Artificial Intelligence
Facebook Isn’t Developing a General AI, But Wrote a Paper About How it Would if it Were, Which it’s Not
Actual general AI is still a pipe dream.
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Facebook Quietly Used AI to Solve Problem of Searching Through Your Photos
To make photos searchable, Facebook analyzes every single image uploaded to the site, generating rough descriptions of each one.
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Alphabet’s Boston Dynamics Is Working on a Robot Its Founder Calls 'Nightmare Inducing'
The company's latest creation takes things a step further.
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Silicon Valley Is Right—Our Jobs Are Already Disappearing
It's happening with the development of artificial intelligence, robotics, software and automation.
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Scientists Are Weaving Futuristic Artificial Muscles Using Traditional Textile Techniques
These fake muscles move like human muscles and can be worn under clothing.
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Video: Look for This Robot Barista on Your Morning Commute
A different kind of handmade.
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How Sexy Tech Could Tackle Some of Government's 'Boring' Jobs
At first, artificial intelligence may tackle repetitive jobs and ease backlogs.
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A Massive AI Partnership Is Tapping Civil Rights and Economic Experts to Keep AI Safe
The Partnership is now the most high-profile, comprehensive, and mainstream organization considering how AI will shape our future.
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Congress Needs to Adopt Tech's Commercial Pace to Better Support Government Organizations
How do you predict the unpredictable?
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Your Smartphone Could Soon Be a Powerful Tool for Detecting Skin Cancer
Get ready for the weirdest selfie you'll ever take.
Artificial Intelligence
The Demon Voice That Can Control Your Smartphone
Researchers have created creepy sounds unintelligible to humans but still capable of talking to phones’ digital assistants.
Artificial Intelligence
The EU Is Exploring Legal Personhood for Robots
For the time being, robots don’t need civil rights—they have a hard enough time walking, let alone marching—but the European Union doesn’t expect that to be the case forever.
Artificial Intelligence
Video: A Steering Wheel for Self-Driving Cars
This gives white-knuckle driving a new meaning.
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Skills Your Kids Should Cultivate to Be Competitive in the Age of Automation
Perceptive and emotional AI is developing fast.
Artificial Intelligence
Don’t Want a Robot to Steal Your Job? Be Creative
Cheap computing power and rapidly advancing AI mean that machines already outperform us on tasks that involve retaining, processing and repeating rule-based information.
Artificial Intelligence
Why Injecting Personality in Technology Makes People Angry
Talking bots make people mad, product designers have found.
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$27M Fund Wants Artificial Intelligence with a Conscience
LinkedIn Founder Reid Hoffman kicked in $10 million.
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If You’ve Been Stuck in an Airport Because of Delays Recently, You Already Know How Bad a Highly Automated Society Will Be
We, in the U.S. at least, live in a world where we often can’t talk to humans, even when we want to.
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Police Want to Know What Alleged Murderer’s Amazon Echo Heard, on the Night of the Crime
A reminder that our smart devices can also be used against us.
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