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Watch AI experts weigh in on the good (and potential evil) of artificial intelligence
Experts on artificial intelligence are following up on the first White House workshop on artificial intelligence, presented last month in Seattle, with a session that...
University of Washington will host first-ever White House workshop on artificial intelligence
Between the University of Washington, a thriving tech community, and strong research institutions,...
Report: Amazon acquired the artificial intelligence image analysis startup Orbeus
Amazon’s artificial intelligence ambitions are growing, with rumors surfacing today that it purchased an AI startup focusing on image processing.
Amazon acquired Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Orbeus in the fall of 2015, according to an anonymous source that spoke with...
Microsoft’s Minecraft to be used as artificial intelligence testing ground
Marvin Minsky, artificial intelligence pioneer, dies of brain hemorrhage at 88
Marvin Minsky, the computer scientist who helped blaze the trail for virtual smartphone assistants and other manifestations of artificial intelligence, died of a cerebral hemorrhage on Sunday at the age of 88. Word of Minsky’s passing came today from his family as well...
Debunking the biggest myths about artificial intelligence
HAL 9000 in the film 2001.
The concept of inhuman intelligence goes back to the deep prehistory of mankind. At first the province of gods, demons, and spirits, it transferred seamlessly into the interlinked worlds of magic and technology. Ancient Greek myths had numerous robots, made variously by gods or human inventors, while extant artefacts...
Why people in China love Microsoft’s Xiaoice virtual companion, and what it says about artificial intelligence
Dr. Hsiao-Wuen Hon is speaking quickly inside a Beijing boardroom, excited about the conversation topic. He’s rattling off statistics and talking about Xiaoice, a new personal assistant built by Microsoft that is already being used by 40 million smartphone owners across China and Japan. Hon explains how Xiaoice is similar to digital assistants like...