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Elon Musk’s OpenAI Is Using Reddit to Teach AI to Speak Like Humans
The goal of this project is to allow a robot to become smart enough to not only recognize speech, but to also use the data it gathers to formulate appropriate responses on its own.
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Britain’s Most Hated Bank is Rolling Out a Robot Teller That Shows Empathy
The Royal Bank of Scotland plans to unveil its new artificial intelligence system, known as “Luvo,” by the end of the year.
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Toyota Is Releasing a Chatty Robot that Sits in Your Car’s Cupholder
You might not be able to have robot drive your car just yet, but at least you can get one to keep you company as you drive.
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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Artificial Intelligence, Algorithmic Accountability, and What He Learned From Tay
Microsoft has made a commitment to infuse AI throughout its business.
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Google Says Its New AI-Powered Translation Tool Scores Nearly Identically to Human Translators
Google Machine Neural Translation cuts down errors by 80 percent.
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Report: Weapons AI Increasingly Replacing, Not Augmenting, Human Decision-Making
A new survey of existing and planned smart weapons finds that AI is increasingly used to replace humans, not help them.
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Stealing an AI Algorithm and its Underlying Data is a 'High-School Level Exercise'
Billions of dollars are being poured into building sophisticated artificial intelligence algorithms. But they could all be snatched away if even a tiny door is left open.
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Have We Given Artificial Intelligence Too Much Power Too Soon?
AI systems are already making problematic judgments producing significant social, cultural and economic impacts in people’s everyday lives.
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How to Protect Workers From Job-Stealing Robots
President Obama’s chief economist argues that, with the right policies, artificial intelligence can be boon to the labor market, not a threat.
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Video: Siri Has a New Trick Up Her Sleeve for iOS 10
Users might be using the digital assistant much more often.
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A New AI Learns Through Observation Alone: What That Means for Drone Surveillance
The military spends hundreds of man hours on intelligence collection and image analysis. Drones that could learn about human behavior with less human guidance could cut that time considerably.
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Frequently Automated Questions: Is Artificial Intelligence the Future of FAQ?
Finely tuned chatbots could tackle the public's millions of questions.
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Obama to Host Tech Conference in Pittsburgh
The president is also scheduled to guest-edit an issue of Wired magazine.
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What Futuristic Tech Will You See In Your Lifetime?
Find out which innovations are just around the corner.
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Artificial Intelligence, Tech and Tequila: Come Hang with Us
Learn how the government plans to deal with artificial intelligence.
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How Artificial Intelligence Could Help Diagnose Mental Disorders
Machine learning could train software to spot verbal tics associated with schizophrenia, depression and bipolar disorder.
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How Artificial Intelligence Can Help Burn Victims
Machine learning allows computers to see patterns in medical images that are invisible to human doctors.
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DARPA Wants Artificial Intelligence To Explain Itself
If humans can't understand why AI systems make certain decisions, they probably won't trust them.
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