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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella: ‘We are not pursuing AI to beat humans at games’

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has long credited the democratizing effect of technology for his rise to the top. As part… Read More

Microsoft demonstrates the world’s ‘first AI supercomputer,’ using programmable hardware in the cloud

Microsoft has quietly installed an esoteric, powerful piece of silicon across its cloud-oriented data centers, and it’s saying the new chips… Read More

Live Blog: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella at Ignite 2016 in Atlanta

ATLANTA, GA. — It’s a keynote double-header at Microsoft’s Ignite conference here today. Microsoft Azure chief Scott Guthrie headlined this morning’s… Read More

This pop song, written with help from artificial intelligence, is actually super catchy

Modern music gets a lot of flack for sounding mass-produced, particularly genres like pop and country. But while many songs… Read More

Amazon poaches eBay A.I. chief, continues ramping up machine learning operations

Amazon is getting serious about machine learning. The Seattle tech titan hired eBay’s head of artificial intelligence, Hassan Sawaf, to… Read More

AI100 study says artificial intelligence will change our lives but won’t kill us

A 100-year project conceived by Microsoft Research’s Eric Horvitz to trace the impacts of artificial intelligence has issued its first report:… Read More

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Be afraid. Be very afraid: IBM’s Watson makes AI trailer about ‘Morgan’ AI movie

Experts may reassure us that artificial intelligence won’t take over the world anytime soon – but they just might invade the… Read More

Apple execs explain why the tech giant acquired machine learning startup Turi

Turi and Apple were the perfect match. That’s one tidbit from a new piece published by Backchannel editor Steven Levy… Read More

KImera's Nigel is born

A bot is born: Kimera Systems adds ‘Nigel’ to the crowd of AI assistants

There’s a new bot in town: Nigel, a software assistant that its creators at Oregon-based Kimera Systems say can learn… Read More

GeekWork Picks: Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence seeks engineers in continuation of hiring spree

The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2) is currently hiring for several positions, continuing its year-long “hiring spree.” AI2 CEO Oren Etzion told GeekWire… Read More

Neither Trump nor Clinton is addressing the biggest challenge to jobs: automation

Presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are both promising to bring good-paying jobs back to America, but analysts say neither… Read More

Ray Kurzweil: The world isn’t getting worse — our information is getting better

Follow-up: Ray Kurzweil makes his case: This is ‘by far the best time in human history’ — despite what you… Read More

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Killer bomb robot ends Dallas shooting ordeal and begins new debate over policing

Thursday night’s horrific Dallas shooting ordeal may well mark the first time police ended a standoff with a suspect by… Read More

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White House’s final artificial intelligence workshop highlights need for humans to hold the reins on AI

The White House wound up a nationwide series of workshops on artificial intelligence today on a cautionary note: Yes, AI… Read More

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Chatbot pioneer Next IT raising $20M to deploy an army of AI assistants

Before Siri, Cortana and Alexa, there was Next IT and its chatbots: The Spokane Valley company made it possible for… Read More

Satya Nadella

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella lays out 10 Laws of AI (and Human Behavior)

Taking a page from Isaac Asimov’s famous Three Laws of Robotics, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has drawn up six “musts”… Read More

Stephen Hawking

Stephen Hawking warns of ‘AI arms race’ – and reveals what most mystifies him

British physicist Stephen Hawking says the potential threat from artificial intelligence isn’t just a far-off “Terminator”-style nightmare. He’s already pointing… Read More

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Scientists force computer to binge on TV shows and predict what humans will do

Researchers have taught a computer to do a better-than-expected job of predicting what characters on TV shows will do, just… Read More

Q&A: AI2 researcher Peter Clark explains how the cloud is changing artificial intelligence

Peter Clark is a senior research manager at the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence, overseeing Project Aristo, an effort to… Read More

Amazon hires Carnegie Mellon machine-learning expert as Google expands its own AI initiatives

Both Amazon and Google are advancing their efforts in machine learning, a type of artificial intelligence that lets computers learn… Read More

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Hey, Siri, get busy: Apple finally gives developers access to its personal assistant

After nearly five years, Apple will finally give developers access to Siri, its iOS (and now macOS) virtual assistant, thus… Read More

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Second-opinion software: Microsoft’s Eric Horvitz on how AI can save patients’ lives

Someday soon, your physician may be second-guessed by an artificial intelligence program – and you’ll probably be healthier for it, according to… Read More

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Watch AI experts weigh in on the good (and potential evil) of artificial intelligence

Experts on artificial intelligence are following up on the first White House workshop on artificial intelligence, presented last month in… Read More

Microsoft Accelerator Demo Day: Cloud and AI innovations from 9 emerging startups

Updated below with video from event. The Summer 2016 cohort of startups at Microsoft Accelerator’s Machine Learning Demo Day in Seattle… Read More

First White House AI workshop focuses on how machines (plus humans) will change government

Intelligent machines won’t be ruling the world anytime soon – but what happens when they turn you down for a loan,… Read More

Guest commentary: The real threat of artificial intelligence

Many people find recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) quite alarming. Indeed, luminaries, ranging from Nobel laureate Stephen Hawking to… Read More

University of Washington will host first-ever White House workshop on artificial intelligence

Between the University of Washington, a thriving tech community, and strong research institutions, like the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence… Read More

Virtual robot dog software

How to train your robot: Treat it like a dog

To figure out the best way for a robot to move, designers have turned to snakes, cheetahs, fish and even… Read More

AI2 CEO calls for ‘full disclosure’ in artificial intelligence after students learn their TA is really a bot

A class of students at the Georgia Institute of Technology recently learned that Jill Watson, the teacher’s assistant they’d been… Read More

Oren Etzioni

Who’s hot in academia? Semantic Scholar dives more deeply into the data

Baseball players are judged by their batting averages, RBIs, ERAs and other statistics voluminous enough to fill a scorecard. But… Read More

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