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eBay Will Smarten Up Shopping With Purchase Of Analytics Firm Expertmaker
Acquisition of Expertmaker will bring machine learning and AI to eBay online auctions by better matching shoppers and sellers
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
Microsoft’s Malfunctioning Chatbot Briefly Returns To Twitter
Satya Nadella acknowledges Tay isn't yet up to scratch, but that bots are very much part of Microsoft's future vision
Bank Of Russia Signs Up Machine Learning To Bust Fraud
Yandex machine learning service will allow Bank of Russia to spot fraudulent and unlicensed money lending organisations
Microsoft Apologises For Offensive Chatbot Tweets
Microsoft's artificially intelligent bot began tweeting inappropriate messages and had to be deactivated within a day
Microsoft Opens Up Minecraft For AI Testing
Microsoft's AIX aims to allow researchers to train artificial intelligence agents within the game's complex world
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
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
World Economic Forum: Automation ‘To Cost 5.1 Million Jobs’
Robotics, artificial intelligence and other developments are to contribute to a net loss of jobs, finds the World Economic Forum
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
The Banal Truth About IBM’s Artificial Intelligence?
Blog: You don't need an artificial intelligence supercomputer to work out who's buying what but it does make you richer
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
All Eyes To China As Dell Announces £80bn Five-Year-Plan
Dell will invest $125 billion in China over the next five years, contributing $175 billion to imports and exports
Facebook M Is Your New Social Media Virtual Assistant
Siri-esque service will live inside Facebook Messenger and help answer life's tricky questions
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
Robots To Seize Control In 100 Years, Says Stephen Hawking
“Open the pod bay doors, Hal!” ... Humans have 100 years left before the robots take over, warns Professor Stephen Hawking
IBM’s Watson Takes On Cancer Screening Challenge
AI system teams up with the Epic and the Mayo Clinic to guide screening at 14 clinics
Facebook Lays Out Its Plans For A Connected World
Virtual Reality, Artificial Intelligence and drones all form part of future view
Bill Gates – I’m A Bit Nervous About AI, To Tell You The Truth
Reddit AMA interview reveals the tech titan also regrets never learning a second language
Elon Musk Donates $10m To Protect Humanity From AI Threat
Elon Musk has set aside a $10 million cash pot to protect us from eventual extinction at the mechanical hands of robotic gentry.
Robot Learns To Cook From Watching YouTube
Researchers have developed a preliminary system that could allow robots to independently learn actions from web videos
New Facebook A.I. Tool Could Spell The End Of Drunken Selfies
Head of Facebook’s AI facility looks to create a ‘digital assistant’ to cut out all those embarrassing posts