Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a branch of computer science that studies intelligent systems (i.e. software, computers, robots, etc.). Alternatively, it may be defined as "the study and design of intelligent agents", where an intelligent agent is a system that perceives its environment and takes actions that maximize its chances of success. John McCarthy, who coined the term in 1955, defines it as "the science and engineering of making intelligent machines".
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Gain a competitive career advantage and learn the powers of machine learning and data science
With its reach increasing, it’s time for the tech-savvy to start truly understanding the global implications of these technologies ...
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Google Photos now creates shareable GIFs from your videos
Google has updated its Photos service with neat new features today - most notably, the ability to automatically generate ...
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AI can now ‘listen’ to machines to tell if they’re breaking down
Sound is everywhere, even when you can’t hear it. It is this noiseless sound, though, that says a lot about how machines ...
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7 surprising companies where you can work on cutting-edge AI technology
While automation slowly eats away at human jobs, the demand for AI talent continues to grow at an accelerating pace. Here ...
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Scientists created an artificial neural network out of DNA
Caltech researchers created a functioning artificial neural network out of DNA. It can read patterns based on handwritten ...
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This AI uses sight to isolate the sound of specific instruments
If you've ever learnt an instrument, straining to hear what your favorite musician is playing under the din of other players is probably familiar to you. Luckily for all the budding Hendrixes, Rachmaninoffs, and Harold Bishops (from the Australian soap opera Neighbours) out ...
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This startup can teach a car how to drive itself in 20 minutes
Wayve, a startup out of the UK, is revolutionizing the field of autonomous vehicles by eschewing expensive hardware for refined ...
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The $24 billion chatbot industry sucks because it needs better AI
In 2014, WIRED would profile a “boring” company called Slack beginning a media and venture-based obsession with bringing ...
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Quick guide to understand the hype around ‘deep learning’
You’ve probably heard the phrase 'deep learning' bandied about in conversation, or maybe you've read about it in a post ...
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AI is finding out when the person using your account isn't you
To some, the future of authentication might look a little creepy. But the explosion of data and connectivity will provide ...
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Designers, don’t be afraid to let robots design
In 1961, Alan Perlis, an early pioneer in computer science, advocated that computer programming should be a requirement of ...
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Paying for a service doesn’t guarantee it won’t sell your data
In the wake of Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica scandal and congressional hearings, there’s a palpable sense that the pressure ...
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This company changes the DNA of investing — through machine learning
While the largest financial institutions in the world are using machine learning to create advanced investment practices, ...
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Bitcoin thrown lifeline by SEC Commissioner despite ETF rejection
Another application to allow trade of Bitcoin ETFs has been shot down by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). ...
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An AI that 'hears' machine failure might soon be used for roller coasters
Smart or predictive technologies can change how amusement parks plan maintenance and help prevent unexpected downtime.
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Inside Google's plan to stalk your social media accounts
Google, once again, is excited about social media. But not in the ways you might think; this isn't about another in a failed ...
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Developing bionics: How IBM is adapting mind-control for accessibility
IBM Research is developing artificial intelligence tools to create a brain-computer interface for people suffering from conditions ...
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To fight the talent shortage, train your current employees
Looking for new candidates can be an expensive process. Actively encouraging your employees to spend time on their learning ...
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OPPO's new R17 phone has a teensy-tiny, itsy-bitsy little notch
OPPO's R17 is a mid-range Android phone. Its main differentiation points are an interesting color scheme and a interesting ...
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Human intelligence and AI are vastly different — so let’s stop comparing them
These days, it’s easy to believe arguments that artificial intelligence has become as smart as the human mind—if not ...
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Blockchain doesn't kill people, but smart contracts can, law professor says
Smart contracts, like the ones featured by Ethereum’s blockchain, represent simple machine intelligence, and one academic ...
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Google just turned 20 -- time for it to grow up
Google's birthday may be a happy one for shareholders, but the rest of us have plenty of cause for alarm and concern as the ...
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Hollywood did a surprisingly good job predicting our drone future
When it comes to predicting the future, Hollywood has turned out to be accurate. Robots and even smartwatches have been in ...
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Deebot Ozmo 930 is the robot vacuum you've been waiting for
As smart vacuums go, there's a lot of space between the very best, and the very worst. The Deebot Ozmo 930, by Ecovacs, belongs ...
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AI has already been weaponized – that’s why we need to ban ‘killer robots’
A dividing line is emerging in the debate over so-called killer robots. Many countries want to see new international law ...
