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Google Opens European Machine Learning Centre
Zurich is now home to Google's Machine Learning research group in Europe
Apple Pushes To Make Siri’s AI More Useful And Reliable
ANALYSIS: Apple continues to improve Siri with support for new platforms and third parties, but data privacy remains a stumbling block
London Council Deploys UK’s First Public Sector Artificial Intelligence Service
Enfield Council plans to deal with online customers through ‘Amelia’ artificial intelligence platform
Google Reveals Springboard, An AI Assistant For Enterprise Users
Springboard is a digital assistant that will work with business customers through their Google Apps for Work suite
Google Has Its Very Own Chip For Artificial Intelligence
Google has been testing out a custom chip designed for artificial intelligence and machine learning that will work with TensorFlow
Nvidia ‘Deep Learning’ Supercomputer To Tackle AI Challenges
New supercomputer meets the need of next-generation AI applications, coupled with release of new data centre accelerator
Salesforce Buys Deep Learning Startup MetaMind
MetaMind's services will shut down June 4 as Benioff gobbles up deep learning technology to boost Salesforce services with artificial intelligence
Can AI-Powered Call Centres Improve Telecoms Customer Service?
AI could make it less painful to contact your broadband, landline and mobile provider and boost reputation and revenues for telcos in a crowded comms market
Elon Musk, SpaceX, Artificial Intelligence And Iain M Banks
BLOG: The story behind Musk's intriguing names for SpaceX's Falcon 9 landing drone ships
Airbus Plans Humanoid Robots For Its Aircraft Factories
Airbus, in partnership with Japanese and French robotics researchers, wants humanoid robots to perform non-critical tasks by 2020
Microsoft Lifts Restrictions On Deep Learning Toolkit, Moves To GitHub
Microsoft's deep learning toolkit is now open to more developers who want to create deep learning models for speech and image recognition
Mark Zuckerberg Vows To Build His Own AI
Facebook founder aims to build a simple AI to run his home as part of “personal challenge” for 2016
Gates, Musk, Hawking Called ‘Innovation Killers’ For AI Comments
A US think tank has accused Bill Gates, Elon Musk and Stephen Hawking of 'alarmism' for raising concerns about artificial intelligence
Google Reportedly Launching Artificial Intelligence Messaging Service
Google intelligent 'chatbot' messaging platform would rival Facebook M
Like Google, Facebook Is Open Sourcing Its AI Hardware
Facebook AI Research (FAIR) introduces 'Big Sur' artificial intelligence hardware, open sources it to the Open Compute Project
Wikipedia Brings In AI Editor
Wikipedia entries to face scrutiny from artificial intelligence tool in order to ease editor workload
Breakthrough Brings Insect Communication One Step Closer To AI, Self-Driving Cars
Computer scientists at University of Lincoln achieve breakthrough in pheromone-based swarm communications in robots
Toyota Pledges $1bn To A.I. Research
Japanese carmaker will establish new R&D company focused on robotics and future tech
Intel Buys Up AI Firm Saffron
Deal could bring forward “cognitive computing” and high-speed analytics into the mainstream
Forget AI, Real Quantum Computers By 2025 Are Truly Achievable
Microsoft researchers claim that true quantum computing will be a reality in a decade
AI Will Be The Future, Says Android Creator
Andy Rubin says he is optimistic about artificial intelligence and doesn't share fears of possible Skynet scenario
Apple Hires Engineers For Machine Learning
Siri upgrade? Battle for artificial intelligence heats up with iPhone maker hiring more AI boffins
AWS Machine Learning Goes Live In Europe
Dublin region plays hosts to AWS' machine learning platform, "address limitations organisations may have" related to the location of their data
Artificial Intelligence Helps Uncover Islamic State Military Tactics
US researchers publish study on using artificial intelligence algorithms to predict future threats from Islamic State extremists
Stephen Hawking And Steve Wozniak Warn Of Military AI Arms Race
Elon Musk also signs open letter along with hundreds of top robotic scientists pleading military powers to curtail plans for AI drones
Linux Founder: Fears AI Could End Human Race Are ‘Bad Sci-Fi’
Linux founder Linus Torvalds dismisses the fears of Elon Musk, Stephen Hawking and others, claiming there is nothing to be fearful of
Apple Co-Founder Wozniak Predicts AI Will ‘Treat Humans As Pets’
Steve Wozniak changes his mind about artificial intelligence and predicts benevolent machines
Artificial Intelligence Could Assimilate CIOs, Says Gartner
Total singularity may still be science fiction, but it's still worth CIOs 'raising awareness' of the issue to ensure appropriate controls in place
Google Futurologist: Humans Will Have ‘Cloud Gateways’ In Brains By 2030
Nanobots in brains will be able to connect us to the Internet within 15 years, claims Google’s Ray Kurzweil