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DeepMind is opening up its 'flagship' platform to AI researchers outside the...
Artificial intelligence (AI) researchers around the world will soon be able to use DeepMind's "flagship" platform to develop innovative computer systems that can learn and think for...
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Uber just bought a startup to help launch the company's first artificial...
Uber made two big announcements on Monday: It is acquiring Geometric Intelligence, a New York-based startup, and using that 15-person team to help launch a new artificial intelligence division within...
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How artificial intelligence software is reflecting the tech industry's...
Only 26 percent of computer professionals were women in 2013, according to a recent review by the American Association of University Women.That figure has dropped 9 percent since 1990.Explanations...
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AR startup Blippar added real-time facial recognition to its app
Blippar, the AR (augmented reality) startup aiming to build a visual catalog of every object in the world, has added real-time facial recognition technology to its mobile app, allowing users to create...
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Microsoft bets on AI (MSFT)
This story was delivered to BI Intelligence Apps and Platforms Briefing subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here.On Monday, Microsoft announced a new Microsoft Ventures fund...
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Why Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, and Google all desperately need you to know...
It's been an unusual year in tech: Apart from maybe Snapchat's elusive Spectacles, there hasn't been a truly game-changing, mass-market piece of technology that's totally dominated the...
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One of the biggest VCs in Silicon Valley explains how basic income could fail...
Sam Altman is putting a lot of faith in the idea that giving people free money will make them happier and healthier, but that doesn't mean he's betting it all.Altman is the president of Y Combinator,...
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Mark Zuckerberg is considering giving away the personal virtual assistant it...
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's personal project for 2016 has been to build an artificially intelligent, voice-controlled assistant for his home.Now that he's finished the first version of his own "Iron...
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Here's a video of Mark Zuckerberg's personal virtual assistant, which is...
The artificially intelligent virtual assistant that Mark Zuckerberg built for his home is voiced by none other than Morgan Freeman.Zuckerberg posted a humorous video to his Facebook page on Tuesday...
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The $2,500 answer to Amazon's Echo could make Japan's sex crisis even worse
Japan has a sex problem. The country's birthrate is shrinking year after year, to the point where deaths are outpacing births.Simply put, Japan's population is decreasing.But let's be clear: Population...
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Starbucks has big plans for artificial intelligence
Starbucks has led the way for not just fast-casual restaurants, but all of retail when it comes to using customer-facing technology in its stores. The company was the first major chain to integrate...
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Why connecting all the world's robots will drive 2017's top technology trends
If you want to make predictions for the future, you need to find the trajectory of events in the past.So to work out what shape digital technology will likely take next year, we should look back to the...
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Apple has published its first AI research paper (AAPL)
Apple has stayed true to its promise and published its first academic paper on artificial intelligence.The world's most valuable company has traditionally kept its AI research private but earlier this...
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I've owned an Amazon Echo for over a year now — here are my 19 favorite...
I activated my Amazon Echo for the first time in December 2015. It's since become one of my favorite tech gadgets ever.Amazon's family of Echo speakers were some of the hottest gifts this holiday...
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Asia could take the lead in artificial intelligence tech this year
Facebook. Google. Apple. Baidu. Not a day goes by when we don’t hear of something related to artificial intelligence in the news.But AI (sometimes confused with machine learning, which is simply a...
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DeepMind has started paying to put PhD students through Oxford (GOOG)
Alphabet's DeepMind is paying to put future artificial intelligence (AI) gurus through Oxford University as the battle for AI talent increases between the tech giants.The London-based AI lab — acquired...
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How MasterCard is using AI to improve the accuracy of its fraud protection...
When it comes to security in their financial transactions, American consumers want it all. In Total System Services, Inc.'s 2016 U.S. Consumer Payments Study, a whopping 74% of all respondents said...
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A Japanese company is already replacing office workers with robots
A future in which human workers are replaced by machines is about to become a reality at an insurance firm in Japan, where more than 30 employees are being laid off and replaced with an artificial...
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A Japanese insurance firm replaced 30 workers with IBM's artificial...
A future in which human workers are replaced by machines is about to become a reality at an insurance firm in Japan, where more than 30 employees are being laid off and replaced with an artificial...
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Poker players are getting much better thanks to AI
A bunch of top poker pros are getting ready to take on Libratus, the latest and greatest poker bot, in a 20-day Heads-Up No-Limit Texas Hold’em challenge. Since the bot's predecessor, Claudico, was...
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