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Testing Microsoft’s new AI for iPhone: Can this app really detect our ages and sense our moods?

Microsoft released a new app called Seeing AI for the iPhone this week. It’s billed as a “talking camera for… Read More

Element Data raises $3.5M to help companies make decisions with A.I. and machine learning

Element Data is on the path every startup hopes to walk. The company is adding high-level talent quickly; it’s about… Read More

Microsoft’s new AI app describes the world for the visually impaired — now available on iPhone

Microsoft released a new artificial intelligence app for iPhone this morning that can read text from signs and documents aloud,… Read More

Chinese search giant Baidu buys Seattle startup Kitt.ai to connect natural language tech to developers

Kitt.ai, the Seattle artificial intelligence startup that’s developing a conversational language engine known as ChatFlow and a “hotword” detection platform… Read More

TurboPatent aims to improve the patent process with new artificial intelligence products

Seattle startup TurboPatent is releasing a pair of new products designed to improve the patent application process, with help from… Read More

Boeing’s HorizonX joins $32.5M funding round for SparkCognition AI venture

Boeing’s recently established venture arm, HorizonX, has joined with other investors in a $32.5 million funding round for SparkCognition, a… Read More

Apple WWDC: Siri Speaker, iPad Pro, artificial intelligence and more rumors on our radar

Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference starts Monday in San Jose. Here are a few of the areas we’ll be watching closely.… Read More

Summoning the Demon: Why superintelligence is humanity’s biggest threat

[Editor’s Note: This guest commentary is by Richard A. Clarke and R.P. Eddy, authors of the new book, Warnings: Finding Cassandras To Stop… Read More

This high-school freshman went to Microsoft Build: What he learned about AI, the cloud and the future

[Editor’s Note: Atul Ajoy is a ninth grader at Redmond High School, a tech enthusiast and blogger who was invited by Microsoft… Read More

Amazon’s newest pillars? AI and logistics key to tech giant’s future, study says

Amazon has evolved constantly throughout its more than 20-year life span, first as a book seller, than an e-commerce giant, and… Read More

How Elon Musk and Neuralink aim to meld minds and machines with a ‘Wizard Hat’

Three weeks after word leaked out that billionaire deep-thinker Elon Musk was backing a venture called Neuralink, his detailed vision… Read More

Microsoft’s SQL Server is getting an artificial intelligence mind-meld

Microsoft says it’s building artificial intelligence capabilities directly into SQL Server 2017, aiming to simplify and speed up machine-learning processes that would… Read More

IBM Cloud to offer NVIDIA’s advanced GPU accelerator, vowing to solve previously impossible data challenges

IBM says it will become the first major cloud provider to offer NVIDIA’s Tesla P100 graphics processing unit (GPU) accelerator worldwide… Read More

Hacking The Hoff: Easy Amazon Alexa workaround gives this wannabe Knight Rider a talking car

I’ve always wanted a talking car. I don’t know whether it was the 1980s “Knight Rider” TV series, or generations… Read More

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Father, son and AI bonding: A conversation with Amazon’s Alexa and the family she has joined

A week after my 10-year-old son received Amazon’s Echo Dot for his birthday, I started taking a look at what he… Read More

Researchers say automation’s effects could keep bringing bad news to the Rust Belt

Newly published research runs counter to the hope that the rise of automation should create as many jobs for human… Read More

Elon Musk reportedly backs Neuralink venture to connect brains with computers

Billionaire brainiac Elon Musk is following up on his interest in (and wariness about) artificial intelligence by backing Neuralink Corp.,… Read More

Outcry rises when Trump’s treasury chief, Steve Mnuchin, scoffs at AI impact on jobs

Experts say the potential impact of automation and artificial intelligence could be one of the biggest economic issues of the… Read More

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff talks ‘crisis of trust’ in the world and jobs in the era of AI

Artificial intelligence is going to transform and impact many jobs, and it is up to the companies building the technology… Read More

Boy meets artificial girl: My son got an Echo Dot, and here’s what he’s saying to Amazon’s Alexa

In my 10 years as a parent, I’ve served as the authority on a number of subjects, ranging from when… Read More

How Amazon teaches Alexa, and what it hopes the virtual assistant will learn someday

Days after Amazon announced that it was bringing its Alexa to its iOS Amazon app, Amazon senior principal scientist Nikko… Read More

What’s new at AI2? Paul Allen’s AI institute wins honors, and hints at more to come

Three years after its founding, Seattle’s Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence is racking up recognition in the field of AI… Read More

In 6,000-word letter, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg addresses fake news, terrorism, communities, and more

Facebook will use artificial intelligence to organize a global community on social media, Mark Zuckerberg said in a nearly 6,000-word… Read More

Salesforce adds ‘Einstein’ artificial intelligence tools to its customer service platform

Call centers ain’t what they used to be. That’s because customers rely on an increasingly wide range of tools to… Read More

Ford partners with Google and Uber veterans at Argo AI for self-driving cars

Ford Motor Co. says it’s investing $1 billion over the next five years in a Pittsburgh startup called Argo AI to… Read More

Microsoft’s Cortana will now keep you accountable for promises you forgot you made

Cortana wants you to keep your promises. Microsoft’s virtual assistant, available on platforms including Windows 10, iOS and Android, has some… Read More

Far out, man! SETI astronomer will explain the search for aliens to potential potheads

You don’t have to be stoned to appreciate SETI scientist Seth Shostak’s perspective on the search for extraterrestrials – but… Read More

Should we be hooking up AI to our brains? New Asilomar principles urge caution

Hundreds of AI researchers, business leaders and just plain geniuses have signed onto a statement of cautionary principles for artificial… Read More

Google CEO on competition with Amazon Echo and Alexa: Don’t count us out yet

Amazon is still reaping the benefits of its early lead in home voice technology, thanks to its Echo smart speaker… Read More

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative acquires Meta, promises free AI search tool for scientists

The multibillion-dollar Chan Zuckerberg Initiative announced its first acquisition today: a startup called Meta that is developing an artificial intelligence… Read More