave it to the experts in machine learning to figure out that “machine learning” has lost its oomph. When it… Read More

Meet Sota: This AI-powered robot will recommend a tasty bowl of ramen at new Seattle restaurant

The opening of a new ramen restaurant in Seattle usually does not get our journalistic engines firing. But add a… Read More

Microsoft’s new corporate vision: artificial intelligence is in and mobile is out

Microsoft filed its annual report Wednesday, and among the many pages of documents and numbers are insights on what the… Read More

‘Ain’t nobody gonna trust it:’ What truck drivers think about sharing the road with self-driving vehicles

Exit 34 off Interstate-90 near North Bend, Wash., isn’t the typical pit-stop for most motorists who quickly zoom by on… Read More

AI2 lists top artificial intelligence systems in its Visual Understanding Challenge

Some of the world’s top researchers in AI have proved their mettle by taking top honors in three challenges posed… Read More

Clash of the Titans: Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk trade zingers over AI fears

Techies, grab some popcorn: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and SpaceX/Tesla CEO Elon Musk are throwing shade at each other over… Read More

Seahawks coach Pete Carroll’s tech dream: Holographic robot players so the real ones don’t get hurt

Could we one day see robot quarterbacks on the gridiron or automaton catchers behind home plate? One guy thinks that… Read More