Artificial intelligence (AI) is the new technological frontier over which companies and countries are vying for control. According to a recent report from McKinsey, Alphabet invested roughly $30 billion in developing AI technologies. Baidu, which is the Chinese equivalent of Alphabet, invested $20 billion in AI last year. Companies aren’t the only ones investing time, money and […]
Let’s make one thing clear: one year isn’t going to fix decades of gender discrimination in computer science and all the problems associated with it. Recent diversity reports show that women still make up only 20 percent of engineers at Google and Facebook, and an even lower proportion at Uber. But after the parade of awful news about the […]
Machine learning is a field that threatens to both augment and undermine exactly what it means to be human, and it’s becoming increasingly important that you—yes, you—actually understand it. I don’t think you should need to have a technical background to know what machine learning is or how it’s done. Too much of the discussion about […]
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A day in the life of the average person in 2038, when artificial intelligence will grant everyone services currently …
Business Insider Microsoft president Brad Smith and EVP of AI and research Harry Shum have a new book about artificial intelligence called “The Future Computed.” In it, they outline Microsoft’s predictions and policy proposals around AI development. Shum told Business … New Microsoft book is calling for ethics guidelines on AI |
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Artificial Intelligence Will Make Marketers Even Smarter In 2018
Forbes That’s why artificial intelligence scares us so much. It’s new and unfamiliar. Knowing that someone out in cyberspace learned something about the items we need and the services that we buy makes our palms sweat and our hearts race with fear and … |
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3 Companies Using Artificial Intelligence to Their Advantage
Motley Fool Artificial intelligence (AI) is already impacting our lives in many ways. From intelligent video curation on Alphabet’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) YouTube and Google web search to Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) Siri personal assistant, AI is already making … |
Entrepreneur10 Artificial Intelligence Trends to Watch in 2018EntrepreneurArtificial intelligence (AI) is the new technological frontier over which companies and countries are vying for control. According to a recent report from McKinsey, Alphabet inve…
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How Fast Is AI Progressing? Stanford’s New Report Card for Artificial Intelligence
Singularity Hub When? This is probably the question that futurists, AI experts, and even people with a keen interest in technology dread the most. It has proved famously difficult to predict when new developments in AI will take place. The scientists at the Dartmouth … |
The GuardianQuestioning AI: what can scientists learn from artificial intelligence? – Science Weekly podcastThe GuardianIn October 2017, researchers at Google DeepMind published a paper on an artificial intelligence (AI) program called AlphaGo Zero. Un…
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It’s time for Washington to start working on artificial intelligence
TechCrunch As the founder of the Artificial Intelligence Caucus, I’ve been working to start a new dialogue on Capitol Hill that is focused on the future. Recently, I introduced the House version of the FUTURE of AI Act that would create a formal process for both … |
