Artificial Intelligence

All stories in Artificial Intelligence

• Amazon’s new patent will allow Alexa to detect a cough or a cold

  A recent patent filed by the company indicates that it wants Alexa to detect a sore throat by detecting the change in the ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• Microsoft's Bing keeps surfacing racist, offensive, and probably-illegal images

  You may want to reconsider using Microsoft's Bing search engine if you're adverse to the exploitation of women and young ...

  • Tristan Greene

• Report: Google to launch censored Search in China despite denials

  Google said it wasn't planning to launch a censored version of its Search engine in China. But the head of Search for the ...

  • Tristan Greene

• Google's Pixel 3 will use AI to respond to telemarketer calls

  Google today announced a new AI-powered feature for the Pixel 3: Call screening and real-time response. It's time to say ...

  • Tristan Greene

• We need to build AI systems we can trust

  Today, artificial intelligence (AI) systems are routinely being used to support human decision-making in a multitude of applications. AI can help doctors to make sense of millions of patient records; farmers to determine exactly how much water each individual plant needs; and insurance ...

  • Aleksandra Mojsilovic

• Burger King trolls artificial intelligence with new ads

  This article was written by a human. Burger King's newest ad campaign takes on AI in a hilarious vision of a future filled ...

  • Tristan Greene

• The algorithms that are currently fueling the deep learning revolution

  From beating us at the game of GO, to recreating paintings by Van Gogh, algorithms are all around us. Artificial Intelligence is no longer science fiction as we are witnessing breakthrough after breakthrough. What most of these innovations have in common is that they make use of a ...

  • Jim Stolze

• Microsoft built AI to protect you from idiots that smoke at gas pumps

  Microsoft and Shell are teaming up to try and make pumping gas safer by developing AI capable of alerting employees when ...

  • Tristan Greene

• Florida is testing driverless school shuttles – what could go wrong?

  We love autonomous vehicle technology because it's a view of the future. But is it really time to start shuttling children ...

  • Tristan Greene

• Report: China will outspend US on AI research by end of 2018

  China wants it more. According to a bipartisan Congressional report, the US is in dire straits when it comes to our AI-powered ...

  • Tristan Greene

• Google is using AI to issue flood warnings in India

  Google is now issuing flood warnings –starting in India– using AI to help people prepare better for the situation. First ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• Microsoft Teams can now blur backgrounds during video calls, thanks to AI

  Microsoft Teams now has a Background Blur feature for its video calls, so you no longer have to worry about the messy room ...

  • Abhimanyu Ghoshal