Articles about artificial intelligence – Page 19 of 31

How do drugs interact with supplements? Supp.AI search engine tracks down clues

Physicians and regulators keep close tabs on how different drugs interact. But what about interactions involving dietary supplements? “There’s just… Read More

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

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

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

Nomad Go raises $2.7M to help brick-and-mortar businesses use AI to level field against online retail

Brick-and-mortar businesses are already up against the wall when it comes to competing against the technology that fuels online competitors.… Read More

Shake it off, Microsoft: Brad Smith book recounts run-in with pop star over failed chatbot ‘Tay’

Nothing like an email from Taylor Swift’s lawyers to get your attention during vacation. That was the case for Microsoft… Read More

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

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

Riding a telemedicine wave, docs trade white coats for the tech life, testing the limits of health care

Dr. Michael Grabinski walks into the room, but he can’t talk yet. “I just picked up a patient,” he said.… Read More

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

Why Big Data is a bigger deal than venture capital in the artificial intelligence game

“Data is the new oil” may be a classic cliche characterizing how important raw numbers are for the computer industry,… Read More

Dimmest bulb on ‘Jeopardy’ is Alexa as Amazon’s A.I. is tasked with turning down the stage lights

Alex and Alexa — it’s a match made in geek heaven. Amazon’s recent sponsorship of the popular television quiz show… Read More

Artificial intelligence scores another victory in diagnosing breast cancer

Human doctors once again fell short of artificial intelligence in a test to accurately diagnose breast cancer, adding yet more… Read More

Amid a rapid rise in AI resource needs, AI2 campaigns to make it easier to be green

The development of ever more powerful models for artificial intelligence is revolutionizing the world, but it doesn’t come cheap. In… Read More

Microsoft invests $1 billion in OpenAI, vows to build AI tech platform of ‘unprecedented scale’

Microsoft will invest $1 billion in OpenAI and work with the San Francisco-based artificial intelligence powerhouse to create a computational… Read More

Allen Institute spinout Lexion lands $4.2M to help companies manage legal contracts with AI

Where there are lawyers, there are paper contracts — lots of them. A Seattle startup has come up with a… Read More

Amazon’s Alexa bumps Bieber and sings duet with pop star Ed Sheeran on new single ‘I Don’t Care’

Bye bye, Bieber. Take it away, Alexa? Amazon’s voice assistant has demonstrated her singing chops in the past, but this… Read More

Microsoft pledges $10M to new initiative to use AI to preserve cultural heritage

Microsoft is making a push to preserve important aspects of cultural heritage around the globe, including languages, historic places and… Read More

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Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott sees ‘mind-blowing’ potential for AI, the cloud, 5G and devices

Kevin Scott is the chief technology officer for Microsoft, a company that built its business on software, but he also… Read More

White House rewrites AI research strategy to prioritize public-private partnerships

The Trump administration is updating the Obama administration’s strategy for artificial intelligence to put more emphasis on public-private partnerships like… Read More

Microsoft-backed universal blood test could start diagnosing disease ‘within a small number of years’

REDMOND — A groundbreaking system that would use artificial intelligence to diagnose several diseases from a single blood test may… Read More

Alexa gets smarter about combining AI skills, starting with dinner and a movie

LAS VEGAS — Amazon’s Alexa virtual assistant will soon get savvier about juggling its thousands of skills — starting with… Read More

Is AI overhyped? Cloud startup CEOs call out proliferation of trendy technology

The world’s biggest technology companies are pouring billions of dollars into developing sophisticated artificial intelligence capabilities, but its usefulness in… Read More

Here’s what every developer at every company needs to know, according to Microsoft’s CTO

Machine learning and artificial intelligence are popular concepts in the tech world, but one of Microsoft’s top executives sees the… Read More

Xnor releases AI2GO, a do-it-yourself software platform for artificial intelligence

Now you too can put a little AI on your device, even if you’re not up on the ins and… Read More

AI researchers say San Francisco’s facial recognition ban just scratches the surface

San Francisco’s board of supervisors took a significant step this week when it voted to ban the use of facial… Read More

Experts from Google, T-Mobile and other tech frontiers weigh in on the future of AI

Artificial intelligence can rev up recommendation engines and make self-driving cars safer. It can even beat humans at their own… Read More

Here’s how Amazon innovation guru Paul Misener uses machine learning at home

Taking advantage of artificial intelligence and machine learning may be part of Paul Misener’s job as an Amazon executive, but… Read More

How Microsoft is opening AI’s algorithmic ‘black box’ for greater transparency

Artificial intelligence can work wonders, but often it works in mysterious ways. Machine learning is based on the principle that… Read More

Policing AI: Is it a task for government, industry, consumers or all of the above?

It may not yet be clear how societies will guard against the potential downside of artificial intelligence — including algorithmic… Read More