Artificial Intelligence – Page 18 of 28

May 28, 2020, 7:00 AM

Why these ex-DeepMind engineers picked Seattle to launch new AI startup Phaidra

Avocado toast meets red meat and potatoes. That’s not the most familiar way to describe Seattle, but it’s why Phaidra… Read More

May 26, 2020, 7:32 AM

‘The Fight Is In Us’ blood plasma campaign deploys Microsoft bot in search of COVID-19 antibodies

A coalition of institutions from life sciences, technology and philanthropy launched a new campaign called “The Fight Is In Us,”… Read More

May 18, 2020, 1:57 PM

Sony to use Microsoft’s Azure AI technology in new smart camera sensors

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20rXEtG4CjQ&feature=emb_title Sony Semiconductor Solutions says it will embed Microsoft’s Azure AI technology into its new intelligent vision sensor for smart… Read More

May 12, 2020, 12:01 AM

Anduril Industries expands to Seattle, seeks engineers to work on defense tech

Irvine, Calif.-based Anduril Industries says it’s opening a new office in Seattle and will be hiring engineers to work on… Read More

Apr 23, 2020, 1:11 PM

Software tools for mining COVID-19 research studies go viral among scientists

One month after the debut of the COVID-19 Open Research Dataset, or CORD-19, the database of coronavirus-related research papers has… Read More

Apr 21, 2020, 5:00 AM

Microsoft launches Open Data Campaign to narrow ‘data divide’ as information is consolidated

The U.S., China, and about 100 companies are poised to capture the majority of the world’s data, according to Microsoft.… Read More

Mar 16, 2020, 12:15 PM

AI2 and Microsoft join the White House’s push to enlist AI for the war on coronavirus

A consortium of tech leaders — including Seattle’s Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Microsoft and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s charity… Read More

Mar 4, 2020, 12:43 PM

3 Seattle companies make CB Insights’ list of world’s most promising AI startups

CB Insights released its annual list of 100 most promising artificial intelligence startups in the world and three Seattle-area companies… Read More

Feb 26, 2020, 10:29 AM

White House’s top techie explains how AI initiative will help Seattle tech community

One year after the White House kicked off the American AI Initiative, its effects on research and development in the… Read More

Feb 18, 2020, 8:00 AM

AI vs. humans? Microsoft’s Eric Horvitz sees the future as AI-human partnership

Artificial intelligence is often portrayed as a rising competitor for human intelligence, in settings ranging from human-vs.-machine card games to… Read More

Feb 14, 2020, 6:20 PM

Why Bill Gates thinks gene editing and artificial intelligence could save the world

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has been working to improve the state of global health through his nonprofit foundation for 20… Read More

Jan 21, 2020, 10:13 AM

Microsoft President Brad Smith calls for AI regulation at Davos

Microsoft President Brad Smith said Tuesday that the time to regulate artificial intelligence is now, speaking at the annual gathering… Read More

Jan 16, 2020, 6:30 AM

AI2 Incubator hatches a $10M fund for AI startups with support from big-name VCs

Seattle’s Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence is kicking things up more than a notch for AI startups with a $10… Read More

Jan 6, 2020, 9:01 PM

Trump administration’s new AI principles seek to limit regulatory ‘overreach’ to promote innovation

The Trump administration is proposing a new set of principles for federal agencies to follow when creating regulations for artificial… Read More

Jan 1, 2020, 9:25 AM

Tech’s extraordinary decade: What mattered most in the past 10 years of innovation

What were the top tech stories of the past decade? I’ve been discussing this topic with others recently on LinkedIn,… Read More

Dec 28, 2019, 6:00 AM

Will robots replace live sports production staff? ESPN Monday Night Football execs sound off

Technology is changing the way we watch live sports. The innovation dates back decades, from the advent of the color… Read More

Dec 17, 2019, 3:21 PM

What’s the best way to measure the smarts of AI systems? Researchers are developing an IQ test

Artificial intelligence can do a lot of impressive things, like find snow leopards among Himalayan grasses captured by remote cameras,… Read More

Nov 20, 2019, 2:56 PM

Study suggests AI’s disruptive effect on jobs will hit higher on economic and education scales

When experts talk about the disruptive effects of artificial intelligence, they tend to focus on low-paid laborers — but a… Read More

Oct 23, 2019, 7:00 AM

AI2’s Semantic Scholar search engine now takes in the full sweep of scientific papers

Seattle’s Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence says its academic search engine, Semantic Scholar, is now in high gear — thanks… Read More

Oct 20, 2019, 7:57 AM

Is AI more threat than promise? Tech developers join activists in calling for new safeguards

It’s much worse to let Darth Vader go free than to keep Luke Skywalker incarcerated. That is the philosophical argument… Read More

Oct 8, 2019, 2:30 PM

Microsoft’s Brad Smith cites Boeing crisis as cautionary tale for intelligent machines, calls for AI kill switch

For decades, sci-fi movies have predicted a future in which humans lose control of intelligent machines and chaos ensues. Those… Read More

Oct 3, 2019, 6:37 PM

Pacific Northwest National Lab plays role in federally funded AI research center

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is joining forces with two other research powerhouses to pioneer a new $5.5 million research center… Read More

Oct 1, 2019, 9:35 AM

Microsoft will use AI to supercharge Novartis’ giant drug-development engine

Microsoft has reached a deal with pharmaceutical giant Novartis that aims to bring the power of artificial intelligence to drug… Read More

Sep 18, 2019, 12:14 PM

Kurvv closes $1M seed funding round for AI service designed for small businesses

Artificial intelligence is a big deal for the likes of Amazon, Microsoft and Google — but what about a small… Read More

Sep 18, 2019, 6:00 AM

Fujifilm SonoSite and AI2 team up to add artificial intelligence to ultrasound imaging

A new collaboration between Fujifilm SonoSite and the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence aims to use AI to generate better interpretations of ultrasound… Read More

Sep 16, 2019, 10:52 AM

Tech industry warns US immigration policy hurts American competitiveness in AI

A trade group representing some of the world’s largest technology companies is urging governments to rethink their immigration policies or… Read More

Sep 5, 2019, 6:52 PM

How Microsoft got in on the creation of the world’s first whisky formulated with AI

Computer scientists have tried using artificial intelligence to write poetry and compose music, with mixed results. But have they tried… Read More

Sep 4, 2019, 10:58 AM

Allen Institute’s Aristo AI system finally passes an eighth-grade science test

Four years after the late Seattle billionaire Paul Allen challenged researchers to come up with an artificial intelligence program smart… Read More

Aug 24, 2019, 11:44 AM

Headphones, AI, and humanity: What these ‘AirMuffs’ say about the future of technology

These newly released wireless Bluetooth headphones from Seattle startup Human are getting mixed reviews for their appearance, and their initial… Read More

Aug 22, 2019, 8:53 PM

Amazon, Microsoft and other titans face scrutiny in report about killer-robot tech

Dutch activists are voicing concerns about technologies that could open the way for lethal autonomous weapons – such as AI… Read More