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Connectivity and AI are fast-moving trains which must be caught

Connectivity and AI are fast-moving trains which must be caught

When I first started working with the Internet of Things (IoT) nearly 10 years ago I used to lead presentations with a “the world is changing, and it’s changing fast” mantra. Now, with the rise of new advanced technologies driven by artificial

Farhad’s and Mike’s Week in Tech: YouTube’s Problematic Advertising

Farhad’s and Mike’s Week in Tech: YouTube’s Problematic Advertising

Each Saturday, Farhad Manjoo and Mike Isaac, technology reporters at The New York Times, review the week’s news, offering analysis and maybe a joke or two about the most important developments in the tech industry. Farhad: Hey Mike, how are you? What a week

Amazon Wants to Crush Your Store With Its Technology Might

Amazon Wants to Crush Your Store With Its Technology Might

SEATTLE — Last Sunday in Palm Springs, Calif., Jeffrey P. Bezos, the chief executive of Amazon, climbed into the cockpit of a 13-foot robot and began flailing his arms as though warming up for a workout, causing the robot’s enormous appendages to mimic

Software that can understand images, sounds, and language is helping people with disabilities

Software that can understand images, sounds, and language is helping people with disabilities

FCC rules require TV stations to provide closed captions that convey speech, sound effects, and audience reactions such as laughter to deaf and hard of hearing viewers. YouTube isn’t subject to those rules, but thanks to Google’s machine-learning

One Big Question: Why is artificial intelligence still kind of dumb?

One Big Question: Why is artificial intelligence still kind of dumb?

Once the domain of science-fiction authors and script writers, artificial intelligence is steadily marching into the real world. Recently we've seen the technology do everything from reading lips better than the experts to playing in a poker tournament and

Hate to Break It to Steve Mnuchin, But AI’s Already Taking Jobs

Hate to Break It to Steve Mnuchin, But AI’s Already Taking Jobs

Today, in 2017, the president’s top economic advisor said he had no worries about robots putting people out of work. “In terms of artificial intelligence taking over the jobs, I think we’re so far away from that that it’s not even on my radar

Millions of UK workers at risk of being replaced by robots, study says

Millions of UK workers at risk of being replaced by robots, study says

More than 10 million UK workers are at high risk of being replaced by robots within 15 years as the automation of routine tasks gathers pace in a new machine age. A report by the consultancy firm PwC found that 30% of jobs in Britain were potentially under

*Applause* YouTube’s caption upgrade shows how machine learning is helping the disabled

*Applause* YouTube’s caption upgrade shows how machine learning is helping the disabled

Software that can understand images, sounds, and language is being used to help people with disabilities such as deafness and autism in new ways. FCC rules require TV stations to provide closed captions that convey speech, sound effects, and audience

On the Road to AI, Don’t Ask “Are We There Yet?”

On the Road to AI, Don’t Ask “Are We There Yet?”

It would be very, very helpful to know what the future holds for artificial intelligence in business. Unfortunately, it is also very, very hard to predict. With this topic, our extrapolation heuristics may not work well. We tend to extrapolate linearly,