Scientists built an AI that is smarter than most adults
By Mike Wehner From BGR Computers can already hold a massive amount of instantly-retrievable data in a manner that puts most humans to shame, but getting them to actually display intelligence is an entirely different challenge. A team of researchers…
Why nature is our best guide for understanding artificial intelligence
Posted 18 hours ago by David Cheng (@Chengdavid923) Next Story David Cheng CRUNCH NETWORK CONTRIBUTOR David Cheng is an investment manager at DCM Ventures where he focuses on opportunities in the consumer internet, mobile applications and SaaS space. How to…
Microsoft makes its deep learning tools available to all
By Andrew Dalton From engadget The same internal, deep learning tools that Microsoft engineers used to build its human-like speech recognition engine, as well as consumer products like Skype Translator and Cortana, are now available for public use. Redmond announced…
Amazon Echo will bring artificial intelligence into our lives much sooner than expected
By Mark Skilton, The Conversation From Business Insider What’s all the fuss about the voice-activated home speaker that Amazon is due to release in the UK and Germany in late September? This gadget has been available in the US for over…
BM’s Watson sorted through over 100 film clips to create an algorithmically perfect movie trailer
By Clinton Nguyen Movie trailers are often a bit formulaic. In fact, since many of them are edited so predictably, it seems even a computer can put one together. For the film “Morgan,” which is due out in theaters on September…
Facebook might start encrypting all your chats
By Chris Smith FromBGR Facebook Messenger, a chat service that has more than 900 million users, is going to get end-to-end encryption later this year, a new report. However, it’s not the kind of end-to-end encryption available on iMessage or…
Can AI replace Lawyers? Vanderbilt Law event to address legal machines
By Ian Lopez, From Legaltech News The April 13 and 14 event will feature experts in AI and law as well as ROSS, the world’s ‘first artificially intelligent attorney.’ When people discuss artificial intelligence (AI) replacing jobs, rarely are they…
human-controlled robot
Watch this human-controlled robot crush cans and punch through drywall By Greg Kumparak From Techcrunch “The way I like to think about this project is that we’re trying to put a humans brain inside of the robot” Don’t worry: it’s…
Self-driving cars won the week at CES 2016
By Jason Hiner From Tech Republic AI and big data the unsung heroes Under pressure from Google, Tesla, and possibly even Apple, car manufacturers roared into CES and staked their claim for the autonomous vehicles of the future. By far,…
Legal Tech Tomorrowland: Experts make predictions for the future
By Mike Susong, From Legaltech News Industry experts discuss the progress of the commoditization and automation in the legal field. Legaltech News recently spoke with several industry luminaries to discuss their predictions for the next 12 months in legal technology….