Artificial Intelligence

Intel on Thursday detailed its product partnership with Amazon‘s Alexa Voice Service platform and reiterated its commitment to the growing ecosystem that’s seeking to expand the availability of various Internet of Things (IoT) products in the United States and beyond, with its latest move on that front coming in the form of a new developer […]

Samsung Mobile Executive Vice President and Head of Service Intelligence of Mobile Communications Business, Eui-Suk Chung, took the stage at the recent Samsung Developer Conference in San Francisco to officially unveil Bixby 2.0, and he says that he wants the newest version of Samsung’s AI assistant to serve as a “fundamental leap forward” in its field. Chung […]

Nigel AGI, the artificial general intelligence with an Android app front-end made by Kimera Systems, is entering phase three as of today, and will begin to actually apply what it’s learned about its users and the world so far to take independent action. Everything that Nigel does, and will be doing, is because it has […]

Google announced a slew of new hardware at its annual event last week. This included some new smartphones, a new Chromebook, earbuds, a Google Home Mini and much more. But there was a common theme among all the products announced at Google’s event, and that was Google Assistant. The search giant showed how it has […]

Samsung has selected Chung Eui-suk, formerly the vice chief of Samsung Research America, as the new head of the South Korean tech giant’s service intelligence group that is responsible for the development of its artificial intelligence (AI) solutions like Bixby. The division head will oversee the development of the second iteration of Bixby, which is […]

Japanese tech giant Sony might make a comeback into robotics after more than a decade of inactivity in this sector, and its next consumer-grade robot could be backed by recent advancements in artificial intelligence. According to a recent report from Asia Nikkei, Sony is reassembling the former Aibo team in order to rekindle its robotics […]

Buying out technology firms better known for pumping out research papers than useful tech may sound counter-intuitive for a tech company looking to bolster real-world products, but it may turn out to be a key part of moving technologies forward. It can be argued that those more academically-inclined organizations are not necessarily out to make […]

A new study from Chinese researchers has put Google at the top of the current AI market, by indicating that Google’s AI is not far off the level of intelligence displayed by the average six-year old child. The same study looked at AI solutions from Apple, Baidu, and Microsoft, all of who failed to match […]

Russian search giant Yandex announced its own artificial intelligence assistant earlier this week, introducing the world to Alice and signaling that it’s keen on following in the footsteps of the likes of Google, Amazon, and Alibaba, all of which debuted digital companions meant to complement their existing online services. Alice is integrated into the Yandex […]

Google’s new Clips camera has managed to draw fresh criticism from none other than Elon Musk. More specifically, the well-known tech innovator and long-term proponent of the rapid advance of A.I. technologies responded directly to at least one Twitter post regarding the new device, to say that the camera “doesn’t even seem innocent.” His response […]

NVIDIA’s vision of a realistic, collaborative virtual space, the Holodeck, is now live and ready for early access by qualified developers and designers. Interested parties can apply, and NVIDIA will hand-pick the best candidates to be among the first to set virtual foot in the Holodeck. Winners will not only be able to bring their […]

Alphabet’s subsidiary DeepMind developed a deep neural network WaveNet which is now powering the American English and Japanese variants of the Google Assistant and allows the company’s digital companion to speak in a more natural and less robotic manner, with the British company recently detailing its accomplishment on its official website. Originally introduced in 2016, […]

Facebook has been under fire lately over matters involving fake news and malicious Russian advertising appearing on its service, so the firm’s chief of security Alex Stamos took to Twitter to respond directly to critics and explain why the service handles things the way it does. Stamos suggested that algorithms are not neutral, and trying […]

Samsung Electronics is set to debut a new Internet of Things technology that will help building owners manage their real estate properties using artificial intelligence. According to a new report from South Korea, the upcoming IoT solution will be unveiled on October 18th at Samsung’s Seoul-based headquarters, though it remains unclear when the company plans […]

Since the introduction of the polygraph, lie detection technology has steadily declined in use around the world due to inconsistencies in accuracy, but new technologies may breath new life into the art of detecting dishonesty. At the forefront of that revival is A.I. and other software solutions driven by eye-tracking hardware and a deeper understanding […]

