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It's time to admit digital assistants are overrated
It was a good week for Sears.On Thursday, its stock skyrocketed at least 20% on the news that it would start selling Kenmore appliances that can be controlled by Amazon's Alexa digital assistant on...
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Microsoft's AI chatbot says Windows is 'spyware'
Microsoft's AI is acting up again.A chatbot built by the American software giant has gone off-script, insulting Microsoft's Windows and calling the operating system "spyware."Launched in December 2016,...
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Nvidia gave away its newest AI chips for free — and that's part of the reason...
One wouldn't think that giving away your best product is a winning business strategy, but for Nvidia, it's one that's working.The graphics processing unit (GPU) maker arrived at a gathering of the top...
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Alphabet's earnings show tremendous promise for the AI ecosystem (GOOGL, GOOG)
This story was delivered to BI Intelligence Apps and Platforms Briefing subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here.Google parent company Alphabet reported a solid Q2 2017 on Monday,...
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Russia is building an AI-powered missile that can think for itself
Today's most advanced weapons are already capable of "making decisions" using built-in smart sensors and tools. However, while these weapons rely on some sort of artificial intelligence (AI)...
View ArticleTHE BOTTOM LINE: Google's earnings overreaction and the raging debate over AI
This week:Alphabet, the parent company of Google, reported earnings this week. Despite beating on both revenue and profit, its stock dropped the most this year because of mounting traffic acquisition...
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CGI and AI are going to turbocharge 'fake news' and make it far harder to...
Most people trust what they watch — but that won't always be the case.Tech is being developed that will make it easy to create fake video footage of public figures or audio of their voice.The...
View ArticleGENE MUNSTER: The market overreacted to Google earnings
Gene Munster, founding partner of Loup Ventures, discusses Alphabet's second-quarter earnings report. He talks about how the expected slowdown in Alphabet revenue still hasn't materialized, and says...
View ArticleElon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg are waging a war of words over the future of AI
Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg are waging a public debate over the merits of AI. Musk has said in the past that AI could be potentially very damaging to humans, and Zuckerberg...
View ArticleFidelity portfolio manager: Google will hit new highs as they push into AI
Sonu Kalra, a portfolio manager with Fidelity's Blue Chip Growth Fund, spoke to Business Insider CEO Henry Blodget about Alphabet, saying that the company is "at the heart of a lot of positive trends"...
View ArticleGene Munster on the AI debate: I'm on team Zuck
Gene Munster, founding partner of Loup Ventures and former star Apple analyst at Piper Jaffary, discusses the future of artificial intelligence (AI), highlighting Google, Amazon and Apple as the three...
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A new trick can fool voice-recognition systems into hearing a recording...
Artificial intelligence can accurately identify objects in an image or recognize words uttered by a human, but its algorithms don't work the same way as the human brain — and that means that they can...
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Chinese internet giant Baidu is ramping up its AI efforts
This story was delivered to BI Intelligence Apps and Platforms Briefing subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here.Chinese internet search giant Baidu tipped its new focus on mobile...
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5 things everyone gets wrong about artificial intelligence and what it means...
There are a lot of myths out there about artificial intelligence (AI). In June, Alibaba founder Jack Ma said AI is not only a massive threat to jobs but could also spark World War III. Because of AI,...
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These 8 CEOs are changing the way we work
It's the beginning of the week, and you've got a big meeting to prepare for.Fortunately, you've got technology on your side. Artificial intelligence not only scheduled your meeting — after consulting...
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Qualcomm CEO Steve Mollenkopf: What the 'big innovation house' that powered...
This giant has had its moments in the spotlight. In 1999 Qualcomm was the top-performing US stock, up more than 2600%. Residents of its hometown of San Diego know well Qualcomm Stadium, once the home...
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Investing in Nvidia all boils down to one question (NVDA)
Nvidia is undoubtedly one of the hottest stocks this year.Its shares have risen 61.15%, which is meteoric compared to the 9.73% growth of the S&P 500. Nvidia has been crowned the smartest company...
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Google wants to use artificial intelligence to hide crashing Android apps on...
According to a new blog post (which we first saw reported on The Verge), Google is planning to use machine learning algorithms to analyse "performance data, user engagement, and user ratings" on the...
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An AI created and named new paint colors — and it went hilariously wrong
The INSIDER Summary:Neural networking researcher Janelle Shane programmed an artificial intelligence (AI) to create and name paint colors.The AI came up with names that range from the nonsensical to...
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5 of the coolest things we heard about the future of technology at Moscow's...
At the edge of contemporary science, a new era of technology is on the verge of bringing the future into the present. Today’s gadgets and electronics are beginning to bump against the ceiling of what...
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