Google A.I. Fund Leads $7M Boost For Boston Route Logistics Startup Dec 9, 2018 Google’s A.I.-focused fund Gradient Ventures has made its second Boston-area investment by leading a $7 million Series A round for autonomous…
AlphaZero AI system able to teach itself how to play games Dec 8, 2018 A team of researchers with the DeepMind group and University College, both in the U.K., has developed an AI system capable of teaching itself how to…
Watch AI conjure up an entire city from scratch Dec 8, 2018 The 3D graphics card company Nvidia recently released this mind-bending bit of research, developed in conjunction with some of the University of…
How “Weird Events” Can Trick AI Into Hallucinating Dec 8, 2018 Hoodwinked Imagine that you’re in your self-driving car, cruising toward a busy intersection. You panic as you see the stop signal ahead but your…
DeepMind is An AI That Can Master Games Like Chess and Go Without Human Dec 7, 2018 Illustration: DeepMind Technologies DeepMind, the London-based subsidiary of Alphabet, has created a system that can quickly master any game in the…
Microsoft calls for laws to prevent bias in facial recognition AI Dec 7, 2018 Microsoft Corp. called for new legislation to govern artificial intelligence software for recognizing faces, advocating for human review and…
AI targets cryptocurrency ‘pump-and-dump’ schemes Dec 7, 2018 Pump-and-dump schemes result in serious penalties in regulated markets, but in the wild west of cryptocurrencies, they’re a regular occurrence. For…
Microsoft unveils facial recognition principles Dec 7, 2018 Microsoft president Brad Smith unveiled principles the tech giant will adopt for deployment of facial recognition technologyMicrosoft said Thursday…
Baidu sets record for AI patents in China with 2,368 filings Dec 6, 2018 Baidu, often considered China’s equivalent of Google, has set a record for the number of AI-related patents filed in the country. The search engine…
Nvidia explores the what-if of training a model to draw new worlds Dec 6, 2018 Credit: NvidiaHere is a word string you can ponder: AI interactive graphics. Nvidia is the main act. The GPU brainiacs are fully behind a next…