Huawei recently filed to trademark a logo called “U” which may be related to the artificial intelligence assistant set to be pre-installed on the Mate 10, Mate 10 Pro, and other members of the company’s Android flagship series. The firm submitted two virtually identical applications to the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the […]

Google CEO Sundar Pichai is one of the most qualified people to talk about improvements to AI handling and ethics that Google has to make before allowing the technology to seep into all of its products, so that’s just what he did in a recent interview with The Verge. Pichai talked about the scope and […]

Nest’s smart home products have long been begging for full integration with Google products to bring extra features, and it was announced at today’s event that they are getting that integration, starting with Google Home. Some of the newest Nest products will be able to link up with your Google Home to save information to […]

Google has put out a new AI experiment in the form of the “Teachable Machine,” a browser-based machine learning concepts teacher. You can use the camera on any compatible device with the right browser, from your phone to your laptop, to take part in a simple machine learning demonstration. Users get to program a simple […]

AlphaGo creator and Google subsidiary DeepMind has announced the formation of the DeepMind Ethics & Society (DMES) group designated to researching and better understanding the impact of AI on the human society. The research group will be focused primarily on exploring the key ethical challenges facing the field of AI, such as AI morality and […]

Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella things artificial intelligence (AI) technologies have potential to create jobs and not just make some of the existing professions obsolete, the 50-year-old said during his Tuesday appearance at the latest iteration of the Vanity Fair New Establishment Summit in Los Angeles, California. Mr. Nadella also revealed that he believes AI […]

Amazon owns the AI-enabled connected home device market but whether or not it can hold its position at the top is not something it can afford to take for granted. The company has released wave after wave of devices with Alexa built in, filling various niches, and leaving competitors little time to create any competition […]

NVIDIA’s Volta technology powers its specially made V100 GPU, which has found its way into data center servers announced by Dell EMC, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, IBM, and Supermicro. All of these data center server systems take advantage of NVIDIA’s powerful V100 GPUs, with none of them sporting only one. This makes them ideal for not […]

NVIDIA has found two new partners for its Metropolis AI smart city platform; mobile and networking player Huawei, and international e-commerce giant Alibaba. The company announced the two new partners, who will play as-yet unspecified roles in the development and deployment of Metropolis AI, at this year’s GTC tech conference in Beijing. Presumably, the two […]

Microsoft Corp. CEO Satya Nadella has a new book, called “Hit Refresh,” which postulates that A.I. should be created as a more cooperative technology rather than as a replacement for humans. In fact, Nadella says that A.I. holds the most potential as a way to augment human capabilities. He continues to admit that efforts toward […]

The future of technology is interconnectivity-focused software solutions and A.I. providing a centralized hub for all of the technology that consumers want. That’s according to Andy Rubin, Founder and CEO at Essential and the creator of the Android ecosystem, who recently spoke with Time about his own vision on the matter. More to the point, […]

A new partnership has been revealed between BlackBerry Limited and Delphi Automotive PLC to create autonomous vehicle software environments. The announcement came from BlackBerry directly on September 20 and the deal will see both companies cooperating to advance the underlying systems used by A.I. drivers. Specifically, the focus will be on making Delphi’s Centralized Sensing […]

Google’s AI chief John Giannandrea showed up at the recent TechCrunch Disrupt conference in San Francisco, and when reporters asked him what he thought of a possible “AI apocalypse,” he said that such a thing will not happen, writing it off as “hype.” While the field of AI is undeniably advancing at a rapid pace, […]

Salesforce will invest $50 million into the growing world of AI-based startups, the company told Reuters earlier today. Salesforce Ventures Executive Vice President John Somorjai said that the firm’s goal in creating this fund is to get more AI solutions out of the realm of ideas and help make those a reality for its clients. […]

Travelers to or passing through Incheon International Airport in South Korea will reportedly begin seeing A.I.-driven robot assistants at the airport as early as June of 2018. That’s according to an announcement made on September 14 by LG CNS and LG Electronics. A total of 14 of the bots will be put in place to […]

