Here's how Samsung's Viv acquisition will help it compete with Apple and...
This story was delivered to BI Intelligence Apps and Platforms Briefing subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here.Samsung announced on Wednesday that it acquired AI company Viv Labs,...
View ArticleArtificial intelligence-powered malware is coming, and it's going to be...
Imagine you've got a meeting with a client, and shortly before you leave, they send you over a confirmation and a map with directions to where you're planning to meet.It all looks normal — but the...
View ArticleApple cofounder Steve Wozniak dismisses AI concerns raised by the likes of...
PayPal billionaire Elon Musk, Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates, and renowned scientist Stephen Hawking have called out artificial intelligence (AI) as one of the biggest threats to humanity's very...
View ArticleThe UK is totally unprepared for our robot future, MPs warn
Advances in robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) are going to completely change how we live and work but the UK government is totally unprepared, MPs have warned.The Science and Technology...
View ArticleHuawei has formed a strategic partnership to develop AI
This story was delivered to BI Intelligence Apps and Platforms Briefing subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here.Huawei’s R&D arm, Noah’s Ark Laboratory, announced on Tuesday a...
View ArticleThe White House is preparing for the future of artificial intelligence
This story was delivered to BI Intelligence Apps and Platforms Briefing subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here.The White House released a lengthy report Wednesday on artificial...
View ArticleCambridge has opened a £10 million research facility to examine the morality...
The University of Cambridge has opened a £10 million research centre to explore the impact of artificial intelligence, Wired reports.The Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence— first...
View ArticleApple wants to use AI to turbo-charge your iPhone's battery life (AAPL)
Apple wants to use artificial intelligence (AI) to turbo-charge the battery life of your iPhone.In an interview with The Nikkei Asian Review published Monday, CEO Tim Cook said that the company is...
View ArticleREVIEW: Google's first phone makes Siri look trivial (GOOG, GOOGL)
Android has always been a mess.Its greatest strength — the openness and ability for any phone maker to freely adopt and modify the software — is also its greatest weakness. It has caused fragmentation,...
View ArticleThe tech industry is making big money off people's fear of AI
Star physicist Stephen Hawking has reiterated his concerns that the rise of powerful artificial intelligence (AI) systems could spell the end for humanity.Speaking at the launch of the University of...
View ArticleThe least educated people in the world are in denial about how robots will...
The least educated people in the professional world are also the least concerned about the risk of technology taking their jobs, according to a new survey released by salary benchmarking site...
View ArticleHow Google embarrassed Apple (GOOG, AAPL)
This week didn't look good for Apple.Google's new Pixel phone launched to positive reviews, largely because of the phone's new digital helper called Google Assistant.As I wrote in my review of the new...
View ArticleHere’s what a computer is thinking when it plays chess against you
A co-lead at Google's Big Picture data visualization group has created an online version of chess called the Thinking Machine 6, which lets you play against a computer and visualize all of its possible...
View Article11 thought-provoking questions raised by 'Westworld'
Note: Spoilers are ahead for previously aired Westworld episodes, as is some potentially spoiler-y speculation for future episodes.Something is wrong in "Westworld."HBO's sci-fi western drama — a...
View ArticleYou can now go on a 'Stranger Things' scavenger hunt using Google's new...
Google is using its new messaging app Allo to send people on a "Stranger Things"-inspired scavenger hunt.Today only in New York City — that's Friday, October 28 — users of Allo, Google's AI-powered...
View ArticleWatch a haunting MIT program transform photos into your worst nightmares
The smarter artificial intelligence (AI) software gets, the more fearful the world's brightest contemporary minds seem to grow.SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk said in 2014 that "we're summoning the...
View ArticleHow Google embarrassed Apple (GOOG, AAPL)
This week didn't look good for Apple.Google's new Pixel phone launched to positive reviews, largely because of the phone's new digital helper called Google Assistant.As I wrote in my review of the new...
View ArticleFacebook AI director Yann LeCun explains how he hires the smartest minds in...
US tech giants like Facebook, Google, Amazon, and Microsoft are investing hundreds of millions of dollars into artificial intelligence as they look to make their platforms and personal assistants that...
View ArticleFacebook's AI director explained why some of the world's brightest minds...
Apple is one of the most secretive technology companies in the world, with the Cupertino tech giant typically only providing public updates when it has a new product to announce.Part of this secrecy...
View ArticleExperts are worried that advancements in AI could threaten humanity
Oren Etzioni, a well-known AI researcher, complains about news coverage of potential long-term risks arising from future success in AI research (see “No, Experts Don't Think Superintelligent AI is a...
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