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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 ...
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Will the algorithmic timeline be the death of social media?
A built-in stopping point provided a sense of control over our social timelines and newsfeeds. Do you miss the days of chronological ...
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Worried about AI taking over the world? Science isn't
Should we be afraid of artificial intelligence? For me, this is a simple question with an even simpler, two letter answer: ...
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An entrepreneur’s guide to Toronto's tech scene
If you’re interested in the Canadian tech scene, Toronto is on your radar. Certainly the hype surrounding this tech scene ...
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September in Africa: Alibaba saves wildlife and Google Partners comes to Nigeria
Pan-African ecommerce giant Jumia may be about to launch an initial public offering (IPO), if reports are to be believed, ...
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Our antidepressants are changing animals' behavior
A recent study has revealed that antidepressants are changing animals' behavior. Female fish fed food spiked with the drug ...
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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. ...
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Rapid scaling can ruin your startup — so fix these technical problems now
In the grand scheme of things, everything has been going perfectly to plan. Your product or service launch has been a success, ...
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How to woo your robot recruiter and land your dream job
The way you speak — including the use of positive language — is a key evaluation factor for many AI programs.
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How to filter marketing fluff from startups’ AI promises
For anyone looking to engage with AI startup companies, the prevalence of marketing fluff can make it difficult to move forward. ...
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How will AI affect my faith and religion in general?
It's thought that AI could have three possible effects on religion: it enhances religion, it becomes religion, or it invalidates ...
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Amazon gets patriotic while Google embraces censorship
Wired 25 was attended by some of the biggest names in tech, and Amazon and Google's bosses both took the opportunity to get ...
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Why AI and advertisers should team up to fix fake news
Can technology, and artificial intelligence in particular, be the foil that will prevent the eventual fakenewspocolypse?
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4 human-caused biases we need to fix for machine learning
Bias is an overused term in our language and has many different meanings from mathematics to sewing to machine learning -- ...
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Understanding quantum computers: The noise problem
Quantum computing doesn't have to be harder than getting drunk. That's why we explain one of its biggest problems with beer. ...
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4 human-caused biases we need to fix for machine learning
Bias is an overloaded word. It has multiple meanings, from mathematics to sewing to machine learning, and as a result it’s ...
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When your boss knows everything about you
Big data and algorithmic decision making have become an indispensable part of the human resources toolkit at companies.
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AI is the prescription for overworked doctors
AI startup CloudMedX is attempting to change the healthcare paradigm with solutions designed to help physicians treat the ...
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Chelsea FC is using AI research to improve coaching
My colleagues and I are working with Chelsea FC academy to develop a system to measure these decision-making skills using ...
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Amazon’s sexist hiring algorithm could still be better than a human
Amazon has decided to shut down its experimental artificial intelligence (AI) recruiting tool after discovering it discriminated ...
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AI’s success hinges on new attitudes — not old regulations
We need to stop regulating machine learning models as if they were computer programs, and start thinking about how to use ...
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AI-algorithms identify pedophiles for the police — here’s how it works
AI is a promising weapon against sexual child abuse.
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Facebook's former PR firm seeded fake stories about bias at Apple News
Facebook's recently-fired PR firm allegedly floated a story to journalists that Apple News was biased against Republicans. ...
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Shark S87 robotic cleaning system: A great vacuum with bad AI
I remember a time not so long ago where robot vacuums would set you back $1,000 or more and prove more work than they were ...
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Email on mobile sucks, but it’ll get better in the next 10 years
The problem is the medium itself - mobile communication has aspired to take over the entirety of our business communication. ...
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If Facebook's new auto-comment feature isn't rock bottom, it has to be close
It's been two tumultuous years. Still, it's highly unlikely we've witnessed the moment Facebook hit bottom. A new feature, ...
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Genies makes realistic looking Bitmoji that can be used in other apps
Genies has launched their new Android and iOS mobile app that lets users create a digital version of themselves that looks ...
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The difference between AI and machine learning, explained
A while ago, while browsing through the latest AI news, I stumbled upon a company that claimed to use “machine learning ...
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Full moon patents: MIT creates glowing plants and Amazon gets better drones
Ugh, the Gregorian calendar is so boring. That’s why we’re disrupting monthly series with a lunar cycle-based series about the best patents of the last synodic month, picked by the PatentYogi team. Get ready when that moon gets gibbous, y’all. This November-ish roundup lands ...
