Baidu's value took a $1.5 billion plunge after its chief scientist announced...
Stock in Chinese tech giant Baidu was down 2.7% on Wednesday morning after chief scientist Andrew Ng announced he's leaving the company.The company's share price on New York's Nasdaq stock market fell...
View ArticleSoftware that can understand images, sounds, and language is helping people...
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...
View ArticleTreasury Secretary Mnuchin says job-stealing AI is 'so far in the future'...
Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin says artificial intelligence is "so far in the future" that it's "not even on my radar screen." He says we won't have to worry about how it affects the workforce for...
View ArticleTechnical issues are forcing Amazon to delay the public launch of its...
Technical difficulties have delayed the public opening of Amazon's futuristic new grocery store. The store, called Amazon Go, uses machine learning and cameras to detect what's in your cart and...
View ArticleThe 21 most believable rumors about Samsung's Galaxy S8, one of the biggest...
Samsung's big Galaxy S8 event on March 29th is fast approaching, and we're excited to see how the company will follow up on one of the best smartphones of 2016, the Galaxy S7.We've heard a bunch of...
View ArticleA DeepMind investor hinted that they were seriously worried about the...
Artificial intelligence (AI) is being developed at a staggering pace by companies like DeepMind and a number of high-profile scientists have raised concerns about the future of the technology.But...
View ArticleSamsung's gorgeous new phone repeats some of the same mistakes
Aside from its exploding Note 7 last year, Samsung has been on a roll with unique phone designs and innovative hardware features.The new Galaxy S8 continues that tradition.Like its last few...
View ArticleThere are a lot of red flags with Samsung's AI assistant in the new Galaxy S8
There's Siri. And Alexa. And Google Assistant. And Cortana.Now add another one of those digital assistants to the mix: Bixby, the new helper that lives inside Samsung's latest phone, the Galaxy S8.But...
View ArticleGoogle and Mark Zuckerberg's investment fund are backing a $150 million AI...
Google is one of several multinationals backing a new $150 million (£120 million) artificial intelligence (AI) research facility in Canada as it looks to make further breakthroughs in the...
View ArticleFacebook built an internal database of 'revenge porn' pictures to prevent...
Facebook is adding tools on Wednesday to make it easier for users to report so-called "revenge porn" and to automatically prevent the images from being shared again once they have been banned, the...
View ArticleREPORT: 1 in 4 people have fantasised about Alexa, Siri, and other AI assistants
The blockbuster sci-fi movie "Her" might not be as farfetched as some people thought.A study of more than a thousand voice technology users found that 26% of them have had a sexual fantasy about a...
View ArticleSlack's AI boss explains its secret weapons in the coming chat wars with...
Three years ago, a startup named Slack came out of nowhere to become what's believed to be the fastest-growing business software company ever, hitting a $1 billion valuation within the first 8 months...
View ArticleGoogle just launched a new website that can turn your doodles into...
It's time for terrible artists everywhere to rejoice — Google wants to make your indecipherable scrawls a thing of the past. On Tuesday, the tech giant announced AutoDraw, a web-based tool that will...
View ArticleThere's a dark secret at the heart of artificial intelligence: no one really...
Last year, a strange self-driving car was released onto the quiet roads of Monmouth County, New Jersey. The experimental vehicle, developed by researchers at the chip maker Nvidia, didn’t look...
View ArticleHow London startup Thread uses artificial intelligence and machine learning...
Kieran O'Neill, CEO of London fashion startup Thread, is building a new way of shopping for clothes.His site uses online stylists, as well as artificial inteligence (AI) and machine learning, to create...
View ArticleGoogle Home is getting a significant update (GOOG)
Google's connected speaker is getting an anticipated update Thursday.Google Home will now support multiple Google accounts and tell the difference between users' voices. That means you'll be able to...
View ArticleWe sat down with Microsoft's CEO to discuss the past, present and future of...
Satya Nadella took over as CEO of Microsoft in February of 2014, and in the three years since he has succeeded in turning around what was then a stumbling, aimless company. He recently stopped by...
View ArticleA British tech unicorn is trying to cure Alzheimer's and ALS with artificial...
There is no cure for Alzheimer's, even though it's one of the most common diseases in older people.It takes a lot of time and money to produce even the most everyday medicines, let alone a cure for...
View ArticleInvestors backed an AI startup that puts a doctor on your smartphone with $60...
UK artificial intelligence (AI) startup Babylon has raised $60 million (£47 million) for its smartphone app which aims to put a doctor in your pocket.The latest funding round, which comes just over a...
View ArticleAmazon's new Echo camera is weird and a little creepy — but it hints at...
Today, Amazon unveiled the Echo Look— a $199 voice-controlled camera designed for the fashion-forward. The sleek device listens for your command and quickly takes photos and videos of the outfit you're...
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