Intel and Facebook are working together on a chip that should make it cheaper for big companies to use artificial intelligence. The device promises to run pre-trained machine learning algorithms more efficiently, meaning less hardware and less energy
2019-01-18
The rapid progress and development in artificial intelligence (AI) is prompting desperate speculation about its dual use applications and security risks. From autonomous weapons systems(AWS) to facial recognition technology to decision-making algorithms,
2019-01-18
Solutions which allowing humans to explore fully immersive computer-generated worlds (in VR), and overlay computer graphics onto our view of our immediate environment (AR) are both increasingly being adopted in both entertainment and industry. Over the next
2019-01-18
Can a selfie help predict your health risks? The doc.ai app helps people to answer that question by applying artificial intelligence (AI) to health records provided by users. The company has attracted millions of dollars from strategic investors and uses
2019-01-18
Inside the pediatric intensive care unit at Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children, an infant recovering from open-heart surgery is barely visible through the forest of whizzing and beeping machines that monitor his every vital sign. In the old days, those
2019-01-18
I recently discovered it’s possible for someone in their 20s to feel old—just mention Microsoft’s Clippy to anyone born after the late 90s. Weirdly, there is an entire generation of people who never experienced that dancing wide-eyed paper-clip
2019-01-18
The exceptional opportunity of AI makes it imperative for enterprises to plan for change. Artificial intelligence (AI) technology promises to solve problems organizations could not before because it delivers benefits that no humans could legitimately
2019-01-18
In 2015, a man named Nigel Richards won the title of French-language Scrabble World Champion. This was especially noteworthy because Richards does not speak French. What the New Zealander had done was memorize each of the 386,000 words in the entire French
2019-01-17
I can’t think of many better uses for artificial intelligence (AI) technology than to save lives. Danish startup Corti must agree because they built, tested and deployed an AI-enabled system that helps emergency dispatchers make life-saving decisions.
2019-01-17