Nokia has a new vision for the future of media and television which was just announced September 12, at the IBC 2017 conference in Amsterdam. The concept itself, which the company calls Any Vision, is so different from the way media is currently consumed that it can be a bit difficult to grasp. The tech […]

A recent test run using Jigsaw’s Perspective software has now shown that, although it works in some cases, there are still a lot of challenges to overcome. For those who don’t already know, Alphabet’s Jigsaw subdivision created Perspective, and its associated toxicity filter, to help moderators identify malicious statements found online, but that progress has […]

Samsung Electronics and its subsidiary Harman International Industries are set to release an artificial intelligence (AI) speaker next year, according to the former’s President of Mobile Communication Koh Dong-Jin. While speaking at a Tuesday Galaxy Note 8 launch event in Seocho, Seoul, Mr. Koh stated that Samsung has been collaborating with Harman ever since it […]

Security for the world’s technology seems to be getting better all the time but researchers out of China’s Zhejiang University have now discovered a new exploit that works across no fewer than seven digital voice assistant systems. The researchers call their proof of concept DolphinAttack because it uses high sound frequencies that are outside of […]

SoftBank Robotics’ anthropomorphic robot Pepper could be coming to retail and enterprise locations in the U.S. in the near future, following a new partnership announcement between SoftBank and Sprint. The announcement was made via Sprint’s own official newsroom blog and may indicate that SoftBank is getting much more serious about its robotics division. To be […]

NVIDIA has created a new iteration of its DGX supercomputer, custom-built for AI usage, and will be deploying it for use in medical applications, starting with radiology operations in the Massachusetts General Hospital’s Center for Clinical Data Science. The powerful new computer system features NVIDIA’s Volta architecture, and is purpose-built for AI applications. The new DGX-1 […]

Artificial intelligence is growing by leaps and bounds, so the question of how, when, and whether at all to regulate this emerging field, when posted online, drew a few bona fide AI experts to come out and talk about the issue. The question lastly appeared on Quora and the consensus seems to be that AI […]

Elon Musk took to Twitter on Monday to state that the next worldwide conflict could be caused by artificial intelligence. The founder of SpaceX, Tesla, and Boring Company has spoken out about the dangers of AI in the past, but his latest worry comes in response to a statement made by Vladimir Putin. That statement […]

Google’s parent company Alphabet is looking to fill a number of positions in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning in Beijing, China, as the company posted new job listings on its career portal, seeking to add new employees to its local division of Google. The listings reveal more than 20 vacancies for […]

Amazon is reportedly shifting around both personnel and money, in addition to hiring more engineers, in a bid to keep its virtual, cloud-connected personal assistant, Alexa, ahead of the competition. There’s no question that Alexa currently leads the smart assistant market by a wide margin. In fact, recent results place it in first place in […]

Microsoft and Amazon are intertwining their digital assistants as part of an industry-first artificial intelligence (AI) initiative, allowing Cortana and Alexa to interact with one another and launch the other service when users and circumstances warrant them to do so, the two tech giants announced on Wednesday. Windows 10 users will hence soon be able […]

A new application is being developed by researchers at the University of Washington that could use software to help users with the early detection of one of the most dangerous types of cancer. Bilirubin build-up in the blood stream is a key early indicator for Pancreatic cancer – which has a five-year survival rate of […]

Huawei Mobile has taken the opportunity presented by the Samsung’s Unpacked event, and the subsequent reveal, to do some promoting of its own as-yet-unannounced products. The post also takes what is obviously a playful jab at the Samsung’s new flagship phablet, the Galaxy Note 8 with the included statement, “To unpack the future you will […]

Smart speaker manufacturer Sonos is likely working on adding Alexa voice controls to its line of Internet of Things-connected products, as suggested by the company’s announcement for the upcoming updates to its privacy statement. The fact that the Santa Barbara, California-based company plans to introduce Alexa skills to its smart speakers is nothing new: Sonos […]

