IBM's Watson Anywhere lets customers run AI on any cloud they want, and it's...
On Feb. 12, IBM announced Watson Anywhere, which allows customers to run IBM's flagship artificial intelligence service on any cloud they want or even on their own equipment.Analysts believe this is an...
View ArticleI've owned an Amazon Echo for over three years 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.I've outlined my favorite features to get the most out of Amazon's Echo...
View ArticleSatya Nadella has steered Microsoft into the cloud computing 'catbird's seat'...
Wedbush analyst Dan Ives added Microsoft's stock to the bank's 'best ideas' list Monday.Ives cited the growth of the company's cloud services business — and the potential of much more to...
View ArticleChina's Huawei has big ambitions to weaken the US grip on AI leadership
Ren Zhengfei, the reclusive founder and CEO of China’s embattled tech giant, Huawei, is defiant about American efforts to impede his company with lawsuits and restrictions."There is no way the US can...
View ArticleGoogle is staking its claim in the next big thing after cloud computing with...
Google introduced Coral, a line of hardware to help hackers build and experiment with AI-powered gadgetry. It's similar in principle to popular minicomputers like the Raspberry Pi, but with some Google...
View ArticleSan Francisco streets are so dirty, the city is spending nearly $300,000 on...
San Francisco is installing sensors on 1,000 trash bins in an effort to curb littering and illegal dumping.The city's downtown neighborhoods are filled with needles and garbage, creating conditions...
View ArticleAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez isn't afraid of the rise of robots, but she agrees...
Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has an unusual take on the risk of robots taking over US jobs.The conventional wisdom is that business owners who replace human workers with robots will...
View ArticleFacebook is using AI to crack down on 'revenge porn' (FB)
Facebook is using AI to try and crack down on "revenge porn."The social network plans to use machine learning tools to find and automatically flag nonconsensually shared intimate photos, it announced...
View ArticleAI experts are studying the way that kids' brains develop, and it could be a...
Computer scientists developing artificial intelligence want their technology to be more like a child's brain.Children's brains are great at collecting information and learning from cues in the world...
View ArticleHere's the pitch deck AI startup Skymind just used to scoop up $11.5 million...
Skymind just closed an $11.5 million Series A funding round.The San Francisco-based company offers a set of software that helps companies build artificial intelligence systems.It plans to use the new...
View ArticleTHE AI IN TRANSPORTATION REPORT: How automakers can use artificial...
This is a preview of a research report from Business Insider Intelligence. To learn more about Business Insider Intelligence, click here. Current subscribers can log in and read the report here.New...
View ArticleWe tried the $300 smart security camera that was cool enough to get on...
The Lighthouse security camera was a $300 internet-connected device that could identify you and your family members.But Lighthouse shut down its operations last December and sold its patents to Apple....
View ArticleOver a thousand Google employees have signed a petition calling for the...
Over a thousand Google employees have signed a petition calling for the removal of Kay Coles James, the president of the conservative Heritage Foundation think tank, from Google's recently announced...
View ArticleAfter an employee backlash, Google has cancelled its AI ethics board a little...
Google has shut down its new AI ethics board.It was only announced last week.It ran into immediate controversy over its choice of members, with thousands of employees signing a petition against a...
View ArticleThis robot can find Waldo in any 'Where's Waldo' puzzle as little as 5...
One company built a robot that can find Waldo in any "Where's Waldo" puzzle faster than most humans probably could."There's Waldo" is a robot that uses computer vision and machine learning to spot...
View ArticleGoogle Cloud is taking on Amazon by moving into retail, and it's a first step...
On Wednesday at its annual Google Cloud Next conference, Google announced Google Cloud for Retail, a cloud platform designed to help retailers with hosting, inventory management, search, and product...
View ArticleRobots could wipe out 1.3 million Wall Street jobs in the next 10 years
Jobs in banking and the financial services industries continue to be the most popular in 2019.Despite their popularity, a new report predicts that 1.3 million bank workers will lose their jobs or be...
View ArticleThis startup raised $28 million to give dangerous industrial robots eyes, and...
Veo Robotics has raised a total of $28 million for its technology that gives dangerous industrial robots eyes and allows them to operate alongside humans.A prototype of the product will be rolled out...
View ArticleElon Musk says an update on his brain-computing interface is 'coming soon'
Elon Musk hinted at what could be the announcement of a brain-machine interface that would hook human brains up to computers.In response to a question asking for an update on Neuralink, a...
View ArticleScientists created a never-ending livestream of AI-generated death metal —...
Relentless Doppelganger is a non-stop, 24/7 livestream churning out heavy death metal generated completely by algorithms.It's the work of music technologists CJ Carr and Zack Zukowski, who have been...
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