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Report: Invest in AI, but ‘It's Not Magic’
Agencies should avoid moonshot goals, a report suggests.
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Amazon Echo’s Dominance in the Smart-Speaker Market Is a Lesson on the Virtue of Being First
Three years and change since Amazon first launched Alexa, the digital assistant has become a familiar voice in American homes.
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We Should Raise AIs Like Parents, Not Programmers—Or They’ll Turn Into Terrible Toddlers
At its core, creating a safe AI is not that different than raising a decent human.
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In 2017, Silicon Valley Got Cozier with China. In 2018, Washington Will Get Frostier
Here are some of the most significant moves by U.S. tech firms and Washington over the past year.
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3 Predictions for Government Tech in 2018
Here's which tech will move from buzzword to implementation.
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The Pentagon’s New Artificial Intelligence Is Already Hunting Terrorists
After less than eight months of development, the algorithms are helping intel analysts exploit drone video over the battlefield.
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NORAD is Tracking Santa in More Ways than Ever Before
Even the North Pole modernized this year.
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Agencies Could Struggle to Remove Bias From Algorithms
It’s a regulatory challenge to ensure that artificially intelligent systems aren’t making decisions based on biased information.
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NASA Gets Help From Google to Find Alien Planet
Machine learning is helping to unlock the secrets of outer space.
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Threading a City With Gunfire Sensors Might Not Make It Any Safer
Amid record-breaking gun violence, Chicago’s police are expanding the use of an innovative technology—with little evidence that it helps.
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Ninety Percent of People Think AI Will Take Away the Jobs of Other People
48% of people think they'll soon have an AI employee.
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China Is On a Whole-of-Nation Push for AI. The US Must Match It
Beijing is harnessing government and commercial entities in pursuit of a once-in-a-generation technological kingmaker.
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Google Taught an AI That Sorts Cat Photos to Analyze DNA
And it’s very good at it.
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Your Workplace Rewards Men More and AI Can Prove It
“This is happening everywhere, all the time.”
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As AI and Cyber Race Ahead, the State Department Is Falling Behind
Technology is reshaping the global order. America’s diplomats need to start thinking ahead.
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We Want Chatbots to Sound More Human—But the Result Could Destroy Our Relationships
The internet is increasingly being populated by botified people
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All the New Software Amazon Announced at Its Huge Developer Conference
Amazon is trying to make artificial intelligence services a cornerstone of its quickly-growing cloud business.
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Coders Should Be Afraid of What Happened to the Journalism Industry
Many jobs are becoming vulnerable to outsourcing and automation.
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