Qualcomm is hoping to expand the reach of its AI program to more types of devices in more industries, and in order to do that, it has bought out Scyfer B.V. Scyfer has built out AI products for a number of companies on a contract basis, and thus has tools and experience pertaining to a […]

Google has poached an engineering talent who boasts accomplishments at both Apple and Tesla for its Google Brain project. The talent in question is Chris Lattner, who took to Twitter to announce his new position. Lattner only said that he would be working on AI within the Google Brain unit. An alleged inside source, however, specified […]

Google has added a new capability to DeepMind that enables its artificial intelligence (AI) platform to take a nap at a given point of time. DeepMind explained in a blog post that the new development in its AI effort incorporates ideas from neuroscience research, a move that significantly complements the typical logic-based and theoretical mathematical […]

StarCraft II and other deep, strategic video games can help you learn to think on your feet and sharpen your split-second decision skills and reflexes, but thanks to a collaboration between DeepMind and Blizzard, that principle can now also be applied to train AI in a variety of ways. The popular game calls for world-class […]

A professor of artificial intelligence at the University of New South Wales has just released a new book featuring a vision of the future of AI that many might find absolutely terrifying. With the ambitiously titled, “It’s Alive!: Artificial Intelligence from the Logic Piano to Killer Robots.” Toby Walsh considers a wide range of uses […]

Music streaming provider Deezer has just added a Google Home support to its Android app in a bid to help users play and listen to music by using voice command. With the integration of the Google Assistant-powered smart speaker into the Internet-based music streaming service, listeners can now start using Deezer in a hands-free mode […]

Samsung’s artificial intelligence-based personal assistant Bixby has now added a native support that allows users to view content and calendar appointments on their LinkedIn accounts. The new capability is a part of a new partnership between Samsung and LinkedIn, with the broader goal of providing up-to-date information to users to help them stay ahead of […]

The Chicago Police Department recently started testing a number of technologies based on predictive algorithms that allow it to anticipate crimes in certain areas of the city with some degree of certainty, Reuters reported on Saturday. One of the solutions utilized by local officials is called Strategic Subject’s List, which is essentially a database of […]

Wearable technology is evolving in a number of strange and interesting directions thanks to the rise of other tech like the internet of things and artificial intelligence, and one of those directions is Kino, a “living jewelry” created by MIT researchers, able to dynamically change itself and alter the clothing that it’s magnetically pinned to. […]

Several medical professionals are working together to use artificial intelligence to provide immediate relief for people with depression and anxiety. Depression and anxiety are pressing mental health concerns, as these conditions may, unfortunately, lead to suicide. Suicide is currently the second leading cause of death in the United States, with the number of people committing […]

Microsoft has dropped its mobile ambitions in favor of pursuing artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, the company’s latest filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reveals. The section of the filing pertaining to the corporate strategic vision of the company states that Microsoft is currently seeking to develop and maintain products and services […]

Qualcomm’s CEO, Steve Mollenkopf, recently sat down for an interview where he discussed the way that the company figures out how to invest its development resources and what avenues to pursue, which essentially boils down to enhancing and creating fundamental technologies that can take many forms in the future. Mollenkopf joined up with Qualcomm back in 1995 […]

Humans can do a few things that AI still can’t do, and probably won’t be able to do for quite some time. What most of those things boil down to, at this point, is judgment. This is the very human ability to make a highly subjective cost/benefit analysis on a decision, then decide if a […]

Google and scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed new algorithms using machine learning that are intended to help improve photos taken with a mobile phone. MIT researchers are set to present their research with Google at the Siggraph digital graphics conference this week, showcasing software that enhances an image in real-time by […]

Social networking giant Facebook has acquired artificial intelligence (AI) startup Ozlo as a part of the company’s effort to step up its development of conversational AI for Messenger. Ozlo announced on its website that the company will be joining the Messenger team to provide users of the instant messaging service with experiences fueled by AI […]

Facebook has shut down a number of its AI systems after they developed their own language in order to communicate more efficiently. It’s no secret that Facebook is investing heavily into AI, with one of its goals being to create AI that can successfully communicate with people using English. It appears that one of the […]