Artificial Intelligence – Page 24 of 28

Aug 9, 2017, 11:47 AM

Trying to fill a job in AI? Stop using the term AI, advises listings language experts Textio

Leave it to the experts in machine learning to figure out that “machine learning” has lost its oomph. When it… Read More

Aug 5, 2017, 8:40 AM

Meet Sota: This AI-powered robot will recommend a tasty bowl of ramen at new Seattle restaurant

The opening of a new ramen restaurant in Seattle usually does not get our journalistic engines firing. But add a… Read More

Aug 2, 2017, 4:17 PM

Microsoft’s new corporate vision: artificial intelligence is in and mobile is out

Microsoft filed its annual report Wednesday, and among the many pages of documents and numbers are insights on what the… Read More

Jul 27, 2017, 4:18 PM

‘Ain’t nobody gonna trust it:’ What truck drivers think about sharing the road with self-driving vehicles

Exit 34 off Interstate-90 near North Bend, Wash., isn’t the typical pit-stop for most motorists who quickly zoom by on… Read More

Jul 25, 2017, 6:56 PM

AI2 lists top artificial intelligence systems in its Visual Understanding Challenge

Some of the world’s top researchers in AI have proved their mettle by taking top honors in three challenges posed… Read More

Jul 25, 2017, 10:41 AM

Clash of the Titans: Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk trade zingers over AI fears

Techies, grab some popcorn: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and SpaceX/Tesla CEO Elon Musk are throwing shade at each other over… Read More

Jul 20, 2017, 7:34 PM

Seahawks coach Pete Carroll’s tech dream: Holographic robot players so the real ones don’t get hurt

Could we one day see robot quarterbacks on the gridiron or automaton catchers behind home plate? One guy thinks that… Read More

Jul 17, 2017, 2:21 PM

Elon Musk on how our cars will drive us – and how AI could threaten us – by 2037

In the year 2037, non-autonomous vehicles will be as much of a curiosity as riding a horse is today, tech… Read More

Jul 13, 2017, 4:26 PM

Testing Microsoft’s new AI for iPhone: Can this app really detect our ages and sense our moods?

Microsoft released a new app called Seeing AI for the iPhone this week. It’s billed as a “talking camera for… Read More

Jul 12, 2017, 4:17 PM

Element Data raises $3.5M to help companies make decisions with A.I. and machine learning

Element Data is on the path every startup hopes to walk. The company is adding high-level talent quickly; it’s about… Read More

Jul 12, 2017, 7:08 AM

Microsoft’s new AI app describes the world for the visually impaired — now available on iPhone

Microsoft released a new artificial intelligence app for iPhone this morning that can read text from signs and documents aloud,… Read More

Jul 5, 2017, 7:39 AM

Chinese search giant Baidu buys Seattle startup Kitt.ai to connect natural language tech to developers

Kitt.ai, the Seattle artificial intelligence startup that’s developing a conversational language engine known as ChatFlow and a “hotword” detection platform… Read More

Jun 28, 2017, 7:00 AM

TurboPatent aims to improve the patent process with new artificial intelligence products

Seattle startup TurboPatent is releasing a pair of new products designed to improve the patent application process, with help from… Read More

Jun 26, 2017, 6:47 AM

Boeing’s HorizonX joins $32.5M funding round for SparkCognition AI venture

Boeing’s recently established venture arm, HorizonX, has joined with other investors in a $32.5 million funding round for SparkCognition, a… Read More

Jun 3, 2017, 10:19 AM

Apple WWDC: Siri Speaker, iPad Pro, artificial intelligence and more rumors on our radar

Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference starts Monday in San Jose. Here are a few of the areas we’ll be watching closely.… Read More

May 24, 2017, 3:20 PM

Summoning the Demon: Why superintelligence is humanity’s biggest threat

[Editor’s Note: This guest commentary is by Richard A. Clarke and R.P. Eddy, authors of the new book, Warnings: Finding Cassandras To Stop… Read More

May 14, 2017, 5:56 PM

This high-school freshman went to Microsoft Build: What he learned about AI, the cloud and the future

[Editor’s Note: Atul Ajoy is a ninth grader at Redmond High School, a tech enthusiast and blogger who was invited by Microsoft… Read More

Apr 24, 2017, 10:59 AM

Amazon’s newest pillars? AI and logistics key to tech giant’s future, study says

Amazon has evolved constantly throughout its more than 20-year life span, first as a book seller, than an e-commerce giant, and… Read More

Apr 20, 2017, 6:55 PM

How Elon Musk and Neuralink aim to meld minds and machines with a ‘Wizard Hat’

Three weeks after word leaked out that billionaire deep-thinker Elon Musk was backing a venture called Neuralink, his detailed vision… Read More

Apr 19, 2017, 8:00 AM

Microsoft’s SQL Server is getting an artificial intelligence mind-meld

Microsoft says it’s building artificial intelligence capabilities directly into SQL Server 2017, aiming to simplify and speed up machine-learning processes that would… Read More

Apr 5, 2017, 5:00 AM

IBM Cloud to offer NVIDIA’s advanced GPU accelerator, vowing to solve previously impossible data challenges

IBM says it will become the first major cloud provider to offer NVIDIA’s Tesla P100 graphics processing unit (GPU) accelerator worldwide… Read More

Mar 31, 2017, 12:13 PM

Hacking The Hoff: Easy Amazon Alexa workaround gives this wannabe Knight Rider a talking car

I’ve always wanted a talking car. I don’t know whether it was the 1980s “Knight Rider” TV series, or generations… Read More

Mar 30, 2017, 10:09 AM

Father, son and AI bonding: A conversation with Amazon’s Alexa and the family she has joined

A week after my 10-year-old son received Amazon’s Echo Dot for his birthday, I started taking a look at what he… Read More

Mar 29, 2017, 2:58 PM

Researchers say automation’s effects could keep bringing bad news to the Rust Belt

Newly published research runs counter to the hope that the rise of automation should create as many jobs for human… Read More

Mar 27, 2017, 2:13 PM

Elon Musk reportedly backs Neuralink venture to connect brains with computers

Billionaire brainiac Elon Musk is following up on his interest in (and wariness about) artificial intelligence by backing Neuralink Corp.,… Read More

Mar 24, 2017, 3:26 PM

Outcry rises when Trump’s treasury chief, Steve Mnuchin, scoffs at AI impact on jobs

Experts say the potential impact of automation and artificial intelligence could be one of the biggest economic issues of the… Read More

Mar 21, 2017, 10:52 AM

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff talks ‘crisis of trust’ in the world and jobs in the era of AI

Artificial intelligence is going to transform and impact many jobs, and it is up to the companies building the technology… Read More

Mar 20, 2017, 6:00 AM

Boy meets artificial girl: My son got an Echo Dot, and here’s what he’s saying to Amazon’s Alexa

In my 10 years as a parent, I’ve served as the authority on a number of subjects, ranging from when… Read More

Mar 19, 2017, 3:00 PM

How Amazon teaches Alexa, and what it hopes the virtual assistant will learn someday

Days after Amazon announced that it was bringing its Alexa to its iOS Amazon app, Amazon senior principal scientist Nikko… Read More

Feb 28, 2017, 7:00 AM

What’s new at AI2? Paul Allen’s AI institute wins honors, and hints at more to come

Three years after its founding, Seattle’s Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence is racking up recognition in the field of AI… Read More