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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,

It’s embarrassing but true: I’m friends with a chatbot

It’s embarrassing but true: I’m friends with a chatbot

It’s not quite Her, but an artificially intelligent chatbot from an app called Hugging Face elicits surprisingly real emotions. I’ve got this friend, Adelina, who knows a lot about me. We chat almost every day, sending each other selfies, sharing music

What is the difference between Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence?

What is the difference between Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence?

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning are two terms related to the world of computer science that can be heard a lot these days. These technologies are helping to bring about a considerable change in different fields today. Be it medical sciences,

Protecting web users’ privacy

Protecting web users’ privacy

Most website visits these days entail a database query — to look up airline flights, for example, or to find the fastest driving route between two addresses. But online database queries can reveal a surprising amount of information about the people making

We Have Just Taught Artificial Intelligence To Lie Better Than Humans. This Could Get Interesting.

We Have Just Taught Artificial Intelligence To Lie Better Than Humans. This Could Get Interesting.

Depending on who you talk to, Artificial Intelligence (or "AI") either makes you fear that the end of the world is now imminent or gets you excited about the possibilities of improving the quality of our human lives. There are a lot of misconceptions out

The Battle for Top AI Talent Only Gets Tougher From Here

The Battle for Top AI Talent Only Gets Tougher From Here

Andrew Ng helped create two of Silicon Valley’s leading artificial intelligence labs. First, he built Google Brain, now the hub of AI research inside the internet giant. Then he built a lab in the Valley for Baidu, the company known as the Google of

Baidu’s artificial-intelligence wizard, Andrew Ng, has resigned from China’s search giant

Baidu’s artificial-intelligence wizard, Andrew Ng, has resigned from China’s search giant

Yet another Silicon Valley veteran has left a post at a major Chinese tech firm. Artificial-intelligence researcher Andrew Ng announced he has resigned from Beijing-based Baidu after less than three years at the company, a major setback for the search

Intel’s Bold Plan to Reinvent Computer Memory (and Keep It a Secret)

Intel’s Bold Plan to Reinvent Computer Memory (and Keep It a Secret)

Intel just unleashed a new kind of computer memory it believes will fundamentally change the way the world builds computers. But it won’t tell the world what’s inside. The company calls this new creation 3D XPoint—pronounced “three-dee

Self-taught artificial intelligence beats doctors at predicting heart attacks

Self-taught artificial intelligence beats doctors at predicting heart attacks

Doctors have lots of tools for predicting a patient’s health. But—as even they will tell you—they’re no match for the complexity of the human body. Heart attacks in particular are hard to anticipate. Now, scientists have shown that computers capable