Developing countries need to wake up to the risks of new technologies
New technologies involve important risks, which have special significance in developing countries.Three of these inter-related risks are worsening unemployment, increasing concentration of economic...
View ArticleAmazon is making a major play for Windows PCs (AMZN)
Several PC manufacturers have announced new computers coming this year that will support Amazon's voice assistant, Alexa, hands-free.Some of these new PCs will come with special hardware that will make...
View ArticleHSBC: Here's how to make a killing betting on the robot revolution
Artificial intelligence is developing rapidly, and creating plentiful investment opportunities in its wake.HSBC breaks down the areas to watch in the AI space, focusing not just on software, but also...
View ArticleHere are the most common uses of AI on your smartphone today
Artificial intelligence is starting to permeate the technology that we use everyday. That's especially true in smartphones, where apps that rely on machine learning and AI are increasingly...
View ArticleGoogle is well-positioned to crush its competition in 4 big areas in 2018...
Google had an impressive 2017 and its momentum could push it even higher in 2018, a UBS analyst notes.The company's plays in mobile computing, AI and its cloud services have positioned it well for...
View ArticleSorry, Siri, Alexa's got you beat — Here's why Apple's going to lose the...
This year's CES was full of products powered by Amazon's Alexa voice assistant.Apple, which usually influences the rest of the tech industry, has fallen far behind in the voice-based computing, and...
View ArticleA shake-up at a key Pentagon agency is making employees fear they're being...
There's a "reorganization" underway at the Pentagon's National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.Some veteran imagery analysts fear their jobs might drastically change — and that their work will be...
View ArticleApple is the only place you can buy Colgate's new artificially intelligent...
Colgate unveiled a new smart toothbrush called the E1.It can map your mouth, emit "sonic vibrations," and provide real-time brushing feedback. The toothbrush will cost $99.95, and you can only buy it...
View ArticleAI IN SUPPLY CHAIN AND LOGISTICS: How AI will reshape the logistics and...
This is a preview of a research report from BI Intelligence, Business Insider's premium research service. To learn more about BI Intelligence, click here.Major logistics providers have long relied on...
View ArticleFacebook gets a new AI boss as it reorganizes to tackle Mark Zuckerberg's big...
Yann LeCun, who helped launch Facebook's artificial intelligence research initiative, is stepping aside from overseeing the company's day-to-day AI efforts but will remain at the company.IBM veteran...
View ArticleThe success of Apple’s HomePod is largely dependent on Siri, and that’s...
Apple announced it will launch its HomePod smart speaker on February 9.The HomePod is very similar to the popular Amazon Echo and Google Home devices, but is powered gby Apple's voice assistant,...
View ArticleAn Amazon-backed AI company is behind this hilarious fake Coachella lineup...
A fake Coachella poster that went viral after its publication Tuesday was generated by artificial intelligence.The neural network and poster came out of Botnik Studios, an Amazon Alexa Accelerator...
View ArticleWatch the full discussion: AI and its impact on society
Watch the full discussion on artificial intelligence and its implications for society. Business Insider CEO Henry Blodget moderates a panel of AI experts from the Microsoft Cafe in Davos, Switzerland....
View ArticleTHE SOCIAL COMMERCE REPORT: How Facebook, YouTube, Pinterest, and other...
This is a preview of a research report from BI Intelligence, Business Insider's premium research service. To learn more about BI Intelligence, click here.Social media is becoming increasingly...
View ArticleBill Gates thinks AI taking everyone's jobs could be a good thing (MSFT)
Bill Gates said that artificial intelligence is coming to replace some jobs, and there isn't a lot we can do to stop it.But if it plays out like Gates predicts, it will be a net positive for the...
View ArticleA Stanford researcher is pioneering a dramatic shift in how we treat...
Woebot is a free therapy chatbot that launched as a stand-alone iOS app on Thursday.Alison Darcy, a clinical psychologist at Stanford University, created it.Woebot uses one of the best-researched...
View ArticleDiscord just shut down a chat group dedicated to sharing porn videos edited...
Discord has shut down a chat group on its service that was being used to share pornographic videos that had been edited using an artificial intelligence technology to include the images of female...
View ArticlePeople are using creepy, cutting-edge AI technology to splice Nic Cage into...
People are using cutting-edge artificial intelligence technology to splice actor Nicolas Cage's face into a wide assortment movies and TV shows, creating surreal mash-up clips.The same technology has...
View ArticleI spent 2 weeks texting a bot about my anxiety — and found it to be...
Depression is the leading cause of disability worldwide, and it can kill. Yet scientists know surprisingly little about why it happens and how best to treat it. We do know that talking seems to help —...
View ArticleNvidia just took a one-two punch from Wall Street (NVDA)
Nvidia is sliding after two Wall Street firms took shots at the company.Goldman Sachs and Citron Research both announced a pullback on their optimism while maintaining a good overall outlook.Watch...
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