Artificial Intelligence

Feb 16, 2017, 2:40 PM

In 6,000-word letter, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg addresses fake news, terrorism, communities, and more

Facebook will use artificial intelligence to organize a global community on social media, Mark Zuckerberg said in a nearly 6,000-word… Read More

Feb 13, 2017, 5:45 AM

Salesforce adds ‘Einstein’ artificial intelligence tools to its customer service platform

Call centers ain’t what they used to be. That’s because customers rely on an increasingly wide range of tools to… Read More

Feb 10, 2017, 1:06 PM

Ford partners with Google and Uber veterans at Argo AI for self-driving cars

Ford Motor Co. says it’s investing $1 billion over the next five years in a Pittsburgh startup called Argo AI to… Read More

Feb 9, 2017, 8:00 AM

Microsoft’s Cortana will now keep you accountable for promises you forgot you made

Cortana wants you to keep your promises. Microsoft’s virtual assistant, available on platforms including Windows 10, iOS and Android, has some… Read More

Feb 8, 2017, 3:40 PM

Far out, man! SETI astronomer will explain the search for aliens to potential potheads

You don’t have to be stoned to appreciate SETI scientist Seth Shostak’s perspective on the search for extraterrestrials – but… Read More

Jan 30, 2017, 2:28 PM

Should we be hooking up AI to our brains? New Asilomar principles urge caution

Hundreds of AI researchers, business leaders and just plain geniuses have signed onto a statement of cautionary principles for artificial… Read More

Jan 27, 2017, 9:28 AM

Google CEO on competition with Amazon Echo and Alexa: Don’t count us out yet

Amazon is still reaping the benefits of its early lead in home voice technology, thanks to its Echo smart speaker… Read More

Jan 23, 2017, 3:15 PM

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative acquires Meta, promises free AI search tool for scientists

The multibillion-dollar Chan Zuckerberg Initiative announced its first acquisition today: a startup called Meta that is developing an artificial intelligence… Read More

Jan 20, 2017, 11:45 AM

Robots in real estate? There’s nothing to see here as Zillow co-founder says agent jobs are safe

NEW YORK — Robots may be taking over the world. But they won’t eliminate real estate agents — at least… Read More

Jan 17, 2017, 10:48 AM

Technology’s frantic speed will create ‘digital refugees’ with no clear fix, Salesforce’s Benioff warns at Davos

“This year, my heart has been with so many migrants and refugees, 65 million refugees across the world, and thinking… Read More

Jan 16, 2017, 8:28 PM

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella gets the message about AI’s down side for jobs

Experts on employment trends have long raised concerns about how job markets are being disrupted so quickly by artificial intelligence… Read More

Jan 10, 2017, 3:00 AM

New $27 million fund backs research into artificial intelligence for the public interest

LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman and Omidyar Network anchor a newly formed $27 million fund to support research into the social impacts… Read More

Jan 4, 2017, 5:54 PM

AlphaGo AI program goes into stealth mode to beat the pants off Go game pros

For the past week or so, a mystery player has been logging into online Go game servers and beating the… Read More

Jan 4, 2017, 5:09 PM

Actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt: A.I. isn’t as smart as you think it is. Take Microsoft’s Clippy, for example

LAS VEGAS — As artificial intelligence increasingly becomes part of our daily lives, it’s easy to see the technology as… Read More

Jan 2, 2017, 1:00 PM

Here’s what five venture capitalists are predicting for 2017

With 2016 now in the rear-view mirror, it’s time to take a quick moment to forecast what might be looming… Read More

Dec 27, 2016, 1:56 PM

Microsoft’s chatbot gone bad, Tay, makes MIT’s annual list of biggest technology fails

Tay, the Microsoft chatbot that pranksters trained to spew racist comments, has joined the likes of the Apple Watch and… Read More

Dec 20, 2016, 5:32 PM

Obama White House issues its parting policy views on AI and the social safety net

Dealing with the coming revolution in artificial intelligence is likely to require modernizing America’s social safety net, White House experts… Read More

Dec 19, 2016, 3:28 PM

How Starbucks is using artificial intelligence to connect with customers and boost sales

Imagine pulling into a Starbucks drive-thru and seeing not just your drink order but your name on the screen — along… Read More

Dec 16, 2016, 3:20 PM

Machine Reading? Microsoft releases giant Q&A dataset to help researchers build AI tools that read and answer questions as well as humans

MS MARCO may sound like the name of a giant ocean liner (and, in fact, the MS Marco Polo does… Read More

Dec 15, 2016, 6:00 AM

In 6,000-word letter, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg addresses fake news, terrorism, communities, and more

Salesforce adds ‘Einstein’ artificial intelligence tools to its customer service platform

Ford partners with Google and Uber veterans at Argo AI for self-driving cars

Microsoft’s Cortana will now keep you accountable for promises you forgot you made

Far out, man! SETI astronomer will explain the search for aliens to potential potheads

Should we be hooking up AI to our brains? New Asilomar principles urge caution

Google CEO on competition with Amazon Echo and Alexa: Don’t count us out yet

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative acquires Meta, promises free AI search tool for scientists

Robots in real estate? There’s nothing to see here as Zillow co-founder says agent jobs are safe

Technology’s frantic speed will create ‘digital refugees’ with no clear fix, Salesforce’s Benioff warns at Davos

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella gets the message about AI’s down side for jobs

New $27 million fund backs research into artificial intelligence for the public interest

AlphaGo AI program goes into stealth mode to beat the pants off Go game pros

Actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt: A.I. isn’t as smart as you think it is. Take Microsoft’s Clippy, for example

Here’s what five venture capitalists are predicting for 2017

Microsoft’s chatbot gone bad, Tay, makes MIT’s annual list of biggest technology fails

Obama White House issues its parting policy views on AI and the social safety net

How Starbucks is using artificial intelligence to connect with customers and boost sales

Machine Reading? Microsoft releases giant Q&A dataset to help researchers build AI tools that read and answer questions as well as humans

UIEvolution to acquire Surround and become Xevo, with eye on transforming connected cars

Elon Musk touts Universe, a platform that lets AI agents hone their computer skills

Inspired by a photo of a Christmas tree, a computer wrote this eerily charming holiday song

Washington state lawmakers grapple with coming wave of self-driving vehicles

Amazon launches new artificial intelligence services for developers: Image recognition, text-to-speech, Alexa NLP

Amazon Web Services says open-source MXNet will be the ‘foundation’ of future AI services

Is AI evil? No, and that question distracts us from the real concerns, says AI2’s Oren Etzioni

LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner is worried about automation displacing workers, but believes his social network can help

Elon Musk’s OpenAI project taps Microsoft Azure as its main cloud partner

Paul Allen’s AI2 expands smart search engine Semantic Scholar to neuroscience research

Seeking stronger China-U.S. tech connections, 1,500 gather near Seattle