A breakthrough for AI technology: Passing an 8th-grade science test
Researchers at the Allen Institute in Seattle have hit an artificial-intelligence milestone: a machine that is ready for high school science. Maybe even college.
To power AI, startup creates a giant computer chip
The chip could improve how quickly artificial intelligence systems can learn tasks. But its complexity and size (as big as a plate) could be a...
With $1 billion from Microsoft, an AI lab wants to mimic the brain
OpenAI, now managed by start-up guru Sam Altman, wants to create a machine that can do anything the human brain can do. Skeptics wonder if...
Google Glass lives on, this time as a device to teach children with autism VIEW
Privacy concerns caused the computerized eyewear to fail with the general public. But researchers believe it could help autistic children learn to recognize emotion and...
How you could be unknowingly fueling business and research in facial recognition, and why that’s raising concerns VIEW
Large databases, built with images from social networks and dating services, contain millions of pictures of people’s faces. Some are shared worldwide.
A.I. can now beat us at multiplayer games, too WATCH
Chess and Go were child’s play. Now A.I. is winning at capture the flag. Will such skills translate to the real world?
AI researchers urge Amazon to stop selling facial-recognition technology to law enforcement
The letter, which was publicly released Wednesday, reflects growing concern in academia and the tech industry that bias in facial-recognition technology is a systemic problem.
Inside look: Google’s new robotics lab is full of fast learners VIEW
Google recently provided an inside look at some of the technology the company has been working on in its newly refocused robotics program.
Startups help companies track their competition with spy satellites
High-altitude surveillance was once the domain of global superpowers. Now, a growing number of startups are turning it into a business, aiming to sell insights...
A toaster on wheels to deliver groceries? Self-driving tech tests practical uses.
With driverless passenger services slow to become realities, the autonomous industry is casting about for ways to profitably use its technology.