UK chief scientist: 'AI poses new questions about ethics and governance'
The government has released a report highlighting some of the benefits and challenges that are likely to come about as a result of advances in artificial intelligence being made by companies like...
View Article8 details you may have missed on episode 7 of 'Westworld'
The 7th episode of HBO's "Westworld" shocked viewers with a big reveal about one of the main characters on the show. But that wasn't the only key moment in the episode. Here are 8 other details you...
View ArticleA futurist explains what Black Mirror's 'San Junipero' episode gets wrong...
SPOILERS BELOW.The "San Junipero" episode of "Black Mirror" has been hailed as brilliant and one of the few in the series with an optimistic vision of the future. (Again: major spoiler warning).The...
View ArticleGoogle Play Music made a huge leap forward this week (GOOG, GOOGL)
True confession: I thought about quitting Google Play Music.After declaring it better than Spotify last spring, I found myself disappointed with some features. Play Music's Concierge, which suggested...
View ArticleHere's what hyper-advanced aliens might look like
What would hyper-advanced aliens even look like if we could find them. Director of the Columbia Astrobiology Center at Columbia University, New York, and author of "The Copernicus Complex," Caleb...
View ArticleGoogle's DeepMind and Oxford are working on a lip-reading system (GOOG, GOOGL)
This story was delivered to BI Intelligence "Digital Media Briefing" subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here.Google’s DeepMind and the University of Oxford are working on a...
View ArticleMicrosoft's Chinese chatbot won't talk about Tiananmen Square or Donald Trump...
Microsoft's Chinese chatbot Xiaoice is wildly popular — just don't ask it about Tiananmen Square.The conversational two-year-old Chinese-speaking bot won't talk about certain controversial political...
View Article7 details you may have missed on episode 9 of 'Westworld'
The second to last episode of season 1 of "Westworld" had some big reveals for fans and hinted towards an even bigger reveal in the finale. There were several throwbacks to some scenes in the premiere...
View ArticleThere might be an algorithm that explains intelligence
The human brain is the most sophisticated organ in the human body. The things that the brain can do, and how it does them, have even inspired a model of artificial intelligence (AI). Now, a recent...
View Article21 technology tipping points we will reach by 2030
From driverless cars to robotic workers, the future is going to be here before you know it. Many emerging technologies you hear about today will reach a tipping point by 2025, according to a report...
View ArticleFacebook wants to teach you about artificial intelligence now so it can hire...
"We need everybody to contribute to artificial intelligence," Joaquin Quiñonero Candela, the head of Facebook's Applied Machine Learning (AML) research division, tells Business Insider.Candela is...
View ArticleThis AI can create 'videos of the future'
This story was delivered to BI Intelligence "Digital Media Briefing" subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here.Researchers from the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence...
View ArticleMasterCard is turning to AI to prevent false declines (MA)
This story was delivered to BI Intelligence "Payments Briefing" subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here.MasterCard will incorporate machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI)...
View ArticleStephen Hawking: Automation and AI is going to decimate middle class jobs
Artificial intelligence and increasing automation is going to decimate middle class jobs, worsening inequality and risking significant political upheaval, Stephen Hawking has warned.In a column in The...
View ArticleFacebook gives a lesson on AI (FB)
This story was delivered to BI Intelligence "Digital Media Briefing" subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here.Facebook has released an explainer on artificial intelligence (AI) with...
View ArticleDeepMind is opening up its 'flagship' platform to AI researchers outside the...
Artificial intelligence (AI) researchers around the world will soon be able to use DeepMind's "flagship" platform to develop innovative computer systems that can learn and think for...
View ArticleUber just bought a startup to help launch the company's first artificial...
Uber made two big announcements on Monday: It is acquiring Geometric Intelligence, a New York-based startup, and using that 15-person team to help launch a new artificial intelligence division within...
View ArticleHow artificial intelligence software is reflecting the tech industry's...
Only 26 percent of computer professionals were women in 2013, according to a recent review by the American Association of University Women.That figure has dropped 9 percent since 1990.Explanations...
View ArticleAR startup Blippar added real-time facial recognition to its app
Blippar, the AR (augmented reality) startup aiming to build a visual catalog of every object in the world, has added real-time facial recognition technology to its mobile app, allowing users to create...
View ArticleMicrosoft bets on AI (MSFT)
This story was delivered to BI Intelligence Apps and Platforms Briefing subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here.On Monday, Microsoft announced a new Microsoft Ventures fund...
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