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Google's most ambitious new product isn't its fancy new phone (GOOGL, GOOG)
It's a big week for Google.The search giant unveiled a slew of new products: a phone, a virtual reality headset, updates to its Chromecast line of products, a new type of wireless router. There was...
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Samsung just bought the AI firm run by the co-creator of Apple's Siri
SEOUL (Reuters) - Tech giant Samsung said on Thursday it is acquiring U.S. artificial intelligence (AI) platform developer Viv Labs Inc, a firm run by a co-creator of Apple's Siri voice assistant...
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Marc Andreessen on what everybody gets wrong about the US economy
Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen gave a long interview that Vox published Wednesday about artificial intelligence, but the most interesting part was actually about something different: the bifurcated...
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Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak says he's not concerned about AI anymore (AAPL)
PayPal billionaire Elon Musk, Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates, and renowned scientist Stephen Hawking have all said artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to harm to humanity if it's not...
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Samsung's latest purchase is its smartest yet
Exploding phones aside, Samsung has a major puzzle to solve.The company makes more phones than anyone else and dominates the Android ecosystem. But when it comes to moving beyond the smartphone to the...
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Here's how Samsung's Viv acquisition will help it compete with Apple and...
This story was delivered to BI Intelligence Apps and Platforms Briefing subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here.Samsung announced on Wednesday that it acquired AI company Viv Labs,...
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Artificial intelligence-powered malware is coming, and it's going to be...
Imagine you've got a meeting with a client, and shortly before you leave, they send you over a confirmation and a map with directions to where you're planning to meet.It all looks normal — but the...
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Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak dismisses AI concerns raised by the likes of...
PayPal billionaire Elon Musk, Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates, and renowned scientist Stephen Hawking have called out artificial intelligence (AI) as one of the biggest threats to humanity's very...
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The UK is totally unprepared for our robot future, MPs warn
Advances in robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) are going to completely change how we live and work but the UK government is totally unprepared, MPs have warned.The Science and Technology...
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Huawei has formed a strategic partnership to develop AI
This story was delivered to BI Intelligence Apps and Platforms Briefing subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here.Huawei’s R&D arm, Noah’s Ark Laboratory, announced on Tuesday a...
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The White House is preparing for the future of artificial intelligence
This story was delivered to BI Intelligence Apps and Platforms Briefing subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here.The White House released a lengthy report Wednesday on artificial...
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Cambridge has opened a £10 million research facility to study the impact of...
The University of Cambridge has opened a £10 million research centre to explore the impact of artificial intelligence, Wired reports.The Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence— first...
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Apple wants to use AI to turbo-charge your iPhone's battery life (AAPL)
Apple wants to use artificial intelligence (AI) to turbo-charge the battery life of your iPhone.In an interview with The Nikkei Asian Review published Monday, CEO Tim Cook said that the company is...
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REVIEW: Google's first phone makes Siri look trivial (GOOG, GOOGL)
Android has always been a mess.Its greatest strength — the openness and ability for any phone maker to adopt and modify the software for free — is also its greatest weakness. It has caused...
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The tech industry is making big money off people's fear of AI
Star physicist Stephen Hawking has reiterated his concerns that the rise of powerful artificial intelligence (AI) systems could spell the end for humanity.Speaking at the launch of the University of...
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The least educated people in the world are in denial about how robots will...
The least educated people in the professional world are also the least concerned about the risk of technology taking their jobs, according to a new survey released by salary benchmarking site...
View ArticleHere’s what a computer is thinking when it plays chess against you
A co-lead at Google's Big Picture data visualization group has created an online version of chess called the Thinking Machine 6, which lets you play against a computer and visualize all of its possible...
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How Google embarrassed Apple (GOOG, AAPL)
This week didn't look good for Apple.Google's new Pixel phone launched to positive reviews, largely because of the phone's new digital helper called Google Assistant.As I wrote in my review of the new...
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11 gripping questions raised by 'Westworld'
Note: Spoilers are ahead for previously aired Westworld episodes, as is some potentially spoiler-y speculation for future episodes.Something is wrong in "Westworld."HBO's sci-fi western drama — a...
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You can now go on a 'Stranger Things' scavenger hunt using Google's new...
Google is using its new messaging app Allo to send people on a "Stranger Things"-inspired scavenger hunt.Today only in New York City — that's Friday, October 28 — users of Allo, Google's AI-powered...
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