Artificial Intelligence – Page 21 of 28

Jul 26, 2018, 11:33 AM

Snowboarding sensation Chloe Kim isn’t worried about the robots taking over

Chloe Kim thinks fears of robots taking over the world are overblown. The 18-year-old snowboarder, who won a gold medal… Read More

Jul 25, 2018, 10:46 AM

AI-powered robotic hand takes top prize at Microsoft Imagine Cup student competition

Confetti littered the stage as one lucky team raised the cup. No, it wasn’t the World Cup, or the NBA… Read More

Jul 24, 2018, 2:10 PM

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee voices concern over impact of AI and automation on jobs

News Brief: Washington Gov. Jay Inslee says the coming age of wider automation and smarter artificial intelligence will require upgrades… Read More

Jul 23, 2018, 10:25 AM

Artificial intelligence startup DefinedCrowd raises more cash

DefinedCrowd is raising more investment for its artificial intelligence training platform used by Fortune 500 enterprises across the world. The… Read More

Jul 17, 2018, 9:00 AM

Facebook insists it’s not raiding academia through its research partnerships with top universities

Facebook has in recent months amped up a push to bring in professors from top-notch universities to work on long-term… Read More

Jul 5, 2018, 4:45 PM

Visualizing the cloud: Time-lapse takeaways from the GeekWire Cloud Tech Summit

Visual strategist Guillaume Wiatr has become a mainstay at GeekWire conferences, partnering with us to sketch out drawings and notes… Read More

Jul 3, 2018, 12:43 PM

Ex-Microsoft COO Kevin Turner emerges at helm of secretive blockchain startup co-founded by former Myspace CTO

Former Microsoft COO Kevin Turner has taken the helm of Core Scientific, a stealthy new blockchain and artificial intelligence startup… Read More

Jun 30, 2018, 3:30 PM

Lessons in artificial intelligence from Nest, Audi and a cockerel

The most important thing to get right about AI is what you are trying to optimize. For all the hype… Read More

Jun 29, 2018, 2:55 AM

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket sends AI robot pal and other experiments to space station

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lifted off today from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, sending an AI-enabled, sphere-shaped robot… Read More

Swami Sivasubramanian, VP of AI for Amazon Web Services, speaks at the 2017 GeekWire Cloud Tech Summit.

Jun 26, 2018, 8:00 AM

GeekWire Cloud Tech Summit FAQ: What to know for Wednesday’s big technical conference

Planning to attend the GeekWire Cloud Tech Summit this Wednesday? Here’s everything you need to know. If you still have questions… Read More

Jun 20, 2018, 10:05 AM

Microsoft to acquire machine learning startup Bonsai, fueling AI efforts

Microsoft is adding more firepower to its artificial intelligence arm. The tech giant has agreed to acquire Bonsai, a San… Read More

Jun 18, 2018, 6:41 PM

Dive into World Cup action: AI researchers turn soccer videos into 3-D ‘holograms’

News Brief: Computer scientists have trained a neural network to transform the action from pre-recorded videos of soccer games into… Read More

Jun 13, 2018, 4:53 PM

TLDR: Uber could use AI to identify drunk riders, big bets on energy storage, LEGO Seattle

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s tech news rundown show, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube, check… Read More

Jun 13, 2018, 6:00 AM

Tableau acquires MIT AI spinoff Empirical Systems, opens new R&D center in Boston area

Tableau Software has acquired Empirical Systems, an eight-person artificial intelligence startup based in Cambridge, Mass., planning to integrate Empirical’s technology… Read More

Jun 6, 2018, 3:01 PM

Why this former Microsoft distinguished engineer decided to build weed-zapping laser-armed robots

When Georgios Chrysanthakopoulos decided to launch a startup building small, weed-controlling robots, he wanted an enviro-friendly solution for flattening the… Read More

May 20, 2018, 9:48 PM

Microsoft acquires Semantic Machines to bolster ‘conversational AI’ efforts

Microsoft has acquired Semantic Machines, a “conversational AI” startup in Berkeley, Calif., to further its work in building machines that… Read More

May 17, 2018, 5:37 PM

Worried about fake news? Get ready for the rise of fake humans that sound just like us

We have heard the voice of our future AI overlord — and it’s making hair appointments for us. Last week, Google… Read More

May 17, 2018, 10:25 AM

GeekWire Cloud Tech Summit early-bird pricing ends Friday — register today

There’s just one more day left to take advantage of the early-bird pricing for the GeekWire Cloud Tech Summit, which… Read More

May 16, 2018, 9:00 AM

LinkedIn forms AI Academy to help its employees understand the trendy technology

LinkedIn is starting an artificial intelligence bootcamp for its employees, providing another example of how pervasive the technology has become… Read More

May 10, 2018, 2:19 PM

White House convenes AI summit and sets up advisory panel on artificial intelligence

The White House brought together scores of industry representatives for a summit focusing on artificial intelligence and its policy implications… Read More

May 9, 2018, 12:01 AM

Biologists use artificial intelligence to flesh out 3-D views of a cell’s inner workings

What happens when you cross cell biology with artificial intelligence? At the Allen Institute for Cell Science, the answer isn’t… Read More

May 8, 2018, 9:47 AM

Amazon, Facebook and other big companies to attend a White House AI summit Thursday

Dozens of the nation’s biggest companies — including Amazon, Microsoft, Facebook, and Google — will attend a White House Summit… Read More

May 8, 2018, 8:00 AM

XNOR.ai raises $12M and unveils self-service platform to help developers bring AI to devices

“AI for Everyone, Everywhere” may sound like a science-fiction slogan, but it’s actually the name given to software from XNOR.ai… Read More

May 5, 2018, 10:05 AM

FAIR competition? Facebook creates official AI labs in Seattle and Pittsburgh, vying for top talent

After months of work to beef up its artificial intelligence research teams in Seattle and Pittsburgh, Facebook is acknowledging that… Read More

May 1, 2018, 11:20 AM

A smarter smartphone? Teen entrepreneur pictures new app SmartLens as a ‘Shazam for visual world’

Michael Royzen is at it again. The 18-year-old Seattle software developer and entrepreneur has created another company and today released… Read More

May 1, 2018, 6:00 AM

Meet the winners of Microsoft Ventures’ first global AI startup competition

Microsoft’s venture arm on Tuesday announced new startup investments as part of its inaugural Innovate.AI competition. Announced this past October… Read More

Apr 26, 2018, 10:51 AM

Secrets of the $500K Amazon Alexa Prize winner: Inside the Univ. of Washington’s ‘socialbot’

How long can a robot have an intelligent conversation with a human? That was the challenge posed to hundreds of… Read More

Apr 13, 2018, 10:15 PM

Elon Musk admits that Tesla relied on ‘excessive automation,’ says ‘humans are underrated’

Tesla relied too much on robots, and not enough on humans. That’s what Elon Musk admitted on Friday, tweeting that… Read More

Apr 13, 2018, 5:07 PM

TLDR: Trump’s war on Amazon continues, Seattle’s restaurant robot, AI-powered horse monitoring, Seattle’s restaurant robot

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s daily news rundown, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube for every… Read More

Apr 10, 2018, 7:49 PM

Policy experts trade ideas for intelligent ways to regulate artificial intelligence

Regulations for the proper use of artificial intelligence are almost as inevitable as the rise of AI itself — but the… Read More