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Why people in China love Microsoft’s Xiaoice virtual companion, and what it says about artificial intelligence

Dr. Hsiao-Wuen Hon is speaking quickly inside a Beijing boardroom, excited about the conversation topic. He’s rattling off statistics and talking… Read More

Tech Moves: Ex-Amazon tech vet joins Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence; Envelop VR hires Magic Leap developer

—The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence hired Ruben Ortega as chief technology officer for the two-year-old AI research foundation. Ortega, who previously served… Read More

Want Cortana on your iPhone? Microsoft looking for iOS testers for its virtual assistant

Without Cortana available across all your devices, Microsoft’s smart assistant isn’t quite as helpful. And with Windows Phone running on less… Read More

Smart Reply: Google enlists machine learning to help you robo-reply to email

Weary of spambots, robo-calls and Twitter bots? Google is coming out with an artificial-intelligence tool that’s on your side for… Read More

Driverless car

‘Hyper lanes’ for driverless cars? Microsoft Research’s Eric Horvitz on the future of A.I.

“No human drivers wanted”: That just might be the road sign for the high-speed highway transit lanes of the future,… Read More

Paul Allen’s AI2 launches search engine designed specifically for scientists

The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence, or AI2, launched a new search engine for scientists on Monday, the latest project… Read More

Driving will be a hobby by 2035, and more predictions from AI expert Oren Etzioni

Artificial intelligence thought leader Oren Etzioni stepped out on a limb on Friday to make some predictions about what the industry will… Read More

Review: Amazon’s 4K Fire TV is blazing fast, but Alexa on the big screen is a letdown

We’re spoiled with artificially intelligent companions today. It started with our phones, which were once used for talking to others… Read More

Reporter John Markoff and Microsoft Research head Peter Lee talk self-driving cars, robots taking the SAT and the AI of Hollywood

From self-driving cars to computers that can create new meals, artificial intelligence is only getting better. But what will an… Read More

Podcast

Q&A: John Markoff on self-driving cars, the robot revolution and the chances of a ‘job-pocalypse’

John Markoff is a New York Times science reporter and author of the new book, Machines of Loving Grace: The Quest… Read More

Paul Allen’s team of AI experts just nailed the SATs — with a robot

The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence says it has built a machine that can solve geometry questions from the SAT about… Read More

Geek of the Week: Software engineer Mike Christensen wants to optimize the world

Mike Christensen is a life-long software engineer — a career that began remarkably early. While most of his kindergarten peers were mastering… Read More

New campaign launches to save us from harmful, lonely life of sex with robots

Robots and artificial intelligence are all the rage these days — taking over our jobs, maybe even destroying the planet… Read More

Artificial Intelligence in Avengers and Ex Machina: Time to Be Afraid?

As the summer blockbuster season gets into full swing, two fictional robots have already emerged to challenge our love of… Read More

Facebook adds 3 former Microsoft Research employees to Artificial Intelligence team

Facebook is strengthening the ranks of its artificial intelligence research team with the addition of six new employees, including three… Read More

InboxVudu uses artificial intelligence to keep people on top of important emails

At a time when people are receiving massive volumes of email every day, it can be hard to keep tabs… Read More

Paul Allen

Paul Allen gives $5.7M to ‘cutting-edge’ artificial intelligence researchers

The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation today awarded $5.7 million to seven researchers in the artificial intelligence field as part of… Read More

The next battleground for Amazon, Microsoft, Facebook and Google: Artificial Intelligence

  Digital personal assistants today can help you send messages, place phone calls, schedule meetings or find answers from the… Read More

Paul Allen

Paul Allen offers up $8M for artificial intelligence researchers to uncover ‘world-changing breakthroughs’

For the fourth year in a row, The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation is taking proposals from researchers interested in… Read More

Paul Allen on the race between brain research and artificial intelligence — and why he’s betting on both

Over the past decade, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has committed $500 million toward understanding the brain through his Allen Institute… Read More

Q&A: ‘Final Jeopardy’ author Stephen Baker on Watson, IBM, the future of e-books and the fate of humanity

Stephen Baker is the journalist and author who traced IBM’s Watson project from its inception and development all the way… Read More

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