Artificial Intelligence

Tech Industry Group Releases Artificial Intelligence Policy Guide

The Information Technology Industry Council released guidance on how industry and government can work together to grow systems based on the human mind.

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The AI That Has Nothing to Learn From Humans

DeepMind’s new self-taught Go-playing program is making moves that other players describe as “alien” and “from an alternate dimension.”

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If the US Government Can’t Explain AI’s Decisions It Shouldn’t Use It

Nearly 250 years in, there’s a new force at work on the North American continent whose decisions can’t be explained.

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I Just Coded My First AI Algorithm, and Oh Boy, It Felt Good

Learning to code is not as hard as you might think.

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DeepMind Has a Bigger Plan for Its Newest Go-Playing AI

AlphaGo was never just about board games.

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What Agencies Need to Navigate the AI Frontier

Adopting artificial intelligence isn't a well-trodden path.

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This Is How Much Google Is Spending on Cutting Edge AI Research

Google CEO Sundar Pichai has repeatedly said the company’s future success will be based in artificial intelligence.

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Google's Latest Smartphones, Speakers and Gadgets

The tech giant unveiled a ton of new products.

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Google Moonshot Lab Cofounder Sebastian Thrun Talks Flying Cars, Automated Teaching, and an AI Arms Race With China

Thrun has a history of getting in front of trends.

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Facebook's New 'AI Camera' Team Wants to Add a Layer to the World

The most important technological advances of the past decade are converging inside the battle for your phone’s camera.

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Can the US Military Re-Invent the Microchip for the AI Era?

As conventional microchip design reaches its limits, DARPA is pouring money into the specialty chips that might power tomorrow’s autonomous machines.

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Artificial Intelligence Is Great at Predicting the Size of Hurricanes, But Humans Still Need to Figure Out Their Impact

One of the modern computer’s first killer apps was predicting the weather.

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Guess Which Gender Trusts Artificial Intelligence More?

As the government deploys artificial intelligence tools, it may need to address a gender gap in trust.

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What the CIA’s Tech Director Wants from AI

Dawn Meyerriecks says staying ahead of Russia and China isn’t as hard as getting U.S. leaders to listen to their own artificial intelligence analysis.

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Using AI to Identify Protestors Hiding Behind Hats or Scarves Is Entirely Possible

Artificial intelligence is giving rise to unprecedented capabilities for surveillance.

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How the City of Las Vegas Uses AI to Protect Against Hackers

When Las Vegas hosts annual hacker conventions, it prepares its smart infrastructure.

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This Aid Agency Is Using Chatbots to Beat World Hunger

Turning smartphones and social media into lifelines for the most vulnerable of refugees.

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Vladimir Putin Believes Artificial Intelligence Could Lead to Global Monopolies and Drone Wars

Russian companies have been actively researching autonomous weapons, such as drones, robots and missiles, which would be able to pick targets and fire on their own.

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3 Questions: Artificial Intelligence and the Military

AI has moved from the movies to the laboratory, and governments around the world want it in their arsenals. We asked how militaries define it, and how they intend to keep it under control.