Artificial Intelligence

Apple Axes Self-Driving Car Staff

Apple iCar delay? Close to 200 staff laid off from Apple's self-driving car program

6 years ago

Amazon Go Food Store To Open In Central London – Report

Check-out free supermarket to open in capital after Amazon secures retail space in central London

6 years ago

Apple To Scale Back Hiring After iPhone Slowdown – Report

Hiring spree at Apple to slow for certain divisions, warns Tim Cook, but there will be no hiring freeze

6 years ago

CES 2019: Intel Teams Up With Facebook For AI Chip

As Intel's car division opens up about its progress so far with self-driving cars

6 years ago

CES 2019: AI, Home Tech, Cars and Robots To Feature

Tech show gets underway in Las Vegas with number of announcements centred around AI, the home, and robots

6 years ago

Robots Not Stealing Our Jobs, World Bank Says

Automation has little effect on global labour market, despite worries that robots will remove many jobs

6 years ago

US Judge Asks Amazon For Echo Data In Murder Case

Did Amazon Echo device hear the murder of two US women? Police ask Amazon for the audio recordings

6 years ago

Microsoft Adds AI, HoloLens Goggles To Dynamics 365 Portfolio

New additions see business uses for Redmond's augmented-reality goggles HoloLens

6 years ago

AI Poses Jobs Threat, Admits BoE Chief Economist

AI threat. Skills revolution needed to prevent large swathes of people becoming "technologically unemployed"

6 years ago

IBM DeepLocker Turns AI Into Hacking Weapon

Artificial intelligence can power a new generation of malware that can bypass top tier cyber defences

6 years ago

Nest CEO Steps Down As Google Brings Unit In-house

Time is up for Nest as a separate company, as Google incorporates it within its smart home division

6 years ago

AI To Create Jobs, Claims PwC Report

Artificial intelligence will create as many jobs as it displaces by boosting economic growth, says analyst

6 years ago

IBM AI Machine Draws In Debate With Humans

“Open the pod bay doors, HAL”. IBM AI machine holds its own in public debate with human

6 years ago

Google Pledges AI Halt For Weapon Systems

Alphabet signals u-turn after military project, and publishes its core principals for AI development going forward

6 years ago

Google To End Military AI Drone Project – Report

Internal pressure from staff forces a rethink by Google over little-known Pentagon drone project

6 years ago

Google Nest Launches Ring Rival Doorbell In UK

Watch out Amazon's Ring.com as Google's Nest division launches facial recognition video doorbell in UK

6 years ago

Uber In Tech Sharing Talks With Alphanet’s Waymo

Possible thaw in frosty relationship between Uber and Alphabet's Waymo as talks begin over self driving tech

6 years ago

NASA, Amazon Look To France For Drone Air-Traffic Control System

Both organisations to utilise French drone expertise and less onerous laws to develop drone control systems

6 years ago

Government, Tech Firms Invest £1bn Into British AI Industry

Deal worth £1 billion from private sector and government to put UK at forefront of artificial intelligence industry

6 years ago

AI Needs Ethics Code, Says House Of Lords

UK is uniquely positioned to shape the development of artificial intelligence, but code of ethics is needed so it benefits…

6 years ago

Apple Hires Google’s Former AI Boss

Boost for Siri as Apple poaches the former head of Google's artificial intelligence efforts John Giannandrea

6 years ago

Tech Industry Pays Tribute To Stephen Hawking

Rest in peace. The world has lost one of its finest minds with the passing of Professor Stephen Hawking

7 years ago

Artificial Intelligence Poses Risk From Malicious Actors

Bolster your AI defences. Experts warn of serious risks within a five year period due to recent advances in AI

7 years ago

UK Government Shows Off AI Tool For Extremist Video Takedown

Home Secretary on visit to US warns tech firms it may force them to use it for UK operations

7 years ago

AI To Be Taught To Schoolkids Thanks To Deep Learning Kit

UK teenagers are to be taught about artificial intelligence with the launch of a new deep learning teaching kit

7 years ago

PM Theresa May Seeks Safe AI Future For UK

British PM to propose new advisory body to oversea safe and ethical deployment of AI, and urges tech firms to…

7 years ago

Facebook Hires Former IBM Watson Exec As New AI Boss

Yann LeCun steps down as boss of Facebook's artificial intelligence group, replaced by a former IBM executive

7 years ago