Artificial Intelligence
This Startup’s Racial-Profiling Algorithm Shows AI Can Be Dangerous Way Before Any Robot Apocalypse
The new algorithm which promises to accurately look at images of people and determine their ethnic background.
Emerging Tech
The Surprising Company Beating Apple and Google in Mobile Payments
Nothing motivates people quite like coffee.
Artificial Intelligence
A County Using Amazon’s Facial Recognition Worried About Giving Off “A Big Brother Vibe”
The county has reportedly used the facial recognition tools about 20 times per day.
Emerging Tech
The U.S. Might Need Self-Driving Trucks to Avoid a Labor Shortage Crisis
The trucking industry had a shortage of 51,000 truck drivers at the end of last year.
Artificial Intelligence
Microsoft Acquired an AI Startup That Helps it Take on Google Duplex
Now it’s just a matter of who can build that technology fastest.
Artificial Intelligence
AI Is the New Space Race. Here’s What the Biggest Countries Are Doing
Unlike space, there’s no clear finish line.
Emerging Tech
If You Use Gmail, Google’s Tasks App Just Became Indispensable
A new way to tackle the to-do list.
Emerging Tech
Five Things the World Finally Realizes About Facebook
The questions Mark Zuckerberg is being pressed to answer are bigger than the platform.
Artificial Intelligence
AI Experts Want Government Algorithms to Be Studied Like Environmental Hazards
They also believe automated decision-making systems should be continuously monitored.
Artificial Intelligence
Microsoft Reshuffles to Bring More AI Into Products
The tech company is restructuring its leadership.
Digital Government
Madison Square Garden Has Been Secretly Scanning Fans With Facial Recognition
The arena matches faces to a database to identify individuals and determine if they are “considered a problem.”
Artificial Intelligence
AI Gave Stephen Hawking the Ability to Communicate, Despite His Fears of the Tech
He was known for his skepticism of developing “strong AI."
Emerging Tech
A Google Founder’s Dream of Autonomous Flying Taxis Is Taking Off in New Zealand
The aim is to be able to carry passengers in three years.
Artificial Intelligence
Cultural Context is the Hardest Part of Speaking a Foreign Language. Amazon’s Alexa Could Change That
A potential Alexa upgrade could mean that Amazon is taking her mobile.
Artificial Intelligence
The World of Self-Driving Cars Is Set to Change in April
Get used to seeing cars driving with nobody behind the wheel.
Artificial Intelligence
AI Experts List the Real Dangers of Artificial Intelligence
Every AI advance by the good guys is an advance for the bad guys, too.
Artificial Intelligence
What We Miss About AI When We’re Worried About Killer Robots
There are more realistic problems to worry about.
Artificial Intelligence
This Might Be The Last Olympics Without AI Judges
The next summer games in Tokyo might be very different.
Artificial Intelligence
Google Gave the World Powerful AI Tools, and the World Made Porn With Them
The dark side of open source.
Artificial Intelligence