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On-board computers and sensors could stop the next car-based attack
Cities are scrambling to protect busy pedestrian areas and popular events.Computerized systems can be used to automatically brake or even steer the car.But the question of whether humans should still...
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Russia has serious ambitions for military robotics
Russia's military is now a leader in the weaponized robotics.It has a number of unmanned ground and air projects under consideration and is adopting some of them.Russian officials are also...
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A MIT director thinks artificial intelligence could fix one of the biggest...
Local news stations are being closed, depriving national newsrooms of valuable grassroots insight.Deb Roy, the director of the Laboratory for Social Machines at the MIT, says there needs to be an...
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The future is going to be weird, but at least Joelle Renstrom is here to...
Writer and academic Joelle Renstrom contemplates the implications of the singularity and suggests that the rise of machines will result in a personal erosion of purpose and deepening sense of human...
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JEFFERIES: Nvidia has 'tectonic upside' (NVDA)
Nvidia reported earnings and revenue that were both above analyst expectations, sending shares to a record high.Nvidia is one of the main beneficiaries of a "tectonic shift" in computing because it's...
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DIGITAL HEALTH BRIEFING: Top trends from HealthConf 2017 — FDA set to change...
Welcome to Digital Health Briefing, a new morning email providing the latest news, data, and insight on how digital technology is disrupting the healthcare ecosystem, produced by BI Intelligence.Sign...
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The first-ever robot citizen has 7 humanoid 'siblings' — here's what they...
In late October, Saudi Arabia announced that Sophia, a humanoid developed by Hanson Robotics, is the first-ever robot citizen.Sophia recently spoke at the Future Investment Initiative, held in Riyadh,...
View ArticleWhy we shouldn't be scared by artificial intelligence, according to Tim O'Reilly
Business Insider spoke with O'Reilly Media founder Tim O'Reilly about why we shouldn't be scared of artificial intelligence becoming smarter than humans.Full transcript belowTim O'Reilly: There are...
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The UK government wants to give £20 million to startups that can solve...
The funding will be overseen by a new "GovTech Catalyst" team. Money will be given to companies working on issues in areas like healthcare and education. It could be used to fund research from...
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The Trump administration's extreme vetting plan is being blasted as a...
Tech experts and rights groups are criticizing a plan from the Trump administration to develop software that would automate the vetting process immigrants undergo.In recent months, the Department of...
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Everyone is freaking out about artificial intelligence stealing jobs and...
43% of respondents to a Sage survey in the United States and 46% of respondents in the United Kingdom admitted that they have ‘no idea what AI is all about.’Adopting technologies like artificial...
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BlackRock, the biggest fund manager in the world, is joining the robot...
BlackRock has plans to launch sector ETFs for which stock classifications will be determined by computer programs.It's just the latest of many recent examples of fund providers tapping into the realm...
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eBay boosts AI capabilities
This story was delivered to BI Intelligence "E-Commerce Briefing" subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here.eBay has been increasing its artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives...
View ArticleSophia, the world's first-ever robot citizen, has a message for humanity this...
Sophia isn't your typical robot. Just a month ago, the humanoid robot was granted legal citizenship in Saudi Arabia, making Sophia the world's first-ever robot citizen. And after a whirlwind press tour...
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Facebook is using artificial intelligence to spot suicidal tendencies in its...
Facebook is using pattern-recognition technology to identify content that could be indicative of suicidal tendencies. It will look for comments such as "Are you OK?" and "Can I help?"The software is...
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2 Berkeley grads are using AI to make stock-buying decisions — and it could...
Equbot's AI Powered Equity ETF uses IBM's Watson technology to construct a stock portfolio, employing machine learning to make rational investment decisions.The original idea for the fund was...
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China's race for artificial-intelligence technology may give its military an...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A research arm of the US intelligence community just wrapped up a competition to see who could develop the best facial recognition technology. The challenge: identify as many...
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Tech giants are fighting to hire the best AI talent at the NIPS conference in...
The NIPS conference has become the AI hiring event of the year Big tech firms like Google, Facebook, and Microsoft send armies of people to try to find machine learning experts to join their...
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Artificial intelligence isn’t just going to transform your business — it’s...
Bob Picciano, senior vice president, IBM Cognitive SystemsOpen any business publication or digital journal today, and you will read about the promise of AI, known as artificial or augmented...
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Trump's speech has baffled translators and linguists since his campaign — and...
An AI transcription tool found that Donald Trump is one of the hardest politicians to understand.Some of Trump's speech habits, like turning away from the microphone and speaking in a...
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