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Government Must Use AI To Cut 250,000 Jobs, Says Reform
Think tank Reform urges the use of artificial intelligence, chat bots and drones to automate everything from public-sector administration to policing
Microsoft Buys Deep Learning Startup Maluuba And Signs Up AI Expert
Maluuba will join Microsoft's AI and Research organisation, giving it the resources and scalability to advance its research
IBM Becomes First Tech Company To Get 8,000 Patents In One Year
More than a third of the patents related to AI, cognitive computing and cloud computing alone
11 Stories And Trends That Dominated Tech In 2016
Time to take a look back at what has been an extremely interesting 2016...
White House Releases Report Preparing For AI Future
Job losses and changing skill requirements are two of the possible negative economic impacts
Mark Zuckerberg Shows Off Jarvis-Inspired AI Home Assistant
"Building Jarvis was an interesting intellectual challenge"
Microsoft Ventures Strengthens AI Love Affair With Startup Fund
Microsoft firmly believes Artificial Intelligence is the future and is looking to get a head start over its rivals in this robot revolution.
Microsoft And Intel Push Forward In Mixed Reality With Project Evo
Intel and Microsoft look to take on Amazon and Echo
Facebook Developing AI System For Offensive Video Takedown
The social networking giant's battle against offensive videos, nudity, and fake news continues
Amazon Brings Trio Of Alexa-Inspired AI Services To AWS
Amazon follows rivals Google and Microsoft and gives developers access to AI services
Japan To Build World’s Fastest AI & Big Data Supercomputer
The AI Bridging Cloud Infrastructure is to target machine learning applications and big data analysis for academia, enterprises and start-ups
Nvidia Builds World’s Most Efficient Supercomputer
The SATURNV system is powered by Nvidia's own Tesla P100 GPUs and intended to help build autonomous driving software
Google Cloud Platform Adds GPUs And Expands Machine Learning
Google Cloud users will be able to draw on AMD and Nvidia GPUs from early next year
Microsoft Seeks To Establish Azure As The AI Cloud Platform With OpenAI
Microsoft Azure will work with Elon Musk-backed OpenAI on AI research, while non-profit organisation will use Azure cloud for its own efforts
Web Summit 2016: Tech Leaders Talk AI, 3D Printing, Digitisation And FinTech
Leading figures from Cisco, Facebook, Accenture and others talk about the future of technology at Web Summit 2016 in Lisbon
Google’s AI Neural Networks Learn To Create Their Own Encryption
Two neural nets were created to communicate securely while a third tried to crack their inhuman cipher messages
AI ‘Judge’ Can Predict Outcome Of Human Rights Court Cases
A British study suggests artificial intelligence could quickly spot fact patterns likely to lead to particular decisions
MPs Say Government Must Consider The Impact Of AI
So far the government has shown a lack of leadership on addressing concerns over smart robots replacing human jobs, claims science and technology committee
Google Pixel Packs AI Assistant To Realise Android Smartphone Vision
Google releases its first ever "inside out" Android flagship smartphone, powered by AI Assistant and Daydream VR
Tech Giants Form ‘Partnership For AI’ Artificial Intelligence Alliance
Amazon, Facebook, Google, IBM and Microsoft join forces to explore the challenges, opportunities and ethics of artificial intelligence
Harrow Council Integrates Watson AI Into Social Care Pilot
The cognitive technology is to help individuals and carers manage personal health budgets
Intel Snaps Up AI Startup Nervana Systems
Nervana's hardware-centric machine learning offering could boost neural network performance on Intel chips
Apple ‘Buys AI Start-Up Turi’ For £150m
Turi's technology could add to Siri's capabilities and improve other offerings
IBM Claims It’s Hired 30,000 Staff As Non-Cloud Workers Get The Boot
Internal email describes massive hiring spree as IBM's "resource planning" scoops up skills for cloud and cognitive computing
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
WWDC 2016: Apple Moves Deeper Into The Enterprise
ANALYSIS: More Cisco collaboration, not to mention artificial intelligence, shows that Apple still has businesses in mind
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