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To achieve ethical AI, we need better training and boundaries
Autonomous decision-making systems are in place already today, including ones that support life-critical scenarios and travel. ...
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Questions about consent loom after tech brothel auctions off robot’s virginity for $10K
People can pledge $10,000 to be the first person to have sex with a robot at Eve’s Robot Dreams brothel in California after ...
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How Cambridge Analytica leveraged fashion to sway undecided voters
Few could have guessed that the type of jeans they bought, or the music they listen to while buying them, would serve as ...
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Nvidia's new AI converts real-life videos into 3D renders
We've often wondered while playing games or experiencing virtual reality: how can this be closer to the real world? Nvidia ...
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We should teach human rights law to software engineers
Technology dominates a large amount of our lives and software engineers should be taught about human rights laws to avoid ...
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How you can teach AI to speak Welsh (and other minority languages)
Pioneering smart home technologies and voice assistants don’t, as a rule, speak Welsh – although the Welsh government ...
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How a group of students discovered the sounds of solar storms
The students discovered a loud crunching noise followed by a series of whistling sounds whose pitch decreased. This event ...
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AI is incredibly smart, but it will never match human creativity
One could be forgiven for thinking that machines are creative. Numerous artificial intelligence projects appear to demonstrate ...
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Experts warn AI could hardwire sexism into our future
From Apple's Siri to Amazon's Alexa, voice recognition and AI assistants are typically female by default. Technology isn't ...
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DeepMind's AlphaZero AI is the new champion in chess, shogi, and Go
DeepMind, has developed an AI named AlphaZero, which can learn and master games like chess, Go, and shogi just through basic ...
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Here’s what your phone can learn from the sound of your voice
It can determine everything from who you are and where you come from, your current location, your gender and age, and what ...
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Fairies and deepfakes: a brief history of visual trickery
“Deepfake” is the name being given to videos created through artificially intelligent deep learning techniques. Also ...
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Experts warn DeepFakes could influence 2020 US election
We're only a few months away from the November US midterm elections and DeepFakes is poised to pose a major threat in this ...
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Researchers developed an AI to detect DeepFakes
Earlier this year AI-generated fake videos became an instant scourge as DeepFake, a face-swapping neural network was used ...
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Nvidia open sources its PhysX physics simulation engine
Nvidia has made its PhysX engine open source, which means anyone can integrate into their games, as well as projects involving ...
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Someone paid $432K for art generated by an open-source neural network
A "painting" that was supposedly created by artificial intelligenc just sold at Christie's for more than $432K. Whoever bought ...
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TNW's top 11 women making waves in STEM from 2018
You've heard it a million times before — in the science, technology, engineering, and math industries, women are still ...
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5 ways AI can be an ally for human rights over the next decade
Happy Universal Human Rights Day! We came up with five ways we think AI will help us in the fight for all of humanity over ...
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We’re missing the ‘Skynet’ to complete our connected robot future
Throughout history, innovators have strived to create automata, or robots as we now know them, to augment labor intensive ...
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2018 proved that computer vision is the most powerful manifestation of AI
You probably use computer vision every day and don't even think about it. Enjoy checking out the latest Snapchat filters? That's ...
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3 ways AI will improve healthcare in 2019
In a recent piece, I explained why AI’s complexity shouldn’t be a deterrent for its adoption. In fact, I went as far ...
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Microsoft's Hummingbird app uses AI to deliver a personalized news feed
Microsoft has quietly released an AI-based news app called Hummingbird on Google Play and Apple’s App Store. It's currently ...
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3D-printed sex robots are cheaper and more lifelike than ever
A sex doll manufacturer is ‘breaking the mold’ of traditional doll-building by introducing 3D printing into the process. DS Robotics, an offshoot of DSDolls, exhibited its latest 3D-printed robotic head at the VR Expo in NanChang City in China last month, showing that manufacturing ...
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AI sex dolls are just around the corner
The sex doll industry is on the verge of greatness, in its own special way. Soon the Stepford Wives of science fiction will ...
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Expert says AI-driven sex robots will blow you... away
The only possible culmination of AI research is packing it neatly inside a synthetic body and having sex with it. Or, at ...
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Researchers developed an AI robot that can assist with childbirth
Instead of looking up at the sky to see whether you need an umbrella, people increasingly ask virtual assistants such as ...
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Deepfakes are being weaponized to silence women — but this woman is fighting back
Noelle Martin, a 24-year old, has had a six-year long battle with deepfakes after an anonymous predators stole and sexually-exploited ...
